Photoshop: Where is the Paint Bucket?

Wondering where to find the pain cube tool in Photoshop? Don’t worry, you’re not the only one! This blog post will help you answer that question and provide you with helpful tips for using the paint cube tool. So, grab your mouse and let’s get started!

Introducing the Paint Bucket

The Paint Bucket tool is a basic tool in Photoshop. It is located on the side Toolbar, which is the same place where the Gradient tool is located. The Paint Bucket tool can be used to fill an area with a color or pattern, and it can also be used to paint over a selection.

Understanding the Paint Bucket tool

Now that we know where the Paint Bucket tool is, on the toolbar, it’s time to understand what it does and how to use it. The tool allows you to fill an area of an image with the foreground color of your choice. It works similarly to a paintbrush, except that instead of painting individual pixels, it will fill an area with the selected color.

To use the paint bucket, first select it in the Toolbar. Then, in the Options Bar, the Mode to “Normal” and Opacity to “100%” should be at those default values. Once you have adjusted the Options Bar to the settings you prefer, click on an area of the image and the paint bucket will fill the area with the color you have chosen as the foreground color.

Using this tool is a way to quickly and easily fill an area with a single color. All you have to do is select the tool, choose a color to use, and then click on the area you want to fill.

Paint Bucket Advanced Settings

When it comes to using the Paint Bucket tool in Photoshop, one of the most important things to understand is how to adjust the tolerance. This will determine how the paint bucket will fill in areas, as it determines how much color difference is needed before the tool stops filling in an area. By adjusting the tolerance, you can get more accurate results when filling in an area.

If you select the Contiguous option, the tool will paint the area bounded by the color you click on. If you deselect this option, it will paint all areas of the image containing that color.

In addition, you can also use the eyedropper tool to sample a color from a specific area to make sure that the color you are using to fill an area is accurate and consistent. With these settings, you can be sure that your results will be accurate and precise every time.

Painting with a pattern

If instead of painting with a color, you want to paint an area with a pattern you must change a tool option. In the options bar that appears when you select the Paint Bucket you will see a drop-down menu containing the Frontal and Pattern options. If you select Pattern, a box will appear next to it where you can select an existing pattern or import the one you want.

Painting over a selection with the Paint Bucket tool

Painting over a selection with the Paint Bucket tool is a quick way to apply color to a specific area of an image in Photoshop. To do this, simply select the desired area of your image and use the Paint Bucket Tool below.

Painting with the Paint Bucket over a selection allows you to use the advantages of the selection tools with the Paint Bucket. For example, we can apply Feather to the selection and when we fill it the edges will be blurred.

In fact, some artists use the technique of painting using a combination of the Paint Bucket and selections. It is a way of controlling the filling of colored areas using fade and other selection settings that can produce amazing results when mastered.

Conclusion

In this article we’ve located the Paint Bucket tool in Photoshop. But, in addition, we have learned its basics and why it is an essential tool that you should know how to use.

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