After you make a selection, you’re ready to use one of the filling options. You can use the Fill dialog box (as described in the preceding section) to fill the selection with the foreground or background color; you can also choose to fill the selection with color, black, white, or gray. Photoshop is full of shortcuts and options. Here are just a few:
- With the selection active, press Alt+Delete (Option+Delete on the Mac) to fill it with the foreground color. All areas within the selection, including transparent areas, will be filled with the color.
- Fill only the pixels in a selection with the foreground color, leaving any transparent pixels transparent, by pressing Alt+Shift+Backspace (or Option+Shift+Delete on the Mac).
- Lock the transparent pixels in a layer (and its selections) by clicking the Transparency icon in the Lock area of the Layers palette.
- If you’re working on the Background layer, you can also fill the selection with the background color by pressing the Delete key. (Pressing Delete on other layers creates a transparent area that shows the image in the layer underneath the selection.)
- By clicking the Color option, in the Fill dialog box, you access the Color Picker where you can select any color of the rainbow to fill your selection with.
- Choose the Pattern option, in the Fill dialog box, to fill the selection with a pattern. Click the arrow next to the pattern swatch and select a pattern from the pop-up palette.Click the pattern palette pop-up menu to choose more pattern libraries.
- Select the History option in the Fill dialog box, to restore the selection to a state or snapshot of the image.
- Paint part or all of the interior of the selection by using any of the brush tools. This option lets you partially fill a selection by using a bit of flexibility and creativity. When you paint a selection with brush tools, Photoshop confines the paint inside the boundaries of your selection.
- Pour color from the Paint Bucket tool into the selection.
- With the selection active, press Alt+Delete (Option+Delete on the Mac) to fill it with the foreground color. All areas within the selection, including transparent areas, will be filled with the color.
- Fill only the pixels in a selection with the foreground color, leaving any transparent pixels transparent, by pressing Alt+Shift+Backspace (or Option+Shift+Delete on the Mac).
- Lock the transparent pixels in a layer (and its selections) by clicking the Transparency icon in the Lock area of the Layers palette.
- If you’re working on the Background layer, you can also fill the selection with the background color by pressing the Delete key. (Pressing Delete on other layers creates a transparent area that shows the image in the layer underneath the selection.)
- By clicking the Color option, in the Fill dialog box, you access the Color Picker where you can select any color of the rainbow to fill your selection with.
- Choose the Pattern option, in the Fill dialog box, to fill the selection with a pattern. Click the arrow next to the pattern swatch and select a pattern from the pop-up palette.Click the pattern palette pop-up menu to choose more pattern libraries.
- Select the History option in the Fill dialog box, to restore the selection to a state or snapshot of the image.
- Paint part or all of the interior of the selection by using any of the brush tools. This option lets you partially fill a selection by using a bit of flexibility and creativity. When you paint a selection with brush tools, Photoshop confines the paint inside the boundaries of your selection.
- Pour color from the Paint Bucket tool into the selection.
Filling Options and Tips in Photoshop
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