My question might be the reverse of yours: why go through the extra steps of creating a layer mask, when you can do the exact same thing with the selection you created on the layer. I have all the flexibility of a layer mask, and no need to add extra steps to my workflow. The point is that I use the duplicate layer as the mask. Just found this while looking for something else. And you can still use your selection technique, then just fill the selection on the mask to give the exact same result. Out of curiosity ColleenM, why do you erase when layer masks are available? What advantage does it offer? It's destructive, so if you look at your edit a week later and realise you got rid of too much with the Eraser, you can't go back without redoing all the processing that followed. In fact, IIRC, you cannot use the eraser on the background unless you deliberately unlock it. If you have an active selection, you can use the eraser to remove wide swaths of pixels, leaving only your selection behind.Īlternatively, you can select the part you want to remove, invert the selection, and then erase.Īnd all of this is done on a duplicate layer, not the original. I only do it after carefully creating a pixel-by-pixel selection of the parts I want to save. Instead you need to make a layer with a mask and paint away the image, that way is all else fails you can undo only parts instead of starting over.Īctually, I use the eraser all the time. You need to almost never use the earaser. Search this group's discussions for "layer mask" and I'm sure you'll find plenty of info on them! It's a far better alternative to the Eraser tool IMHO. Layer Masks are basically the same as selectively erasing part of a layer, but are nondestructive (i.e. Unfortunately you can't "unerase" parts of an image.
#Pixelmator eraser software
You can get free layer masks from lots of places if your editing software does not have it already. If you make a mistake then simply change the foreground colour to white to paint back in what you erased.
Not an expert myself, but if you use a layers mask then set the foreground colour to black, you use the brush to erase or reveal whats beneath it. When I go back to that layer or at any time how do we go over the area to bring bits back? (not the undo tool ) but with a brush ?
When I have erased away on a layer and realise I would rather have a bit of it back. Could u tell me anyone of you clever people.
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