Crlmson Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Ok so this happens all the time to me and I cannot figure it out. I know the problem is between the keyboard and the chair but I am working on a picture. Copy and pasting for instance one piece of one into another. Or right now I was cropping the background out of the a picture of my daughters cheer group I want just them not all the other stuff to put into an image for their website. everything is going fine I am probably doing it the wrong way but I know it will work I used the trace tool thingy to draw around them slowly but leaving a some little pieces here and there rather than cut anyones hair or head out and plan to erase it out or cut it or whatever. I am doing fine when suddenly the eraser will not work on the picture as if I am on a wrong layer or something. Only I check and can't find anything but the one layer. This happens a lot sometimes it is with the pen or other tools. When I copy and paste a piece of another image in then place it and let it become part of the picture and it is there and a part of it then when I try to do anything it just doesn' work once again as if I am on the wrong layer. Sometimes Ican save and close and bring it back up and then it works. the "merge" layers is not an available option. I know this is something very simple and I am missing something can someone please tell me what it is? Also any easy way to cut people out of a picture my way takes a while.....Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventor1 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Remember to breathe! ;-) It sounds as though you might be pasting a selection and attempting to erase outside of that selection (or vice-versa) while it remains selected. Ensure that the correct area is selected, or alternatively deselect all if selection is not a criteria. Cheers, V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I think 'Crimson' has a point here, I have experienced the same - when using large canvas sizes and high resoloutions (from a scan). I put it down to a 'lag' - because of the amount of info being processed ? 3 sentances begining with 'I' - must be time for a new paragraph. try using the eraser in short bursts - then you can undo - if you make a mistake (don't keep the right click held down). If still no luck - just select all / deselect - it will come back (don't do loads of erasing on one click - so less time wasted?). best of luck - only speaking from experience (definately not knowledge!) and hello Crimson ! Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejdewan Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Query: why was this topic header allowed? (I just read the rules...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Guess is slipped by. Must have been posted the same day as the annual Moderators picnic <thread title edited> Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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