Retouching and restoring images
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You can use the Background Eraser tool to erase pixels selectively. For
example, in a photo of a mountain range, you can erase the sky, or you
can isolate an object from the surrounding image area.
For information about the settings available for the Background Eraser
tool, see “Erasing image areas” in the Help.
To erase an image area
Edit workspace
1
On the Tools toolbar, choose the Eraser tool
.
2
On the Tool Options palette, choose the brush options you want.
3
Drag in the image to erase.
If you erase the background layer, the Eraser tool erases to
transparency, and the layer is automatically promoted to a
raster layer.
To erase the background area of an image
Edit workspace
1
On the Layers palette, click the layer that contains the image
element that you want to isolate.
2
On the Tools toolbar, choose the Background Eraser tool .
You can also
Restore erased pixels
Hold down the right mouse
button, and drag over the erased
area.
Erase a straight line
Click at the beginning of the line,
hold down Shift, and click the end
of the line. To continue erasing
the line, move to the next point,
hold down Shift, and click again.
