why is the (erase tool) leaving dark blocks in replacement of a sunset or anywhere i remove something?

Question

Erase tool has stopped working properly. it now leaves a dark box in place of whatever you are trying to erase.

The tool has honestly never been great to begin with, Even the free erase tool on i-phones does a better job, why do i subscribe to a product with inferior capabilities thats also bugged?

i was trying to remove a bird from the background. flying thru the sunset of a wedding portrait.

it also did this randomly when i was removing lint from a jacket.

i have updated the program and restarted the computer, still getting the same results.

JohanElzenga · Accepted Answer

You need to update your AI settings. Click on the yellow wheel icon. When you erase something in the sky, and you use a sky mask to darken or brighten the sky, then that mask will have a gap where the object that you just erased used to be. And so the object will remain as a ‘ghost’, because the sky in that spot is not darkened/brightened. Updating the mask solves that.

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