After Effects Eraser tool suddenly not working

[nsansa]

Hi guys,

would really appreciate your thoughts on something. The eraser was originally working fine and deleting parts of the layer I was working on, therefore revealing the layers underneath. Now suddenly it only can erase the Last Stroke made or when I select "Paint Only" and "Layer Source & Paint" it seems to build the layer back-up rather than erase it. Now it only seems to want to erase the previous erase paint strokes?

I feel like I have changed a setting without realising it. Yes, Opacity and Fill are both at 100% and I am working in the layer window, not the comp window.

 

[Steve]

Try resetting the preferences file.
It cures a lot of strange behavior in PS.

Start Photoshop and immediately hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows)
or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS X).

Then, click Yes to the message, "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"

 

[nsansa]

Thanks -- I tried to do this but unfortunately no luck.

 

[peta62]

Are you sure you do not have an active selection while you try to erase outside of it ? What about your settings like Opacity, Hardness, Blending mode ?

 

[ibclare]

Erase to history involved?