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Create a Composite Image with Background Eraser in Photoshop

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Uploaded by on Aug 17, 2010

In this tutorial, A.J. demonstrates that layer masks & fancy clipping paths are not always necessary to combine two images in Photoshop. Sometimes all you need is the right Eraser tool.

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  • I have tried for two days to make this work and the eraser tool when I superimpose two layers erase everything What am I doing wrong ! have followed all the steps exactly ?

  • @potemska - be sure to choose the Background Eraser and set the options to "Sampling Once". You can also reduce the Tolerance setting for the Background Eraser if the default percentage is too high. (Try under 32%)

  • How did you have layers side by side?

  • @BridgeChurchHawaii - I believe you're referring when I tiled the image windows. I simply used the arrange documents command found in the Application Bar. You can also goto the Window menu and choose Arrange.

  • How does it know what to keep in the foreground layer and what not keep?

  • @BridgeChurchHawaii - When using the Background Eraser, the key is to set the options to "Sampling:Once" this will ensure only a specific color value is erased. Like other "magic" tools in Photoshop you can control the range by adjusting the Tolerance within the options.

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  • Wow...who knew?

  • perfect

    thanks alot

  • i never even took a second look at the background eraser, never did I knew that.

  • WOAHHH!!!!!! Thats awesome!!! Im going to try that out now!

  • tanks aj

    

  • nice video :)

  • is this on whidbey island?

  • very good man thumbs up thanks for the more idea

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