Eraser brush tool

Rather than using Photoshop's Eraser Tool to erase a brush stroke, we can actually turn the Brush Tool itself into an eraser, which means we'll be erasing using the same brush and settings that we painted with! And there are two easy ways to do it. One works with any recent version of Photoshop, and one is brand new as of Photoshop CC This first way to turn your brush into an eraser works with any recent version of Photoshop.

Once you've erased the area, you can continue painting by setting the blend mode back to Normal :. And here's a faster way to switch between the two brush blend modes.

Related: Photoshop blend mode tips and tricks! As of Photoshop CC , there's now an even faster way to switch the Brush Tool between "paint" and "erase" modes. On an American keyboard, the tilde key is found directly under the Esc key in the upper left.

Hold down the tilde key to temporarily turn your brush into an eraser, which lets you erase using the same brush and settings that you painted with. Then release the tilde key to continue painting:. Related: More hidden tips and tricks for Photoshop's brushes! Earlier, I mentioned that it's very important to paint on a separate layer rather than painting directly on the Background layer. So let's finish up with a look at what happens when we try to erase a brush stroke that we've painted on the Background layer.

But in the Layers panel, we see that instead of painting on a separate layer, this time I've painted directly on the Background layer:. The first method we looked at for turning your brush into an eraser was by changing the brush's blend mode to Clear.

But if you've painted on the Background layer, you'll find that the Clear blend mode in the Options Bar is grayed out and unavailable. So this first method won't work:. And the second method was to press and hold the tilde key to temporarily turn the brush into an eraser. But the main reason why we can't erase a brush stroke on the Background layer is because Background layers do not support transparency.

So even though you can still hold down the tilde key to erase, you won't get the result you were expecting. Instead, notice that with my tilde key held down, all I'm doing is painting with white.

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Tilt Shift Blur. Dot Screen Halftone. Selection history. Size: Blur: Opacity:. Click Here to open the editor if stopped by popup blocker. Launch Editor. This page is needed for the online editor.

Do not close while editing. Contents 1 About the image eraser tool 2 Using the online eraser tool 3 How the eraser tool works 4 Eraser tool options 5 Frequently asked questions. About the Image Eraser Tool. The eraser tool operates in much the same way as the brush tool but instead of changing the pixels in its stroke to a selected color it erases the pixels to transparent. To use the eraser you click and drag in the image to erase pixels within the eraser stroke.

It is useful in compositing as it is used to clear or erase an area in a layer so that the contents of the layer below can be seen. The eraser tool is often used in combination with selection tools to restrict erasing to an area that defines an object in the layer or image.

Upload an image from your computer or use a sample image to try the eraser tool. Using the Online Eraser Tool. Upload an image using the form above. Press and drag in the image to erase areas using the eraser tool strokes. Adjust the settings in the tool options bar to set the size of the eraser tool, its' hardness and opacity.

How the Eraser Tool Works. To use the eraser tool click the tool icon in the toolbar. This will activate the eraser in the editor and load the tool options bar with the tool settings. By default the eraser tool erases to transparent. The transparency is indicated by the checkered tiling in the erased area. If you wish to erase to the background color, deselect the transparent background checkbox in the far right of the menu bar color selection panel. Moving the mouse over the image shows the the eraser tool cursor.

The cursor is a circle which has a diameter set by the Size setting in the tool options bar. Changing the 'Size' setting, as shown below, also changes the diameter of the eraser cursor circle. The cursor circle indicates the area that will be erased when you click or drag in the image with the eraser tool.

In the pair of images below the first image shows the mouse over the image in the editor. The second image shows a single click in the image with the erase tool clearing the area covered by the eraser brush.

The Blur radius setting in the tool option is used to soften the eraser strokes. The more you increase the blur radius the more the eraser will appear to spread the eraser stroke or reduce the hardness. The blur spreads the transition between the erased and un-erased areas at the border of a stroke. Below shows an image with two eraser strokes. The stroke at the top has 0 blur radius, hence the sharp, hard edge.

The stroke below it has a blur of 5 pixels. It has a soft edge because the erased area transitions from transparent to opaque in a 5px border around the stroke edge.