User Guide

Corel Painter 119
Filling Images Based on Color
You can use the Paint Bucket tool to
fill image areas based on pixel color.
This method can be used on the
canvas or in a channel. Corel Painter
fills areas based on color boundaries
and the current Tolerance and Feather
settings.
Tolerance sets the amount of variance
allowed from the color of the pixel you
click on. With Tolerance set low, the
Paint Bucket fills only contiguous
pixels that are very close to the color of
the pixel you click on. With Tolerance
high, the Paint Bucket fills a greater
range of colors.
Feathering softens the edges of the fill
by controlling the fill opacity for pixels
with colors outside the Tolerance
range. With Feather set to zero (the
default), only pixels in the Tolerance
range are filled. With Feather set low,
pixels with colors just outside the
Tolerance range receive partial fill.
Increasing the Feather setting
increases the range of colors that
receive partial fill. Pixels with colors
further from the Tolerance range
receive a more transparent fill.
Typically, when Feather is high,
Tolerance is set low.
The Lock Out Color feature protects
areas of a given color from accidental
filling. You can choose a color that will
not accept filling when clicked with
the Paint Bucket. Black is the default
locked-out color.
To fill an image based on color:
1 Choose the Paint Bucket tool
from the toolbox.
2 Click the Fill Image button on
the property bar.
3 Choose one of the following from
the Fill pop-up menu:
• Current Color—fills with the
selected color
• Grad—fills with the selected
gradient
• Clone Source—fills using the
current clone source image. If
you haven’t defined a clone
source, Corel Painter fills with
the current pattern.
• Wea ve —fills with the selected
weave
4 Choose the specific material you
want from the Fill selector.
5 Type a value in the Tolerance box,
or adjust the pop-up slider, to
specify the range of colors to be
filled.
6 Type a value in the Feather box, or
adjust the pop-up slider, to specify
the fill opacity for pixels outside
the Tolerance range.
If you want to create intermediate
fill values on the boundaries,
enable the Anti-Alias check box.
This gives soft edges to the fill.
Anti-aliasing is desirable when
Feather is zero or extremely low.
7 Click the area of the image you
want to fill.
If the result is not what you want,
undo the fill, change the settings,
and try again.
Tips
•
To see how Fill Image works, do the
following:
1. On a blank document, draw several
brush strokes of different colors.
2. Select a new color.
3. Choose the Paint Bucket tool and click
the Fill Image button on the property bar.