Why isn eraser working in photoshop

How to Fix: Unlock your selected layer by unchecking the lock icon in the layers panel. The brush you are using may have been created with lower transparency or flow settings. Your current settings may also be off. How to fix: Use a different brush with your erase tool to see if it works.

Check your opacity, flow, hardness, and size settings. You can see these settings at the top of your interface on the options bar or right-click on your canvas while the eraser tool is active to see the selected brush and its size and hardness settings.

Under Pen, select Photoshop. An alternative fix is to create a new erasing brush. How to Fix: Rather than dig around to find the problematic setting, you can choose to Restore Photoshop to factory settings.

Looking to go pro in graphic design, or are you already experienced but just trying to refresh your skills? Your filter gallery is greyed-out or is inactive in Photoshop because: Your image is in bit or bit channel.

Your selected layer is locked. Your cursor in Photoshop could be disappearing because Caps Lock is on this is the most common reason , the Start Workspace is not disabled, you have selected a precise cursor or some preference files need to be deleted or updated.

If you have multiple monitors or an external keyboard attached, they could also be causing…. Try different modes and brush sizes. To undo your experiments, click the Erase to History box and wipe over the image again. Erase Backgrounds. There are various ways to turn a background transparent, but our favorite method uses the Background Eraser tool.

It works best when there is good contrast between the image and the background, as we have with the zebra. Hold the mouse down on the Eraser tool and select the Background Eraser. Select a soft-edged brush for erasing around fuzzy edges, such as the zebra's mane. We chose number For Limits, select Find Edges.

Low tolerance erases colors very similar to those found in the center or "hot spot" of the Eraser tool. High tolerance erases a wider range of colors. For the Sampling option, select Continuous. The option to protect foreground color makes it more difficult to accidentally erase a uniformly colored edge. Because our zebra is striped, we leave this option unchecked. The task is easier with a close-up view.

Select the Magnifier tool. Reselect the Background Eraser. Now, carefully run the Eraser brush around the edge of the zebra.

I need to edit my images for my university course as they're due in very soon. Did you get an answer? I'm not a tech, I'm a user and tried to duplicate your issue. I've noticed on several of the PS tools that some of the 'options' like 'smoothing' or 'flow' change and I didn't do it. Sometime the 'Mode' changes too. Try the tools on a brand new file and just pick a brush and paint and then try erase. Maybe an area has been accidently selected.

I'll keep looking. Good Luck! So far it's fixed itself when ever I close down my ps and reopen everything, but after maybe half an hour or so it does the exact same thing.

I can deal with the issue because it does occasionally work and I don't need to be on it full time, but if anyone can help that would be great. Did you ever get this resolved?