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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.

