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Using the Eraser tool to make a selection

Using the Eraser tool to make a selection - After Effects Tutorial

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Using the Eraser tool to make a selection

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- Let's explore another selection method. To do this, double click on the layer to open it. Now, choose the eraser tool. The eraser tool lets you brush in an edit. Paint over the area that you don't want. You can use the brush's panel to adjust the size. What you want to pay attention to as you drag through is that the object doesn't appear, so that the strokes are big enough. If you want to add multiple strokes, you can look at the paint effect here to see them. I always suggest going to the very first frame before painting. There we go. Then you can drag through and if there's any areas, like there, where it's sneaking. So I'll make that a little bigger. Looks good. And I feel like we've really gotten it. So now, I can go up here to the Content-Aware Fill panel. Let's bump up the expansion just a little bit more for better blending, and we'll go with the Object method to remove these two signs. When I click…

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