User Manual

Painting and Drawing 123
The Background Eraser Tool for erasing
pixels similar to a sampled reference color
underlying the cursor crosshair—great for
painting out unwanted background colors.
The Flood Eraser Tool for filling a region
with transparency, erasing pixels similar to the
color under the cursor when you first click.
In general, you can set tool properties for each tool including brush
characteristics, opacity, tolerance, flow, and choose a brush tip. The Eraser tools
work on Background and standard layers, but not on text layers or shape layers.
To erase with the Standard Eraser:
1. Select Standard Eraser from the Tools toolbar's Eraser Tools
flyout.
2. (Optional) Change attributes, especially brush Size and Opacity, on
the Context toolbar.
For erasing with an airbrush effect or hard-edged brush, check the
Airbrush or Hard Edge option.
For tablet users, pressure sensitivity can be switched on via Brush
Options (click Brush thumbnail); ensure the Controller drop-down
list is set to "Pressure" on selected attributes.
3. Drag with the tool on the active layer. On the Background layer,
erased pixels expose the current background color. On other layers,
they expose transparency.