eraser
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- noun
- /ɪˈreɪsər/
- Specialized
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- To complete this tutorial, we mainly use the Freehand Selection tool (set to point-to-point mode), and we briefly use the Eraser Brush set to a low opacity to blend in the background.
- Magic Eraser
- Clean Magic Eraser
Examples
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We will use the eraser brush to blend it later in the tutorial.
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The eraser tool is too clumsy for that and takes too long.
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I almost never use the eraser tool.
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With Illustrator, the eraser does work if you go to Object.
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You can just whip the Wacom stylus around and use the eraser to clean up the ends of lines.
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Next, select the eraser brush and set the opacity to around 5% and blend/feather the area around the edges of the hairline.
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However, the eraser is a little problematic since it tends to show the "digital" aspect of the erasing by leaving a slightly faded edge—or if you use the hard eraser, it cuts too sharply.
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In the design software, use the eraser tool to carefully remove the unwanted pixels from your image.
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While editing the photo, she switched to the eraser mode to erase the background layer.
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To correct the mistake, he selected the eraser function and quickly removed the extra elements from the document.
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Morphology
Etymology
Eraser comes from the verb erase meaning 'to scrape away', and the ending -er shows it is a tool that does the action. In digital programs the eraser tool 'scrapes away' pixels or parts of an image, so it works the same way as a real eraser.