Photoshop - Filling
and stroking a Selection
Photoshop
provides a variety of ways to fill a selection or a layer with colors, images,
or patterns. You can also paint a border around a selection or a layer using
the Stroke command.
To
fill a selection or a layer:
Select the area |
Fill the area |
1
Specify a foreground or background color.
2 Select the area you want to fill. To fill an entire layer, select the
layer in the Layers palette.
3 Choose Edit > Fill to fill the selection or layer.
4 Choose an option:
• Foreground Color, Background Color, Black, 50% Gray, or White to fill the
selection with the specified color.
• Pattern to fill the selection with a pattern.
• History to restore the selected area to a state or snapshot of the image.
5 Specify an opacity and blending mode.
6 If you’re working in a layer and want to fill only areas containing
pixels, select Preserve Transparency.(See fig 3)
7 Click OK to fill the selection.
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To
fill a selection with pattern:
You
can define a pattern to fill the selection. The pattern you defined is repeated
as tiles within the selection. If you want to reuse patterns, save a file of
swatches for defining patterns. You can also use the pattern stamp tool to paint
with a pattern.
fig1:Select
a pattern |
fig2:Fill
with the pattern |
fig3:Fill with
the pattern when Preserve Transparency is selected |
1
Make a rectangular selection around the part of the image you want to use as
the pattern.
2 Choose Edit > Define Pattern.
3 Select the part of the image you want to fill.
4 Choose Edit > Fill.
5 Choose Pattern and click OK.
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Stroke
a selection or layer
(1)
Specify a foreground color.
(2) Select the area or layer you want to stroke.
(3) Choose Edit > Stroke.
(4) Specify the width of the hard-edged border. Values can range from 1 to 16
pixels.
(5) For Location, specify whether to place the border inside, outside, or directly
over the selection or layer boundaries.
(6) Specify an opacity and a blending mode .
(7) If you’re working in a layer and want to stroke only areas containing pixels,
select the Preserve Transparency option.
(8) Click OK to stroke the selection or layer.
Select the area |
apply stroke |
When Preserve
Transparency selected stroke applied to only areas containing pixels |
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