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Utilizing the eraser tip - Wacom Tutorial
From the course: Wacom Essential Training
Utilizing the eraser tip
- We're used to having an eraser on our pencils. It makes a lot of sense to combine both mark making and mark removal in the same instrument. Make a mistake, and the eraser is handily accessible for correction. Wacom took advantage of this form factor and places a convenient eraser tip on the opposite end of the pointed stylus. Let's take a look at this. Once again, I'm in Photoshop, and I've got a drawing here that's basically finished, but I'm going to do a few more things to it. So when I was drawing, I had my pencil active. And I was using it like you would a normal pencil. I was adding density and line work to my work. But if, oh, I made a mistake, what do I do? I switch this over, and now I've got an eraser tip. So I can go in here and get rid of this. But you have to think of the eraser as not only a mistake remover, but it can also be a drawing instrument unto itself. If we go in here, and I'll make this a little larger, I can, for example, start to put some highlights on…
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