photoshop help: Whenever i erase something in photoshop, it erases the background.

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Whenever i erase something in photoshop, it erases the background.

Even new projects and restarting the program wont do it.
Help me please.
[i use CS4]

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grbghp 18 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (15 minutes after post)

if your bottom (background) layer is unlocked (renamed)
then whenever you erase it it will be transparent where you erased.

if you are trying to draw something, then do it on a layer different than the background. use more layers, in general.

if you are editing a photo:
never delete image data - use masks instead.

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R.A.M 1 #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (39 minutes after post)

Are the layers linked!
If so then thats why…
otherwise follow grbghp’s reply…

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