![]() When you delete a pixel, it is gone, whereas if you mask out a pixel it is hidden. As the name suggests you are erasing or physically deleting pixels from your image. While the Background Eraser is a brilliant and easy to use tool, It is important to note one drawback of using it before we go any further. The other nice thing about it is, it also performs colour extraction at the edges of any foreground objects, so you won’t see a horrible colour halo if you paste the foreground object into another image. What this tool actually does is erase chunks of colour from wherever you choose to start from. The name “Background Eraser” gives the impression that this tool only deletes backgrounds, but as Photoshop doesn’t really know what is a background and what is the object of interest in the foreground, it can be used to erase any part of an image that you decide. The Background Eraser tool samples the colour at the centre of the brush, and deletes pixels of the same or very similar colour as you drag the cursor around your image. This tool is a little bit like having a combination of the Quick Selection tool and the Eraser tool working simultaneously. ![]() You can erase the background while keeping the edges of an object in the foreground. One of the easiest ways to remove a background or part of a background from an image in Photoshop is to use the Background Eraser Tool. ![]() The Background Eraser tool works pretty much the same way in all versions of Photoshop if you have an older version you can still follow along* Introduction to the Background Eraser *Updated July 2016 to reflect visual changes in Photoshop CC. ![]()
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