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Soft Hint

                    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.



           Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VIII  The Magic Eraser Tool functions like the Paint Bucket Tool in reverse. It can be used to

                   Magic Eraser Tool


                  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.
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                  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 containing                   Using Magic Eraser Tool

                           similar colour pixels is removed.


                   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.
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