You can absolutely use them. What trouble are you having?
Here are some common tricks with those tears:
1. Make sure your tear extends to both edges of the page. If necessary, enlarge it to about 102% to make sure.
2. Use the Magic Wand set to "Contiguous" to select the side of the tear you want to erase.
3. Target the paper layer once you have "marching ants" from step 2 and then hit the delete key.
4. Merge or link the tear & paper layers.
Let me know if you have more trouble.
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Cassie
My Gear: Nikon D300s w/18-200mm VR & 50mm 1.4
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4, PSE 6, Lightroom 2
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