On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:50:25 -0700, Gloria West
wrote:
When I use the Erase tool, what remains is checkerboard pattern.
How can I change this checkerboard to match the solid pattern/color of the surrounding pixels?
Thanks.
that would be a bad idea , as you would not be able to see the object clearly to edit.
a better idea would be to put the colour background you require underneath it on a layer of its own, or indeed fill in the transparency with the colour.
no offence i assume you are new to photoshop and simply want to replace the background with one of your own. If that is the case, then all the answers given will not actually realistically help you, for example a jpg will not hold a transparent layer. So should you save it as so, no matter what you saved the ransparency layer colour too it will end up as white.
there are lots of youtube videos to help you replace a background, and if you havent figured it out already there is never one answer.
you could even choose the colour you want and instead of erase tool just choose brush, if the colour is solid you could simply choose the magic wand to select the background then choos the colour and then fill in the marching ants.
perhaps i am way off the mark here and apologise so if i am, but i see no reason at all to have the transparent layer match the edge of the object.The idea of that feature is to allow you to see through it. Granted some ppl do not like the chequer effect and use the solid gray.