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Re: Separating and manipulating layers given a flattened logo ( Erasing part of a cir

Going from just the image alone, as that's all there is, I'll have to guess what the situation is...so this could be totally wrong.

To me, it looks like the circle is created by adding a stroke to a filled circle of colour and having the 'fill' value set to zero.

If this is the case then using the eraser tool will only change the shape of the 'stroked' layer....as the OP has demonstrated in the second image.

To overcome this, rasterize the layer first and then, as [USER=69670]IamSam[/USER] suggested, add a layer mask to mask out what you don't want to see.

The rule here is that 'fx' are based on the pixels within the layer....regardless of whether they are visible or not to the naked eye.

That's my guess anyway.

Regards.

MrToM.