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Tech Fact
To delete the unwanted areas from your selection, hold down the Alt key to toggle the
subtraction mode for the tool, and then click and drag your mouse around the background
area you wish to remove.
Magic Eraser Tool
The Magic Eraser Tool functions like the Paint Bucket Tool in reverse. It can be used to erase all the
similar coloured pixels and make them transparent. You will be able to see the images of the bottom
layers.
Perform the following steps to use the Magic Eraser Tool:
Step 1: Open the image in Photoshop from which you want to erase some part.
Step 2: Select the Magic Eraser Tool from the Tools panel.
Step 3: Alter the settings in the Options bar. Tolerance box contains the value which determines how
much area the eraser will cover with one click. Anti-alias reduces the hardness of the edges
erased. Contiguous, if selected, sticks to only one color. If you do not want to affect the visible
layers then the Sample All Layers should
be unchecked. Opacity slider controls the
hardness/strength of the eraser.
Step 4: Click on the portion of the image which
you want to delete. The area contains
similar colour pixels is removed.
Using Magic Eraser Tool
RETOUCHING TOOLS
Retouching tools help you to add or remove objects from an image. Let’s learn about some retouching
tool of Photoshop.
Spot Healing Brush Tool
One of the magical feature of Photoshop is to remove or repair the spots, scratches or even objects
from an image with the help of Spot Healing Brush Tool. It is also known as Texture Replacement
tool. It blends the wrong or bad texture of one area in an image with the good or fine texture area of
the same image. The result of the spot removal may vary depending on the complexity of the image.
It can be used to remove the acne or skin blemishes and scars completely from an image.
Follow the below steps to use the Spot Healing Brush Tool:
Step 1: Open the image to be corrected and select the Spot Healing Brush Tool from the Tools panel.
Step 2: Create a new layer above the image layer to add the modifications. Rename the layer Touch-
up to identify it easily. You can hide the layer to see the effect of the Spot Healing Brush Tool
any time.
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