Unlike Photoshop and its cousins, which automatically create a new layer as soon as you choose Paste, Paint requires you to add new layers for each object you cut out and then paste back in. If you cut the foreground object out of the background, you have to choose Layers > Add New Layer ( Ctrl+Shift-N) before you paste the object back onto the canvas. If the background is less cluttered than the foreground object, use the Magic Wand to select the background, then select Edit > Invert Selection ( Ctrl+I) to make the foreground object active. If the Wand selects too much, decrease the Tolerance Level from 50 down to 40, 30, 20, etc., until the selected area is smaller and more manageable. Use the Magic Wand to select large areas, then use the Lasso to refine the selection.

If the selected area exceeds the object’s boundaries (in other words, if you have “drawn” outside the lines), press and hold the Alt key with the mouse to deselect the unwanted areas. As long as the Ctrl key is pressed, you can start and stop the Lasso until the entire object is selected. Press and hold the Ctrl key while you outline the target object. With a little practice, you can master the Lasso tool using the Crtl and Alt keys with the mouse. I am coming at this as a sketcher who still uses the old fashion messy methods.paper, pencils, charcoal, and paint.Īnyone know of a program that would suit my needs desktop canvas and menus Using the Lasso Tool It is starting to look like this tool is not named properly as it has very little to do with drawing as apposed to manipulating photos or creating something in layers since that word is so prevalent in the responses. Undo.yes I see that if I want to change something after my last pencil or brush stroke I can use UNDO but what if it was 10 moves ago? I know I am comparing it to a much simpler tool but this is not reasonable to my little brain that an eraser symbol is there yet it does not function AS an eraser.Īll I have found in this forum are work around solutions that do not apply to a simple computer copy of the simplest line drawing. I have tried everything I can think of to make it work and it does not.Įrasing is a simple straight forward thing to do so can do it or not? Is there an eraser and no it cannot be used.

I see how painting over with white could be a solution.

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