Adobe 13102498 - Photoshop CS3 - Mac User Manual page 359

Fill with the Paint Bucket tool
The Paint Bucket tool fills adjacent pixels that are similar in color value to the pixels you click.
Note: The Paint Bucket tool cannot be used with images in Bitmap mode.
1 Choose a foreground color. (See "Choose colors in the toolbox" on page 118.)
Select the Paint Bucket tool
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Specify whether to fill the selection with the foreground color or with a pattern.
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4 Specify a blending mode and opacity for the paint. (See "List of blending modes" on page 344.)
Enter the tolerance for the fill.
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The tolerance defines how similar in color a pixel must be (to the pixel you click) to be filled. Values can range from
0 to 255. A low tolerance fills pixels within a range of color values very similar to the pixel you click. A high tolerance
fills pixels within a broader range.
To smooth the edges of the filled selection, select Anti-aliased.
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To fill only pixels contiguous to the one you click, select Contiguous; leave Contiguous unselected to fill all similar
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pixels in the image.
To fill pixels based on the merged color data from all visible layers, select All Layers.
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Click the part of the image you want to fill. All specified pixels within the specified tolerance are filled with the
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foreground color or pattern.
If you're working on a layer and don't want to fill transparent areas, make sure that the layer's transparency is locked
in the Layers palette. (See "Lock layers" on page 289.)
Fill a selection or layer with a color
Choose a foreground or background color. (See "Choose colors in the toolbox" on page 118.)
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Select the area you want to fill. To fill an entire layer, select the layer in the Layers palette.
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3 Choose Edit > Fill to fill the selection or layer. Or to fill a path, select the path, and choose Fill Path from the Paths
palette menu.
In the Fill dialog box, choose one of the following options for Use, or select a custom pattern:
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Foreground Color, Background Color, Black, 50% Gray, or White
Fills with a color you select from the Color Picker.
Color
Fills the selection with a pattern. Click the inverted arrow next to the pattern sample, and select a pattern
Pattern
from the pop-up palette. You can load additional patterns using the pop-up palette menu. Select the name of a library
of patterns, or choose Load Patterns and navigate to the folder containing the patterns you want to use.
Restores the selected area to a state or snapshot of the image set as the source in the History palette.
History
Note: If you fill a CMYK image using the Black option, Photoshop fills all the channels with 100% black. This may result
in more ink than is allowable by the printer. For best results when filling a CMYK image, use the Foreground option with
the foreground color set to an appropriate black.
Specify the blending mode and opacity for the paint. (See "List of blending modes" on page 344.)
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6 If you're working in a layer and want to fill only areas containing pixels, choose Preserve Transparency.
Click the OK button to apply the fill.
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Fills the selection with the specified color.
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