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imagenry_b
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August 4, 2023
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How to restore back erased areas using the eraser

  • August 4, 2023
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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?

 

 

    Correct answer D Fosse

    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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    junaidi_2042
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    March 25, 2025

     

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    imagenry_bAuthor
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    August 6, 2023

    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?

    Semaphoric
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    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
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    August 10, 2023

    If something is partially erased, you could conceivably restore it by painting on the transparency channel, which is not available in isolation. In 32-bit days, I used TeleGraphics Filter Foundry, which could manipulate transparency directly to attempt this, but discovered (after Chris Cox explained it to me), that, once an image is fully erased down to zero, it is GONE. Adding back opacity yields the background color of the layer.

     

    Masks do not have this limitation.

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    imagenry_bAuthor
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    August 11, 2023

    Another way,

    I figured out that in the foreground painting using the black color will erase or hide the target area while painting with white will restore or show what been erased. this is done on the layer mask it self not the raw image.

    In consideration that density should be 100%.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    August 4, 2023

    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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