PAINT BUCKET


Paintbucket
Paint bucket

Use the paintbucket to fill closed areas on your drawings.
You can either use a solid color or a gradient.

When you click the paint-bucket the following options appears:

Fillcolor
Gap size
Lock fill Transform fill

Click an option to get an explanation.


Fill color
Fill color


Opens the color pop-up menu, allowing you to choose a color for your brush.
Click the multicolored colorbutton at the bottom of the pop-up to create a new color.
Note: Painting in white is not the same as erasing.


Gap size
Gap size

Gap size opens a pop-up menu, that allows you to specify how the paintbucket should treat openings in your drawings. (Ideally the paintbucket must be used within a closed boundary, but this gives you an option to handle small openings in your drawings).


Lock fill
Lock fill


Locks the fill used in your painting.


Transform fill
Transform fill

With transform fill you can adjust the size, angle and center of a gradient fill used on an object.
When transform fill is choosen, the paint-bucket turns into an arrow. Use this arrow to click on the fill you want to adjust.
After selecting a fill to adjust three handles appears.Use these handles as well as the circle in the middle of the fill to change the settings for the fill.
If one or more of the handles are outside the visible area of your movie, you should choose:  View > Work Area and View > Show All to be able to see the handles.