The Auto Erase feature lets you automatically switch the Pencil tool's painting color using the current foreground and background color swatches. The trick is where you start drawing the line. If you start dragging the brush tip from a new location in the document, the Pencil tool creates a line in the active foreground color. If you then place the brush tip on a previously drawn line and drag, the Pencil tool creates a new line in the active background color. Since the Auto Erase feature doesn't really erase anything, it will perform exactly the same way on a transparent layer as it does on the background layer.
Pencil tool on the toolbox
Auto Erase check box on the Options bar.
Pencil tool across the active document to create a line in the active foreground color.
Did You Know?You can draw straight lines with the Pencil tool. Click once in the document to create a black dot, move to another position, hold down the Shift key, and then click again. When you hold down the Shift key, the Pencil tool creates a straight line between the two mouse clicks. |
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