Photoshop tilde key while using the Eraser is a powerful and useful shortcut. The tilde key allows you to erase using the same brush preset you have set while painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was on my 2nd tutorial that referenced this shortcut and I was frustrated I couldn’t get it to work correctly. This is supposed to be a simple and easy to use function. Why isn’t it working? Why am I having this problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my browser I type the tilde key. Check, the keyboard is function correctly. So of course I immediately looked on Google for a quick answer. I found other users had the same issue. I found videos describing how awesome and easy to use. Not the information I was looking for. I found a Reddit page describing the issue I was having (Tilde key [~] is not working.), no solution. I found a Adobe Support Community page (Redefine Tilde Key Eraser?). This answer was close looking back in retrospect. Ok, no solution yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an experienced user I hit Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K to finger mash directly into the Keyboard Shortcuts menu. Then I used the drop down to change Shortcut For: to Tools. I sort through all the possibilities listed. Top to bottom. No luck finding a tool that I may change to a different shortcut key and the ` or tilde wasn’t being currently used by any other tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My next thought is “I’m definitely using the eraser tool (E shortcut) and I am pressing the tilde key at the same time and this is not working.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then get the wild idea to go back to the brush tool and hold the tilde key down while painting! That’s it. Don’t use the Eraser tool thinking the tilde [`] key will work with it, use the Brush (B shortcut) and hold the tilde key and the Brush will Erase using the last Brush setting. <\/strong>Wow. That was simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creative people think differently and this can be a blessing or a curse depending on your perspective. I just hope this helps someone else in the future avoid the frustration I experienced getting tilde or [`] erase function to work with the Brush (B) tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Photoshop tilde key while using the Eraser is a powerful and useful shortcut. The tilde key allows you to erase using the same brush preset you have set while painting. I was on my 2nd tutorial that referenced this shortcut and I was frustrated I couldn’t get it to work correctly. This is supposed to … Continue reading Photoshop 2020 Creative Cloud, Tilde or ` “Fix” for Eraser Brush Preset<\/span>