Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial page 227

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Brush Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brush drop-down, and
then select a brush thumbnail.
Size Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box.
Strength Sets the amount of the smudge effect.
Sample All Layers Smudges using color from all visible layers. If this option is deselected, the smudge tool uses colors from
only the active layer.
Finger Painting Smears the foreground color at the beginning of each stroke. If this option is deselected, the smudge tool
uses the color under the pointer at the beginning of each stroke.
Use the Eraser tool
The Eraser tool changes pixels in the image as you drag through them. If you're working in the Background layer or in a layer with locked
transparency, erased pixels change to the background color; otherwise, erased pixels become transparent. Transparent pixels are indicated by the
transparency grid.
1. From the Draw section in the toolbox, select the Eraser tool. (If you don't see it in the toolbox, select either the Background
Eraser tool or the Magic Eraser tool , and then click the Eraser tool icon in the Tool Options bar.)
2. Set options in the Tool Options bar as desired, and then drag through the area you want to erase.
You can specify any of the following Eraser tool options:
Brush Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brush drop-down, and
then select a brush thumbnail.
Size Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box.
Opacity Defines the strength of the erasure. An opacity of 100% erases pixels to complete transparency on a layer and to the
background color on the Background layer. A lower opacity erases pixels to partial transparency on a layer and paints partially
with the background color on the Background layer. (If Block mode is selected in the Tool Options bar, the Opacity option isn't
available.)
Type Brush mode erases by using characteristics of the brush tool, so you can make soft-edged erasures. Pencil mode
makes hard-edge erasures like a pencil. Block mode uses a hard-edged 16-pixel square as an eraser.
Use the Magic Eraser tool
The Magic Eraser tool changes all similar pixels when you drag within a photo. If you're working in a layer with locked transparency, the pixels
change to the background color; otherwise, the pixels are erased to transparency. You can choose to erase contiguous pixels only, or all similar
pixels on the current layer.
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