Paint Bucket Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Controls the frame-by-frame generation of the lightning. Selecting this control regenerates the
Rerun At Each Frame
lightning at each frame. To make the lightning behave the same way at the same frame every time you run it, do not
select this control. Selecting this control may increase rendering time.

Paint Bucket effect

The Paint Bucket effect (formerly Basic Fill effect) is a non-destructive paint tool that fills a selected area with a solid
color. It works much like the Paint Bucket tool in Adobe Photoshop. Use Paint Bucket for colorizing cartoon-type
outlined drawings or replacing selected areas of color in an image.
Note: Paint Bucket has minimal impact on a solid layer.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Colors fill spiral-shaped alpha channels on separate layers (left and center); Paint Bucket is applied to the saucer with the Color blending mode
(right).
Adjust the following controls for the Paint Bucket effect:
Specifies the area of the image the effect fills with the new color. Depending upon where you place the
Fill Point
effect point, the control samples between 1 and 4 pixels' RGB and alpha values and calculates an average value. This
value determines which pixels to fill with the new color. How far the fill color spreads depends upon the specified
Tolerance setting, as well as the option you choose in the Fill Selector menu.
Specifies the channels to fill with the new color.
Fill Selector
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Specifies that the effect fills the fill point's RGB and alpha channels with the new color.
Color & Alpha
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Specifies that the effect fills only the fill point area's RGB channel with the new color.
Straight Color
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Specifies that the effect fills only the transparent areas near the fill point. You must set a fill point
Transparency
in a transparent area for this option to work.
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Specifies that the effect fills only the opaque areas near the fill point. You must set a fill point in an opaque
Opacity
area for this option to work.
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Specifies that the effect fills either the opaque or transparent areas in the whole image, depending
Alpha Channel
upon the alpha channel value at the point you set the fill point.
Specifies the range of pixels that the effect fills with the new color. This value is based upon the option
Tolerance
chosen in the Fill Selector menu. Higher values expand the range of similar pixel values that the effect fills. Lower
tolerance values restrict that range.
Causes the effect to display the threshold values in black and white (based on the tolerance value)
View Threshold
in the Composition panel. The white areas within the tolerance range fill with the selected fill color. This is especially
useful in tracking leaks. When there is a small gap, the color can flow over and fill areas not intended to be filled. If
a leak is found, try reducing the Tolerance value or retouching your image, either by using the Paint effect or by
editing the image in the application in which you created it.
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