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Having an issue with the eraser tool.

Apr 11, 2012 4:14 PM

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Hello All,

 

I am quite new to photoshop, so thank you in advance for your patience.

 

When I use the eraser, I get a black line outlining the path that the eraser took.

Here, I drew a square, then erased a path through the top and left side. I now have two discrete, closed sections. I intended to get a clean erasure resulting in a two-line shape in the upper left, and a four sided, open shape in the rest of the image. Basically, I want it so they are not closed shapes.

 

And advice? Thanks.

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924 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: R_Kelly, Apr 12, 2012 9:32 PM
 
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  • Curt Y
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    1. Curt Y,
    Apr 11, 2012 5:14 PM   in reply to teach_me_how_to_erase
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    Welcome to the forum.

     

    I think you are doing something different than you think you are.

     

    To check open a new document (file/new).  Draw a black square with the paint brush then erase a section as above.  Think you will just see erased section.

     

    Do you have eraser in brush mode (box in eraser tool bar)?

     

    Do you really have a white canvas with a black line?

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    2. Noel Carboni,
    Apr 11, 2012 5:58 PM   in reply to teach_me_how_to_erase
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    I'm thinking you are erasing pixels on a layer that has a Stroke layer style.  Stroke means that wherever the layer borders between visible pixels and complete transparency there will be a line drawn.

     

    Stroke1.jpg

     

    Stroke2.jpg

     

    -Noel

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    3. R_Kelly,
    Apr 11, 2012 7:50 PM   in reply to teach_me_how_to_erase
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    If it's indeed what Noel suspects (stroke layer style) then you could add a layer mask, set in the Blending Options>Layer Mask Hides Effects

    and paint on the layer mask with the brush tool set to black (the foreground color in the toolbox).

     

     

     

    Untitled-3.png

     
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    4. teach_me_how_to_erase,
    Apr 12, 2012 8:46 AM   in reply to teach_me_how_to_erase
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    Thank you, everyone.

     

    R-Kelly,

     

    You seem to have nailed it. Is there a way to default to this? Or should I do this to every layer?

     

    Can I draw a square, for example, without using a "stroke layer"? If I turn stroke off, the square goes away.

     

    Thank you.

     
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    5. R_Kelly,
    Apr 12, 2012 9:32 PM   in reply to teach_me_how_to_erase
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    You can use the rectangular marquee tool to draw a square and then go to Edit>Stroke, but you loose the ability of easily changing  your edits.

     

    You could also save a layer style and use that with shape layers (or any layer), but you would still have to add a layer mask unless you recorded an action.

     
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