Custom shape Eraser - Possible?

[David Van Staden]

Hi All

It is possible to make a custom shape eraser in Photoshop? If not, do you get any plugins for that? Currently I only use a circle for erasing pixels

Thank you

 

[Zeealex]

of course!

it uses the same brush presets as the paintbrush tool, so it has a drop down menu with all of the selectable brushes to choose from.

to create a paintbrush Select the area for brush creation and then go to edit>define brush preset.
find it in the brush menu, voila!

you can also change the brush preset in the brush settings like a standard one.

alternatively you can use a layer mask which allows for better flexibility than the Eraser and it uses ye old paintbrush tool

 

[David Van Staden]

Thank you for your answer, really appreciate. Very helpful, did not know I can do that...