You will discover there are three variations when learning how to use the Eraser Tool in Photoshop. You can use the brush-like tool to delete pixels you brush over, to delete pixels in a color range that you brush over, or to delete a sampled color across the entire image.
With that said, let’s take a closer look at how each Eraser Tool works and how you can best utilize them in your projects.
How To Use The Eraser Tool In Photoshop
Step 1: Activate The Eraser Tool (E)
To use the Eraser Tool, select the tool of choice in the sidebar by clicking and holding the Eraser Tool or press Shift + E to cycle through the options.
Step 2: Adjust The Settings In The Options Bar
In the Options Bar, you’ll see the different settings you can use to adjust the tool. Depending on which Eraser Tool you selected, the settings vary slightly.
– The Eraser Tool Settings
When using the Eraser Tool, you can set the brush type, size, and hardness in the Brush Preset Picker. You can then choose the Mode between Brush, Pencil, or Block. The Opacity should always be kept at 100% when you want to fully remove pixels.
Lastly, set the Flow rate and the Smoothing, which will help control brush shakiness and keep the strokes smooth. Feel free to play around with these options to see what works best for your needs.
– The Background Eraser Tool Settings
The most important ones to set are the size, hardness, and spacing, which you can find by clicking the arrow next to the brush tip icon.
You can also set the sampling settings using the three icons and choose whether the pixels are sampled Continuously as you move, Once, or using the Background Swatch. Next, set the Tolerance based on the contrast between the area you’d like to erase and the parts you want to keep — you can keep it higher for more contrast and lower for less.
– The Magic Eraser Tool Settings
In the settings, you can set the Tolerance to determine how similar colors should be to the selected pixels to be deleted. Make sure you enable Anti-Alias and Contiguous for a smoother eraser and set the Opacity to 100%. Enable Sample All Layers if you want the tool to affect all the layers.
Step 3: Paint Over Areas Using The Eraser Tool To Permanently Delete Pixels
Start painting over the areas you want to delete. As you brush over pixels, they will automatically be permanently removed. In any areas you deem too difficult to erase using the Eraser Tool, you can go as close to the edges as possible and then use a different eraser tool to clean up the edges.
Step 4: Clean Up Areas Using The Background Eraser Tool
The background eraser works a bit differently. Rather than painting over and erasing the pixels, the cursor will change to a circle with a plus sign in the middle. The tool will then sample the color underneath the plus sign as you brush. Next, Photoshop will erase all the pixels close to that color that fall inside the circle.
Brush over the image with the Background Eraser Tool, and be sure to keep the target point on the color you want to erase. Every pixel with the same color or brightness level, based on the tolerance you set underneath the point of your circle, will be erased, while any pixels outside of the tolerance range will remain even when brushed over with the circle.
Step 5: Remove Any Remaining Color With The Magic Eraser Tool
Lastly, if there are pixels of the same or similar color to the area you want to be removed scattered around the image, you can quickly remove these pixels with the Magic Eraser Tool, which works similarly to the Magic Wand Tool.
Click on a pixel of the color you want removed, and all instances of this color and similar colors based on the tolerance range will be removed.
Depending on the tolerance, all the pixels of the same and similar color will be deleted. This is useful when the background or area you want to delete is filled with similar colors while the object you want to keep is filled with different colors and brightness levels.
The variations of the Eraser Tool are useful in certain situations. However, in other cases, to get a more accurate and professional background removal, try one of the eight tools highlighted in my background removal guide.
