[PHOTO] Erase Tools

[Petar Petrenko]

Hi,

I found that "Erase Brush Tool" and "Background Erase Brush" do the same. They erase to transparency. I tought that "Erase..." shoud clear the canvas with selected color, as in PS.

Would it be better if there is only one "Erase Tool" and choose the options from context toolbar:

 

1. Erase to foreground color

2. Erase to background color

3. Erase to transparency

4. Flood erase

 

with their respective parameters?

[MEB]

Hi Petar_MK

All Erase tools perform different functions. They only erase to transparency if you have only one layer in your document. Otherwise the layers below become visible.

The Erase Brush Tool is a "regular" erase tool - it deletes everything you paint over on the selected layer. Its options are all related with the brush properties only, not with what you want to delete (a specific colour).

 

The Background Erase Brush deletes pixels of the same colour of the pixel you initially clicked on (you can also choose to continuously sample the colours as you move the mouse). It also lets you define a tolerance here to limit the range of colours it picks, so its great for localised edits where you may want to remove a specific colour or colour range from an area.

 

The Flood Erase Tool is similar in the sense that it picks a specific colour to delete (you can  again define a tolerance for this) but it affects the whole layer instead.