Captions in PSE 2021

The regular eraser tool erases the pixels that you brush over.  In simple terms, the magic eraser tool will erase all pixels of a similar color that you touch with the brush.  The tolerance setting of the magic eraser tool changes the number of color shades that will be affected by the brush.  If the Tolerance is set to 0, only pixels of identical color to the one that is clicked will be deleted.  (A shade of green in the following screenshot.)

Setting the the tolerance to a higher number will delete more shades of green in my screenshot.

If the contiguous box is unchecked, all colors within the tolerance level will be deleted from the image whether they are touching the area that is clicked or not.

The checkerboard displayed means that the area is transparent.  You have deleted all the color pixels from the background and the area is now transparent.  If you have deleted all of the caption area with the magic eraser tool and now have a transparent rectangular area, you can use the Paint Bucket tool to fill the transparent area with white or any other color of your choice.  Then you can add your new text layer over it.  Actually, if you save the file with the transparent background as a jpeg, the transparent area will appear white anyway, so you could just add the text layer over the transparency.

Hope I'm not confusing you too much.

You cannot correct the text layer in a jpeg.  You should be able to use the eraser tool to return the caption area to white.  You can then add a new and correct text layer over the white background.  (I'm assuming that you used the option to create a white canvas under your photo.  If it is a color then other steps may need to be taken.)

You say that you are having difficulty erasing the errroneous text.  I'm not sure if that is because you are simply trying to erase an erroneous letter rather than the complete text.  You also mention that your files are showing as a large size.  It is therefore possible that you need to increase the size of the eraser brush.  This can be done in the eraser tool bin:

If you are still having problems, please attach a sample so we can offer other options.

There are several ways to add a caption to an image in the Organizer.

• If you double click an image so that it is full screen, you will see the following text:

When you click on it, a blank text box will open and you can add your caption text.  Once you hit Enter, the caption will appear below the image:

• If the media grid is zoomed out, you can select an image, right-click on it and select Add caption.  Type your caption in the text box that opens and the caption will be added.  But you can only view the added caption under the image if it is in full screen view.
• A third method is to add a caption in a text box that appears at the top of the Information panel at the right of the Organizer screen.   You will always see an added caption for a selected file in the grid in this text box.  The text box can also be used to add or edit text for a single selected file.  If you select more than one file, the text disappears.

If you are not talking about captions in the Organizer, but want to add text underneath a photo that will then be saved e.g. as a jpeg file, let us know and give us a better description of what you want to do in the Editor.

Hi

Since your question is about Photoshop Elements, I have moved this from the Photoshop forum where you posted to PS Elements.

~ Jane