So, I'm doing a whole bunch o' artwork trimming/manipulating to fill in extra control panel images, marquee images, cab images, etc. for my FE, using flyer artwork or other found artwork:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=92510.0I've started saving my cpanel images in .png format & I'm making any "background" pixels on the sides & such be transparent, so that my FE background will show through them.
On both my Photoshop Elements (2.0?) & Photoshop 7.0 installations, the eraser tool is difficult to wield carefully.
I'm using the "Eraser Tool" (not "Magic Eraser Tool" or "Background Eraser Tool") & I have it set to "Pencil mode" & a size of 1 pixel. Yet, when I erase pixels, I sometimes pass over & over certain pixels & they won't erase, while others that are clearly a handful of pixels away from my eraser erase instead. If I use the pencil tool with the same settings, it behaves quite nicely, so I know that I'm not a mouse spaz or anything...
My workaround is to drag a small marquee & hit the Del key to delete the pixels & expose the transparent background & then use the arrow keys or mouse drag to relocate it, hit Del again, etc. etc. This is a bit tedious.
Any advice on smoother erasing?
Thanks,
-Jason