Let's use snapshots to show you how to fill an area of an image. Next, click on the part of the image that you wish to fill. The paint bucket will automatically fill that area. Tolerance – Determines how similar in color the pixels that you fill must be.Īnti-alias – Smooth's the edges of the filled area.Ĭontiguous – Fills similar colored pixels that are next to each other.Īll Layers – Fills all similar colored pixels in all visible layers. Opacity – Determines the opacity of the fill that you apply. Mode – Select the mode you wish to use. Remember, the mode affects how the fill color blends with the base color. Under Paint Bucket, choose if you want foreground color fill or pattern fill by clicking one of the two boxes. Next, select the options that you want in the Tool Options panel. To use the Paint Bucket tool, select the paint bucket in the Tools panel. It looks like this: The Paint Bucket tool is a fill tool that you can use to fill an entire area of an image or a selected area. You can also use Paint Bucket without making a selection. When you do that, Paint Bucket will paint similarly colored areas for you. You can use a foreground color or a pattern when using the Paint Bucket tool. In this article, we're going to learn how to do apply fills and strokes to your images. The border color is also known as the stroke color. The color that is inside the border is called the fill color. When you apply a fill to a selection in Elements, you apply a color, pattern, or gradient to part or all of the selection. While you could use a brush tool to apply color, it is quicker and easier to use a fill on larger areas. Every selection has a border around it. The border may be transparent, or it may have a color.

After effects add stroke to image