Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Painting

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.

Choose a foreground color.

Select the Paint Bucket tool in the toolbox.

Set options in the options bar, as desired, and then click the part of the image you want to fill.

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

Sets a pattern to use as the fill.

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

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.

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.

Smooths the edges of the filled selection.

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. 

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

options.

You can use a Fill Layer to apply a fill or a pattern to your image, instead of using one of the brush tools. The fill layer 
gives you the added flexibility of changing the fill and pattern properties and editing the fill layer’s mask to limit the 
gradient to a portion of your image.

Specify a foreground or background color. 

Select the area you want to fill. To fill an entire layer, select the layer in the Layers panel.

Choose Edit  > Fill Selection.

Set options in the Fill dialog box, and then click OK.

Choose a color from the Use menu. To select a different color, choose Color, and then select a color from 

the Color Picker. Choose Pattern to fill with a pattern.