# PhotoshopElements

# Use the Paint Bucket tool

The Paint Bucket tool fills an area that is similar in color value to the pixels you click. You can fill an area with the foreground color or a pattern.

1. Choose a foreground color.
2. Select the Paint Bucket tool in the toolbox.
3. Set options in the options bar, as desired, and then click the part of the image you want to fill.
   If you don’t want to fill transparent areas in a layer, you can lock the layer’s transparency in the Layers palette.

   You can specify any of the following Paint Bucket tool options:

   Pattern
     Sets a pattern to use as the fill.

   Mode
     Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image.

   Opacity
     Sets the opacity of the paint you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a paint stroke to show through. Drag the pop‑up slider or enter an opacity value.

   Tolerance
     Defines how similar in color filled pixels must be. A low tolerance fills pixels with color values very similar to the pixel you click. A high tolerance fills pixels that have a broader range of colors.

   Anti‑alias
     Smooths the edges of the filled selection.

   Contiguous
     Fills similarly colored pixels that are next to each other. Deselect this option to fill all similar pixels in the image, including those that aren’t touching. The Tolerance option defines how similar the colors must be.

   All Layers
     Fills similar pixels on any visible layer that are within the levels set by the Tolerance and Contiguous options.

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- About foreground and background colors
- About blending modes
- Smooth the edges of a selection by anti-aliasing
- Create fill layers

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