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Foreground Color, Background Color, Black, 50% Gray, or White

Note:

Color

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If you’re working on a layer and don’t want to fill transparent areas, make sure that the layer’s transparency is locked in the Layers panel.

(See Lock layers.)

Fill a selection or layer with color

1. Choose a foreground or background color. (See Choose colors in the toolbox.)

. Select

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

. Choose

Edit > Fill to fill the selection or layer. Or to fill a path, select the path, and choose Fill Path from the Paths panel menu.

the Fill dialog box, choose one of the following options for Use, or select a custom pattern:

Fills the selection with the specified color.

If you fill a CMYK image using the Black option, Photoshop fills all the channels with 100% black. This may result in more ink than is

allowable by the printer. For best results when filling a CMYK image, use the Foreground option with the foreground color set to an

appropriate black.

Fills with a color you select from the Color Picker.

5. Specify the blending mode and opacity for the paint. (See Blending modes.)

. If

you’re working in a layer and want to fill only areas containing pixels, choose Preserve Transparency.

. Click

the OK button to apply the fill.

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).

Content-aware, pattern, or history fills

Video tutorial: Content-aware fill

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