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Hi. Complete noob to TVpaint here. Have downloaded the demo and can see myself using this a lot. Great program!

I have one simple question. How do I erase a stroke? I have tried the erase mode for the brush tool but it only erases gradually requiring many passes to completely erase one stroke. I cannot seem to locate an eraser tool and the eraser on the end of my wacom pen only acts as a drawing tool. Is there another method?

Several mehod to erase :

1/Brush mode to Erase (F3) . I think it is what you did
2/Press backspace
3/Use the "Death Head" on the Main Panel to erase the current image or seletion (Keyboard Shift K)

You can restrict the area you want to erase with selection.
You can erase several images by selecting them on the layer panel.

Hope this can help you and excuse my bad english

When you use the tool in erase mode, set the Opacity option to 100% and set connection to None. With this parameter you won't erase gradually.

Hi vangaans,
you can also "undo" one or several strokes by pressing the U key.
Think that it's what's you're looking for.
Btw to use the Erase mode, the shortcut is now F4 in the default configuration.

You could also set the tool to erase mode, set a large brush, and then create a custom toolbar button to access this tool.

Don't forget to make one to flip back to your default pencil.

Awesome! Thanks very much guys!

vangaans wrote:Awesome! Thanks very much guys!

You are welcome vangaans. Don't hesitate to ask for help!

is there anyway to configure the wacom pen to use it's eraser end of the pen i have a wacom eto405U and when i use the eraser end of the pen it writes rather than erases...

well, when using the eraser top-end of the pen, I think you just have to select "Erase" as painting mode,
set the size you want (say 10, connected on Pressure), 100% for power and opacity (no connection),
then it should erase now,
so when turning back to the pen tip, you can draw ("color" mode),
... upside-down your pen to the eraser end, and you erase (basically = draw in "erase" mode),
tvpa bear in mind your settings as 2 different pens.

at least, it's the way it worked for me, with my Intuos A5.
hope it will help .

Since a few months, we use the end of the pen as a second pen. So use your pen. Then invert your pen (the first time a pop up window will appear). Configure your pen as an eraser (select the erase mode instead of color in the options od the tools).
So you have a tool on the "normal" side of the pen and an eraser (a second tool) on the end of the pen.

excellent!...so in fast the eraser end can be any other tool brush including a earser...this is cool..just spin over the pen and the other end can be used for earsing or filling it etc...neat!


thanks for the information!