Utagundua kuna tofauti tatu wakati wa kujifunza jinsi ya kutumia chombo cha Eraser katika Photoshop. Unaweza kutumia chombo cha brush-kama kufuta pixels wewe brush juu, kufuta pixels katika rangi mbalimbali kwamba wewe brush juu, au kufuta rangi sampuli katika picha nzima. Pamoja na kwamba alisema, hebu kuchukua kuangalia karibu zaidi jinsi kila Eraser Tool kazi na jinsi unaweza bora kutumia yao katika miradi yako. Jinsi ya kutumia Eraser Tool katika Photoshop Hatua ya 1: Kuamsha Eraser Tool (E): Ili kutumia Eraser Tool, chagua chombo cha uchaguzi katika sidebar kwa kubonyeza na kushikilia Eraser Tool au bonyeza Shift + E kwa mzunguko kupitia chaguzi. Hatua ya 2: Fanya marekebisho katika Bar ya Chaguzi Katika Bar ya Chaguzi, utaona mipangilio tofauti unaweza kutumia kurekebisha chombo. Kulingana na ambayo Eraser Tool umechagua, mipangilio hutofautiana kidogo.  The Eraser Tool Settings Wakati wa kutumia Eraser Tool, unaweza kuweka aina brush, ukubwa, na ugumu katika Brush Preset Picker. Kisha unaweza kuchagua Mode kati ya Brush, Pencil, au Block. Opacity ni lazima daima kuweka katika 100% wakati unataka kabisa kuondoa pixels. Mwishowe, kuweka Mtiririko kiwango na Smoothing, ambayo itasaidia kudhibiti brush shakiness na kuweka strokes laini. Jisikia huru kucheza karibu na chaguzi hizi kuona nini kazi bora kwa ajili ya mahitaji yako. <unk> Background Eraser Tool Settings Mambo muhimu zaidi ya kuweka ni ukubwa, ugumu, na nafasi, ambayo unaweza kupata kwa kubonyeza mshale karibu na brush ncha icon. Unaweza pia kuweka vipimo sampuli kwa kutumia icons tatu na kuchagua kama pixels ni sampuli kuendelea kama wewe hoja, mara moja, au kwa kutumia Background Swatch. Next, kuweka uvumilivu kulingana na tofauti kati ya eneo ungependa kufuta na sehemu unataka kuweka <unk> unaweza kuweka juu kwa tofauti zaidi na chini kwa chini. <unk> Magic Eraser Tool Settings Katika mipangilio, unaweza kuweka uvumilivu kuamua jinsi rangi sawa inapaswa kuwa na pixels kuchaguliwa kuondolewa. Kuwezesha Anti-Alias na Contiguous kwa ajili ya eraser laini na kuweka Opacity kwa 100%. Kuwezesha Sampuli Layer All kama unataka chombo kuathiri tabaka zote. Hatua ya 3: Paka rangi juu ya maeneo kwa kutumia chombo cha Eraser kufuta pixel kwa kudumu - Anza kupaka rangi juu ya maeneo unayotaka kufuta. Kama wewe brush juu ya pixels, wao moja kwa moja kuondolewa kudumu. Katika maeneo yoyote ambayo unaona ni ngumu sana kufuta kwa kutumia chombo cha Eraser, unaweza kwenda karibu na kingo iwezekanavyo na kisha kutumia chombo tofauti cha kufuta kusafisha kingo. Hatua ya 4: Futa maeneo kwa kutumia chombo cha kufuta background Badala ya kupaka rangi na kufuta pikseli, kiashiria kitabadilika kuwa mduara wenye ishara ya ziada katikati. Kisha chombo hicho kitachagua rangi iliyo chini ya ishara ya ziada unapochora. Ifuatayo, Photoshop itafuta pikseli zote zilizo karibu na rangi hiyo ambazo zinaanguka ndani ya mduara. Brush juu ya picha na Background Eraser Tool, na kuwa na uhakika wa kuweka lengo uhakika juu ya rangi unataka kufuta. Kila pixel yenye rangi sawa au kiwango cha mwangaza, kulingana na uvumilivu ulioweka chini ya ncha ya mduara wako, itafutwa, wakati pixel yoyote nje ya kiwango cha uvumilivu itabaki hata wakati wa brushed juu na mduara. Kuondoa rangi yoyote iliyobaki na Magic Eraser Tool: Ikiwa kuna pixels za rangi sawa au sawa na eneo unayotaka kuondolewa, unaweza kuondoa pixel hizi kwa haraka na Magic Eraser Tool, ambayo inafanya kazi sawa na Magic Wand Tool. Bonyeza pixel ya rangi unataka kuondolewa, na matukio yote ya rangi hii na rangi sawa kulingana na mbalimbali ya uvumilivu itakuwa kuondolewa. Kulingana na uvumilivu, pixels zote za rangi sawa na sawa zitafutwa. Hii ni muhimu wakati background au eneo unataka kufuta ni kujazwa na rangi sawa wakati kitu unataka kuweka ni kujazwa na rangi tofauti na viwango vya mwangaza. Tofauti za chombo cha Eraser ni muhimu katika hali fulani. Hata hivyo, katika kesi nyingine, kupata zaidi sahihi na kitaaluma nyuma kuondoa, kujaribu moja ya zana nane highlighted katika mwongozo wangu nyuma kuondoa.