Corel Painter Help | Erasing image areas

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2018, and are not included in Painter Essentials 6. For more information about Corel Painter 2018, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 6, see the Painter Essentials 6 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To erase an image area

Erasing image areas

You can erase any part of your image and control the opacity of erased areas. You can also link the opacity to stylus pressure or specify a fixed opacity value.

You can set the Eraser opacity to Hard (left) or Soft (right).

To erase an image area

In the Layers panel, choose the layer on which you want to erase.

Choose the Eraser tool

in the toolbox.

On the property bar, adjust the Size pop-up slider

and the Opacity pop-up slider

Click one of the following buttons:

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Soft Mode

— sets opacity based on stylus pressure. The more pressure you apply, the higher the opacity. The initial opacity level is determined by the Opacity pop-up slider.

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Hard Mode

— sets opacity based on the value specified by the Opacity pop-up slider

You can toggle between Soft Mode and Hard Mode by holding down Option (macOS) or Alt (Windows) as you drag in the image window.

You can erase in straight lines by clicking the Straight line strokes button on the property bar, clicking a point on the canvas where you want to start your line, and clicking where you want to end the line.

You can also erase image areas by choosing the Brush tool in the toolbox and choosing Erasers from the Brush Category selector on the Brush Selector bar.

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