Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Studio Techniques

The Background Eraser

Hiding under the normal Eraser tool is a special version known as the Background Eraser. Click and hold on the Eraser tool until you see a drop-down menu—the Background Eraser is the middle tool shown in that menu (Figure 14.1). When you move your cursor over an image, you'll notice that the Background Eraser gives you a round brush with a crosshair in the middle (Figure 14.2). When you click and drag on an image, Photoshop keeps a constant eye on what color is under the crosshair and deletes everything within the circle that is similar to that color (Figure 14.3). Your job is to trace around the edge of the object you want to keep. It's OK to have the circular part of your cursor overlap the subject. Just never let the ...