Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 168

CHAPTER 7
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Painting and Drawing
you can easily change the type of layer being used.
(See "Using the Layers palette" on page 166 and
"Using adjustment layers and fill layers" on
page 181.)
To fill a selection or a layer with a foreground or
background color:
1 Specify a foreground or background color.
(See "Choosing foreground and background
colors" on page 74.)
2 Select the area you want to fill. To fill an entire
layer, select the layer in the Layers palette.
3 Choose Edit > Fill to fill the selection or layer.
4 In the Fill dialog box, for Use, choose one of the
following options or select a Custom Pattern:
Foreground Color, Background Color, Black,
•
50% Gray, or White to fill the selection with the
specified color.
To apply a foreground color fill only to the areas
that contain pixels, press Alt+Shift+Backspace
(Windows) or Option+Shift+Delete (Mac OS). This
preserves the transparency of the layer. To apply a
background color fill only to the areas that contain
pixels, press Ctrl+Shift+Backspace (Windows) or
Command+Shift+Delete (Mac OS).
Pattern to fill the selection with a pattern. Click
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the inverted arrow ( ) next to the pattern sample
and select a 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 and navigate to the folder
containing the patterns you want to use.
5 Specify the blending mode and opacity for the
paint. (See "Setting options for painting and
editing tools" on page 147.)
6 If you're working in a layer and want to fill
only areas containing pixels, choose Preserve
Transparency.
7 Click OK to fill the selection.
To fill the work canvas:
1 Set the foreground color you want to use for
the canvas.
Select the paint bucket tool ( ).
2
In the options bar, set Fill to Foreground.
3
Hold down Shift, and click in the work canvas.
4
Note: You need to be in full screen mode and viewing
the menus to fill the work canvas.
To fill a selection with a pattern:
Select the part of the image you want to fill.
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2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Fill. In the Fill dialog box, for Use,
choose Pattern, select a pattern from the pop-up
palette, and click OK.
If Pattern is dimmed, you need to load a pattern
library before you can select this option.
(See "Working with presets" on page 35.)