BUILDING A BETTER BACKGROUND ERASER TOOL


Here's a tip for making Photoshop's Background Eraser tool much more effective. Choose the Background Eraser tool, and in the Options Bar, lower the Tolerance setting to 20.

In the Brushes palette, pick a large, hard-edged brush. Then, switch to the Pen tool, making sure that the paths icon (middle one at left in the Options Bar) is clicked. Draw a path just outside the edge of the object you want to isolate (you don't have to be precise; in fact, stay just outside the edges of the object and draw straight lines all the way around the image). Go to the Paths palette, and in the palette's pop-down menu, choose Stroke Path. When the dialog appears, under Tool, choose Background Eraser, and click OK. The Background Eraser will instantly trace around your image, following the path you created. Now that the edges have been erased, you can use the regular Eraser tool to erase the rest of the background area.



    Photoshop CS Killer Tips
    The Digital Photography Book
    ISBN: 735713561
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2006
    Pages: 429
    Authors: Scott Kelby

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