User Guide

Painting122
there’s probably a leak and Corel
Painter is preparing to fill a bigger
area than you had in mind. In this
case, you can abort the fill.
You can limit leakage to a specific
rectangular area. In typical cartoon
line work, unbounded areas—for
example, hair, tail feathers, and brush
bristles—sometimes must be filled. By
limiting leakage to a specific area, you
can close off these items.
You can also close leaks by copying the
lines to a selection (refer to “To copy
lines to a selection:” on page 120),
saving the selection to a channel,
editing the channel, and then
reloading it to the selection. For more
information about editing channels,
refer to “Editing Channels” on
page 225.
To abort a fill:
• Press Command+. (period) (Mac
OS) or Ctrl+. (Windows).
Note
•
If you don’t catch the fill in time,
choose Edit menu > Undo or press
Command+Z (Mac OS) or Ctrl+Z
(Windows) to undo a fill that has leaked
outside of the boundaries.
To limit leakage:
1 Choose the Paint Bucket tool from
the toolbox.
2 On the property bar, click the Fill
Cell button or the Fill Image
button.
3 Drag to create a rectangle that just
covers the area you want to fill.
If there is no leak, only the area
within the lines is filled. If there is
a leak, the fill will go outside the
area, but not beyond the
constraints of your rectangle.
To close a leak:
1 Copy the lines to a selection.
Refer to “To copy lines to a
selection:” on page 120.
2 Choose Select menu > Save
Selection.
3 In the Save Selection dialog box,
choose New from the Save To pop-
up menu.
4 Click OK.
A new channel is displayed on the
Channels palette.
5 On the Channels palette, display
and select the channel.
6 On the Brush selector bar, choose
the same brush you used to create
the lines.
7 On the Colors palette, set Black as
the current primary color.
8 Paint in the channel to close the
gaps.
9 Choose Select menu > Load
Selection.
10 In the Load Selection dialog box,
choose the modified channel from
the Load From pop-up menu.
11 Enable the Replace Selection
option to replace the original with
the edited version.
If you want to adjust the mask
threshold, double-click the Paint
Bucket tool in the toolbox and
move the slider.