Eraser tool issue? Or is it me?

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chris_the_designer
May 6, 2005
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Im new to adobe – I used corel for the last 10 years and Im finding it hard to translate my abilities to pshop, for instance the eraser:

When I used corel I duplicate a layer, then adjust it, then remove parts of the new layer to let the other layer show through. I just use the earaser tool and the longer you leave the pen pressed the more flow of opacity come out from the layer, but in photoshop it seems that the eraser will only erase to a certain opacity, ie 30% – so when I want to blend in another image the blend looks blotchy because the eraser wont go smoothly without repressing the pen/mouse and erasing over the 30%, then its now 60% erased so I need to do it again and again to get 100% transparancy.

I know this must read daft – but can you show me how to fix this or is there a workaround for pshop?

thanks – so far you guys have been great and helped me loads. Chris

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Pierre_Courtejoie
May 6, 2005
Change the opacity of the eraser to 100% (look at the settings in your option bar.)

Check also that the brush you are using has 100% black areas.
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chrisjbirchall
May 6, 2005
A better way of "erasing" parts of the layer in your example is to create a layer mask. Then you can use a brush to ‘paint’ on the mask in black to "hide" parts of the new layer and in white to reveal (effectively unerase).

Hope this helps

Chris
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chris_the_designer
May 6, 2005
yes it does help. I’ll go try that now – it must be the name!
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johntolliday
May 6, 2005
Quickmask is good to know as well because you can blur the edge of the mask whilst in quickmask mode effectively controlling the amount you feather the edge.
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chris_the_designer
May 25, 2005
Its still not what Im used to: is there a way to airbrush in the opacity to 100% in once mouse stroke, so that the longer I hold in the button the more transparent it becomes?
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chrisjbirchall
May 25, 2005
Use the Flow setting.
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chris_the_designer
May 26, 2005
Its just not the same, I feel empty now.

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