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Monday, March 11, 2013

THE ERASER (PAINT SHOP PRO)


THE ERASER

On the "Background" layer, left-clicking causes the Eraser to replace the current color with the background color, and right-clicking causes the Eraser to replace the current color with the foreground color. The following exercise illustrates:

Erasing on the Background Layer  

  1. Open a new file.
File > New
Settings:
Width: 100 Pixels
Height: 100 Pixels
Resolution: 72 Pixels/inch
Background Color: White
Image Type: 16.7 Million Colors
  1. Check your grid preferences. They should be set as shown here.
File > Preferences > General Program Preferences > Rulers and Units
Settings:
Units: Pixels
Horizontal Spacing: 20
Vertical Spacing: 20
  1. Turn on the grid, if it is not already on.
View > Grid
  1. Set your foreground color to black:
Settings:
Red: 0
Green: 0
Blue: 0
  1. Set your background color to white.
Settings:
Red: 255
Green: 255
Blue: 255
  1. Zoom in on the image.
View > Zoom In By 1
  1. Select the Flood Fill tool Flood Fill tool. Set the tool options.
Flood Fill Tab Settings:
Fill Style: Solid Color
Blend ModeNormal
Paper Texture: None
Match Mode: None
Opacity: 100
Sample Merged: Yes
  1. Left-click anywhere on the image. Your image should now look like the one shown here.
Your image
Erasing a Column
  1. Select the Eraser tool Eraser tool. Set the tool options.
Eraser Tab Settings:
Brush TypeNormal
Shape: Square
Size: 20
Hardness: 100
Opacity: 100
Step: 25
Density: 100
Eraser Options:
Paper Texture: None
Built Up Brush: Yes
  1. Left-click in the first block of the first column.
  2. Press and hold down the Shift key.
  3. Click in the last block in the first column. Your image should now look like the one shown here.
Last block in the first column

Erasing One Click at a Time
  1. Left-click once in each of the blocks in the third column.
Erasing by Dragging
  1. Left-click, hold, and drag the pointer down the fifth column.
  2. Turn off the grid.
View > Grid
  1. Close the file. Save the file if you like.
File > Close

Erasing on a Layer

On layers other than the "Background" layer, left-clicking makes the area on the current layer transparent, and right-clicking applies the foreground color to the area.
  1. Open boy.jpg in Paint Shop Pro.
File > Open
Look in: Enter the directory in which you stored your files.
File: boy.jpg
Files of Type: JPEG-JFIF Compliant (*.jpg, *.jif, *.jpeg)
  1. Add a new raster layer.
Layers > New Raster Layer
Settings:
Name: Color
Blend Mode: Normal
Opacity: 100
Groups: 0
Layer is Visible: Yes
Lock Transparency: No
Mask is Enabled for this Layer: Yes
Mask is Locked with Layer: Yes
  1. Set your foreground color to white:
Tool Settings:
Red: 255
Green: 255
Blue: 255
  1. Select the Flood Fill tool Flood Fill tool. Set the tool options.
Flood Fill Tab Settings:
Fill Style: Solid Color
Blend Mode: Normal
Paper Texture: None
Match Mode: None
Opacity: 100
Sample Merged: Yes
  1. Left-click anywhere on the image. Your image should be completely white.
  2. Set the opacity for the layer to 50.
Layers > Properties
Setting:
Opacity: 50
  1. Select the Eraser tool.
  2. In the Tool Options dialog box, click on the Eraser tab, if it is not in the front.
  3. Click on the Brush Types icon. A drop-down menu will appear.
Brush Types icon
  1. Click on Custom. The Custom Brush dialog box will appear.
  2. Select the star.
  3. Click on OK to close the dialog box.
  4. Click on the boy's face.
  5. Reset the opacity for the layer to 100.
Layers > Properties
Setting:
Opacity: 100
  1. Select the Crop tool Crop tool.
  2. Place a rectangle around the star, using the Crop tool.
  3. Crop the image.
Image > CropYour image should look like the one shown here.
Boy in star
  1. Do not save the image. You will use boy.jpg again in another exercise.

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