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Paint Shop Pro includes two eraser toolsan Eraser and a Background Eraserthat work similarly to a pencil eraser except that you have several options from which you can select. Erase options are the same options available to a paintbrush in that you can select the eraser size, opacity, hardness, and step.
Use the regular Eraser tool to replace colors in an image with the background color or with a transparency. If you are working on a background layer, the Eraser tool replaces the erased area with the current background/fill style. If you are working on a Raster layer, Paint Shop Pro replaces the erased area with a transparent area. You'll learn more about Raster layers in Part II, "Working with Raster Graphics."
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To confine the erasing to a specific area, select the area before you use the Eraser tool.
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Click and drag with the right mouse button to replace the erased area with the foreground color.
The Background Eraser tool is new to Paint Shop Pro 8. Although it's similar to the regular Eraser tool, the Background Eraser tool works more from the center of the brush and works to erase around a specific area, which can give you softer erased edges. For example, if you have a photograph of a bird and you want just the birdwithout the trees and other items in the backgroundthe Background Eraser tool is what you want to use.
The Background Eraser tool works only on raster layers and does not work on the background layer. If your image is not on a raster layer, Paint Shop Pro displays a dialog box prompting you to promote it to a full layer. Click on OK and then proceed with the Background Eraser tool.
The center of the Background Eraser tool is the key to using this feature, so it works best if you can easily see the center. To make the center easier to spot, turn on the Precise Cursor option.
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To restore an area completely and quickly, hold down the spacebar and then drag the right mouse button over the erased area.
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