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billc25042003
billc25042003
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April 9, 2019
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PSE 2018 problem with Background Eraser

  • April 9, 2019
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When I use the background eraser tool my it is accompanied by a series of flashing B/W dots - I find this most distracting and makes it difficult to use when cutting out the background of an object for removal.

I have used PSE from about version 2 or 3 and never had this problems before.

Welcome any advice.

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    Correct answer hatstead

    Hi Jeff

    Please find attached a photo showing the problem. I was not able to insert a video as I use none of the transfer sites referred to.

    I I am on an imac 27inch late 2014  - OS Mohave.


    Try this:

    In Editor, go to the expert tab.

    1. Open picture B, the one you posted above.
    2. Use one of the selection tools, e.g. selection brush, lasso tool, to select the flowers. You will see an outline ("marching ants") once the selection is complete
    3. Go to Edit menu>copy to copy the selection to the clipboard
    4. Open picture A with your replacement background,  then go to Edit>paste
    5. Use the move tool to position object from picture B.
    6. In the layers palette you should see picture A as the background layer, and object B on a separate layer.

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    billc25042003
    billc25042003Author
    Known Participant
    April 9, 2019

    Is there no-one in Adobe who can help?

    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
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    April 9, 2019

    You are not speaking to Adobe here. You are in a user to user forum, not in an Adobe chat sesssion, so expecting an answer in less than one minute is a bit optimistic.

    It will be problematic to answer your question for two reasons:

    - we don't know anything about your situation

    FAQ: What information should I provide when posting, or What do you need to know to solve my issue?

    - Using the background eraser is probably never used by advanced users. What are you trying to do?  My guess is that there may be better workflows.

    billc25042003
    billc25042003Author
    Known Participant
    April 9, 2019

    Thank you for the clarification in respect of the user to user forum  - please accept my apologies for confusing it as an Adobe help facility.

    Although I have used PSE for many years I would not describe myself as an advanced user – my process, on this occasion, was the placing of a photo in another photo and removing the majority of the background.

    When I use the background eraser tool and commence erasing at each point of contact there is a circle of B/W dots and I find this really irritating as it obscures my line of sight on the parts I wish to erase.

    I have never experienced this problem in all previous versions of PSE.

    Many thanks for your response and I would be pleased if there is an answer able to be provided by one of the community users.

    Bill Connor

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