Fill and stroke selections
Use the Fill command in Pixelmator to fill the inside of a selection or layer with a color, or the Stroke command to paint a colored border around a selection or a layer.
1. Choose Edit > Fill.
2. Choose the color you would like to fill with in the Fill dialog. By default, it will use the last used color.
3. #article:"63":"text":"Set the Blending mode"# and
#article:"62":"text":"set the Opacity"# for the fill.
4. Check the Preserve Transparency checkbox to fill only those areas containing pixels.
5. Click OK to apply the fill, Cancel to quit without filling, or the Reset button to reset changes.
**Tip:** Use the #article:"96":"text":"Paint Bucket Tool"# to fill similarly colored area in your image by clicking and dragging. As you drag, the filled area grows to include a continuous area that uses the same color. You can control how much of the image is filled by dragging less or more.
- Choose Edit > Fill.
- Choose the color you would like to fill with in the Fill dialog. By default, it will use the last used color.
- Set the Blending mode and
set the Opacity for the fill.
- Check the Preserve Transparency checkbox to fill only those areas containing pixels.
Click OK to apply the fill, Cancel to quit without filling, or the Reset button to reset changes.
Tip: Use the Paint Bucket Tool to fill similarly colored area in your image by clicking and dragging. As you drag, the filled area grows to include a continuous area that uses the same color. You can control how much of the image is filled by dragging less or more.
1. Choose Edit > Stroke.
2. Choose the color you would like to stroke with, in the Stroke dialog.
3. Specify whether to place the border inside, outside or centered over the selection or layer boundaries.
4. #article:"62":"text":"Adjust the Opacity"# and
#article:"63":"text":"set the Blending mode"# .
5. Check the Preserve Transparency checkbox to stroke only those areas containing pixels.
6. Click OK to apply the stroke, cancel to quit without stroking the selection, or the Reset button to reset changes.
- Choose Edit > Stroke.
- Choose the color you would like to stroke with, in the Stroke dialog.
- Specify whether to place the border inside, outside or centered over the selection or layer boundaries.
- Adjust the Opacity and
set the Blending mode .
- Check the Preserve Transparency checkbox to stroke only those areas containing pixels.
- Click OK to apply the stroke, cancel to quit without stroking the selection, or the Reset button to reset changes.
SEE ALSO
Make selections
Fill with the Paint Bucket Tool
Fill with the Gradient Tool