Keyboard eraser

[ZigOtto]

When I do that, the K and the rocker button are always the same eraser. I can't get them to be two different things. RMB also still does not work for erasing anything but the last line I drew. This must be connected to the Drying issue, but I can't see the tool to change anything. Something is very wrong. Sigh.

you can try to insert Lemec's "Disable Drying" little script into your custom Eraser tool commands.
you will find it in the "Content Sharing" section there : GRG - Drying Toggle/On/Off

[David_Fine]

Yeah, you are right. It would be great for this to work and I am baffled as to why I can't see the eraser settings at all when I hit the RMB. Paul even Skyped with me and couldn't figure it out. If the TVP guys can advise, it would be much appreciated. I suppose I just hope someone happens to look at this. Is it a Mac issue?

[Henk Beumers]

Wile I was working it kept puzzleling me so I tried a few things. I found that the line of every tool has this drying button. If this button is checked it also works for the filed shape. But you problably did that already. You just can erase you last stroke.
My Goroe didn't answer yet. Try to get to the TVP people. They must be able to solve it in a flick.
Henk.

[Paul Fierlinger]

I'm not sure if using wacom,s RMB setting has anything to do with TVP because such a tool does not exist here. TVP is most likely interpreting wacom's command in that quirky way. It was never possible in any versions to make the pen both work as RMB and eraser tool at the same time.

[NathanOtano]

Im not sure i understood the problem completely, maybe I'm just completely out of the question so if it's the case please forgive me...

Using the rmb to erase is just a complete different thing than the eraser brush (That is no more than a basic brush in erase mode, here since tvp11 mainly because often people don't find the erase mode i think).

The rmb use the form and size of your current brush to erase pixels instead of drawing them, with the two different behaviours of drying (erase recent strokes or anything) so using the eraser tool or a custom brush it's the same. drying depends on your current brush, not the eraser settings.

Personnaly i use rmb for precise erasing with the brush i use to draw, and on the other side of my stylus i have a big brish set in erase mode to erase more heavily, and i use the swap stylus tups shortcut to use it instead of flipping my stylus

[David_Fine]

Wow, NathanOtto, you have just explained everything and solved this problem! The key being that RMB erase has no erase parameters, but it just uses the same brush you are drawing with to erase, so whatever settings the drawing brush has, the erase has, so if I have drying on or off in the brush, that is what the eraser will do. I was trying to figure out why using RMB (which is the lower rocker switch on my pen) would not show any erase parameters in the tool panel, but it's simply because it is the same as the pen, but in erase mode now. Solved! Thank you.

Drying was confusing to me because in erase mode, having it unticked means that only the most recent lines can be erased. I see that it has more use in a textured paint brush, according to the manual. Anyway, most of the time for erasing or black lines, you want Drying ticked, it seems.

[NathanOtano]

Glad it helped

Personally i use drying in two cases : while painting, because two strokes don't stack above each other when they cross, just taking the highest opacity instead of adding them like in photoshop (like watercolor).
and when i do my rough, it's sometimes handy to be able to erase recent strokes without touching to the rough structure of the drawing. So i have a double toggle drying button just to dry my canvas.

[ZigOtto]

... So i have a double toggle drying button just to dry my canvas.

the same here, I use a "twice-toggle" button often when I feel the need to "validate" my w-i-p. drawing,
so I can (after that) erase into the following next strokes, but preserving the drying part underneath.