Tutorial on using Photoshop CS6 background eraser tool

1. Open an image file. As shown in the following illustration:

If necessary, read the Photoshop CS6 to open the file.

2. Select the Background Eraser tool in the Toolbox

。 As shown in the following illustration:

If necessary, read the Photoshop CS6 Toolbox.

3. If you only use the default properties of the brush, you can omit this step and direct the next step.

If you need to set various properties of the brush, read the tool options Bar of the background Eraser tool, and then follow the next step.

4. Place the cursor over the background image, the cursor will turn into a circle, and the center of the circle has a cross line. As shown in the following illustration:

When you erase an image, Photoshop collects the color of the crosshairs and erases similar colors that appear in the round area.

5. We click the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse to erase the background. As shown in the following illustration:

Note: Do not let the cross line touch the character, otherwise it will erase it.

6. After the erase operation is complete, the effect of the image is as follows:

7. Do not close the above effect diagram, open a background file again. As shown in the following illustration:

8. Select "Move Tool" in the Toolbox

, drag the portrait that removes the background into the background file. As shown in the following illustration:

Tool options Bar for background eraser tool

The tool options bar for the background eraser tool is shown in the following illustration:

If you want, read the Photoshop CS6 Tools Options Bar.

1. Brush preset

: In the Tools Options bar, click

Area, you can open the Brush preset picker panel. As shown in the following illustration:

The Brush preset picker panel is similar to the Brush tip shape option of the brush panel to refer to reading.

2. Sampling

: Sets how the sample is sampled. 1 Press the "continuous" button

, the color can be sampled continuously when dragging the mouse, and all images appearing in the crosshairs of the center of the cursor will be erased. As shown in the following illustration:

2 Press the "Once" button

, erase only the image that contains the first click Color. As shown in the following illustration:

3) Press the "Background color Board" button

, erase only the image that contains the background color. As shown in the following illustration:

Note: The bottom right corner of the image is the foreground and background color icons.

3. Limit

: Defines the restriction mode when erasing.

Select discontinuous: You can erase the style color that appears anywhere under the cursor.

Select continuous: Only erase areas that contain style colors and are connected to each other.

Select Find Edge: You can erase a connection area that contains style colors and better preserve the sharpness of the edges of the shapes.

4. Tolerances

: Sets the tolerance range for the color. The smaller the number, the less color the erase has in common with the sample color; the larger the number, the more adjacent colors are erased.

5. Protection foreground color: Select this to prevent erasing of areas that match the foreground color.

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