Copy/Paste Images from one story to another

I just want to add my voice to those who have already spoken about this. If I have two projects open and want to copy some images from one to the other after having already gotten them just right, they are completely invisible, but still appear in the timeline. I can select them by clicking the 'ghost' of where they should be seen, but the image is not there. Sure, I could import the entire slide and then keep just the things I need, but this is time consuming and balloons the project size.

Given that the OP raised this issue *ten years* ago, I feel like the team waived the white flag on this one long ago, but I thought it was important to at least let you all know this issue still persists, and it's still a hindrance to a lot of us. Thank you.