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How to restore back erased areas using the eraser

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Hello I'm on Windows 10, my question

how can I restore erased elements the way I want (without using history).

In other words I want to use the eraser to trace some areas back just like the stamp clone feature but without cloning the area insteade recovering back the original part that was erased.

Should I use 2 layers in here? how many ways can I achieve that?

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D FosseCorrect answer

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I'm hesitant to say this, because I don't want to encourage bad habits, but you can use the History brush. It will do what you want, up to the number of history states you have set - but onlly as long as the document remains open.

Still, the proper and sensible way to do it is with layer masks.

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Thx for ALL the help: I'm 71 now and Life just KEEPS getting harder !

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imagenry_bAuthor

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Ok is there any tool similar to eraser that can restore the erased part.

EG. a brush that is dedicated to brings back what I'v delete by painting the erased material.

I agree with you that create mask is essential but what about a specific toll that can heal the erased area?

EG. instead of using the brush tool to paint a specific color instead I can use it to restore the erased area?

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Chuck Uebele

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As @D Fosse mentioned, you need to use layer mask. You can use color range to make a selection of the image, then use a brush to either mask that color out or to paint it back in.

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imagenry_bAuthor

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Sorry but could you illustrate this via screen shot I still can't understand.

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D Fosse

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This is why we use layer masks instead of erasing pixels.

You can't go back except via History as long as the document is still open. Once closed, it's gone.

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