You can erase paint from the canvas using any brush by setting the brush type to . Painting over an image on the canvas with an brush removes the color from the painted pixels, revealing the underlying canvas and maintaining the shape of the brush. For example, if the brush has leaves, the color is removed where the leaves are painted.
If you change the default clear color without applying it, the original clear color is revealed. Erasing also removes alpha.
To erase brush strokes from the canvas
- Modify the canvas , if necessary. For information on setting the canvas , see To set the default clear color of the canvas.
- Do one of the following:
- If you use a stylus and tablet, modify pressure mappings, if desired (). You can map up to three brush attributes to the stylus pressure. For information on modifying stylus pressure mappings,
see Make the brush respond to stylus pressure.
- If you want to ignore the pressure mappings, select to turn it off. You may want to ignore pressure mappings if you paint with a mouse rather than a stylus.
- In the (), or on a shelf, click the brush preset you want to erase with. The selected brush settings are copied to the template brush.
- Select . The window opens.
- Beside , select .
- Set to , if this is not already the setting.
- Modify other template brush settings, if necessary. For information on modifying template brush settings, see Define template brush settings.
- Drag across the area you want to erase.
Tip
Any brush can become an erase brush by changing its to . Create some erase type brush presets and save them on a shelf for easy access. For information on storing brushes, see Create new brush presets.
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