User Manual

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• You also have the option of protecting the current foreground
color from erasure (Protect foreground).
If you use the tool on the Background layer, it's promoted to a
standard layer.
To erase with the Flood Eraser:
1. Select Flood Eraser from the Tools toolbar's Eraser Tools
flyout.
2. (Optional) Change properties on the Context toolbar.
3. Drag with the tool on the active layer to erase pixels close in color
(based on the Tolerance range) to the color under the cursor when you
first click. If you use the tool on the Background layer, it's promoted
to a standard layer.
• The Tolerance setting determines the breadth of the color range
to be erased.
• The Opacity setting will alter the erased areas level of
transparency.
• Check Contiguous to erase only within-tolerance pixels
connected to each other; when unchecked, all in-range pixels are
erased.
• Check Use All Layers to take color boundaries on other layers
into account, although erasure happens only on the current layer.
• Antialias smooths the boundary between the erased area and the
remaining area.
Erasing using pen tablets
During retouching, areas of your image can be erased by brushing out, either by
using your mouse or, if available, a pen tablet. For tablet users, PhotoPlus
supports pressure sensitivity, with tablet calibration and key assignment possible
directly from within the program (via Pressure Studio).