JimKing Loc: Salisbury, Maryland USA

I've been using Photoshop since Version 4, I now have CC. I have selected an ellipse and done Ctrl C to copy. When I paste I get only the selection marching ants not the content. I'm on the correct layer. I've done this many times and now it doesn't work.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Use elliptical marquee tool, not the ellipse tool with a path, for simple copy and paste to new layers.

Instead of Crtl-C and Ctrl-V to paste a marquee tool selection to a new layer, you can select with the marquee tool and copy & paste the selected area to a new layer with a single command Ctrl-j.

Searcher Loc: Kent, England

I created a filled ellipse, selected it with the magic wand,
Control C to Copy
Control V to paste
A new layer is created with a copy of the ellipse pasted on.

Are these different to your moves?

JimKing Loc: Salisbury, Maryland USA

I was attempting to cut an oval from an antique portrait and paste 2 of them side by side for a double 5x7. If I selected with the oval marquee Copy/Paste copied only the marching ants. If I used the move tool the selected portrait would move so I did isolate the oval but. After your answer and since the oval was isolated I selected the oval with the Quick Select tool and everything worked as expected. I was even able to select with the lasso tool and copy and paste which didn't work before. I must have missed something but I haven't figured out what.

JimKing Loc: Salisbury, Maryland USA

Thanks Rick, I tried your way and it worked fine, however, I tried the way I did the first time Ctrl C/V (I had used the elliptical marquee) and it worked also. I was wrong somewhere but I can't figure where. All is fixed and thanks again to both of you.