How to use paint bucket.

I am trying to change the background color and I USED, to be able to just click on the paint bucket and then click the background with whichever color I wanted.
For some reason when i click nothing happens... Im getting frustrated. blah
Please help.

Something like this:
1. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw the rectangular selection
2. Select the Paint Bucket Tool
    Add a new blank layer
    (so it's easy to change later)
    Click on the foreground color chip in the toolbox and set your color for the fill
    Click inside the selection with the paint bucket tool
    Select>Deselect
You can use the rulers to see how far an inch is in your document
(View>Rulers)

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I am following the tutorial on digital tutor and it works according to the tutorial and how come it is not working on my photoshop?

Yes, the paint bucket doesn't work in 32 bit/channel. Underneath it has some assumptions about the range of the image data that will take a while to resolve.
But the Fill command works just fine.

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thanks jsalonen, your tip let me start working on the math to correct it.
I have a new problem now. My math is correct but I am having problems with the recursion. I can draw only the top , left , or right triangles. I cannot get them all to work together. See code and comments below.
Any ideas why I cant call all three of the paint()s toegther and have them work?
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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
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        c = new Point(680,480),
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paint(g, a, b, c);
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How to isolate part of my workspace and use paint bucket to fill it with color?

Here is my situation: I want to draw a vertical line on the left-hand side of my workspace about an inch away (to the right) from the left edge.   Then I want to fill up that inch-wide column with a particular color. The end result being that I will have an inch-wide bar of color running vertically down the left side of my project.
I know this is probably really easy to do but it's been a long time since I had a course in Photoshop.
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Something like this:
1. Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw the rectangular selection
2. Select the Paint Bucket Tool
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    (so it's easy to change later)
    Click on the foreground color chip in the toolbox and set your color for the fill
    Click inside the selection with the paint bucket tool
    Select>Deselect
You can use the rulers to see how far an inch is in your document
(View>Rulers)

Using Paint Bucket Fill in Selection puts a 1px line down each side...

I want to fill a selection. I have a simple rectangle path. I make the path a selection and fill it with the paint bucket. I get a line on the left outside the selection:
Then I get a line on the right inside the selection:
There's no line at the top and the bottom of the fill is at the bottom of the image.
This line is only 1px but it's for a web graphic and I am trying to get a pixel-perfect size.
Can anyone tell me why the behaviour and how to avoid it?
Thanks
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Refine Edges box did it for me!
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Thank you - I've just been on and it is already in RGB. I'm quite
bewildered.
In a message dated 29/01/2011 09:31:02 GMT Standard Time, [email protected]
writes:
Your document may be in the grayscale color mode.
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MTSTUNER

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Hi!
I have code like this:
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(where's Darryl when you need him?)Erm, Pete, since when did I become an expert lol?
Lost my hard disk, its been hiccuping for a couple of weeks now. I'm running on an old 20 GB PATA with a 5GB c drive. No IDE, no offline Javadoc. I'll get a HDD in the morning, but I hope I can spin up the old disk at least once and recover the last week's "work" ... just fun stuff actually.
Why does this code draw rectangles just for split second?repaint() (and consequently paint(), paintComponent() and other painting methods) may be called by the system any time it is detected that the component needs to be repainted. Since you do not have a override for paintComponent, it will perform its default painting and paint the entire component, wiping out your rectangle.
For persistent drawing on a JPanel or JComponent I know only one way: override paintComponent. If you need to avoid this, you could go with morgalr's suggestion to use JLabel.
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For help using paint bucket tool you can refer to the help link
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Using Photoshop CS4.
I have a document with several layers.
If I right click a layer in the "Layers UI" and then click "Select pixels" then the pixels in that layer is selected.
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Is it possible to "Select pixels" from more than one layer, and then use "Paint bucket" once to change color for all the selected pixels in one go?

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Did you read the thread? Did you read the tech doc? Are you running any of the programs that are associated with the conflict? Did you try any of the advice offered? As the tech doc explains, symptoms vary, but one listed is:
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Reread the thread and see if any of the solutions (including an "unofficial" download fix written by Jesper at post #72)
If you have any of the apps listed, make sure they are disabled. I would log out, and log back in and restart PS while holding down the Shift+Option+Command keys. You'll get a small dialog to OK deleting the preference file.
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Paint Bucket not filling entire selection (CS4/5)

Hello, I'm a professional cartoonist and have worked in Photoshop since the earliest versions. Since upgrading to CS4 (and now CS5), I've been having trouble using the Paint Bucket Tool, so I'd appreciate any help here.
Here's a basic example ...
1) Imagine a single layer CMYK document.
2) Draw a closed shape using the Pencil Tool (no antialiasing!) with a color of choice.
3) Select the inside of this shape using the Magic Wand Tool (again, no antialiasing!).
4) Fill the selection with the EXACT SAME COLOR using Paint Bucket tool.
5) Deselect region.
6) Now use menu options SELECT -> COLOR RANGE ... And click on the filled region (technically, that color should be selected by default since it's your current foreground color).
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HOWEVER ... If in Step 8, I'm lucky enough to click one of the original pencil marks, the entire color region fills as it always did in previous versions.
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Thanks

Thanks for your suggestions, Charles.
Here's a better explanation as to what is happening with visual examples ...
I ink my cartoons with traditional tools, and then scan a high-res copy into Photoshop. The black ink is converted to a 2 color bitmap so that there is no anti-aliasing. This file is then converted to CMYK for coloring. The black line art becomes the bottom ("Background") layer, and I add a new layer on top for the flat colors. The flat colors layer is set to "Multiply" so that I can close tiny gaps in my lines with color, without erasing the original black lines.
Visually ...
1) Bottom layer is black outline with no antialiasing ...
2) Create new layer on top for flat colors and set to MULTIPLY. Using pencil tool (and Wacom Tablet), close the gap with red ...
3) Because layer is on multiply, you can see that the red in Step 2 is actually this shape ...
4) Magic Wand to select the area INSIDE of the now closed circle. Wand is set to "Sample All Layers" so that it selects only the area closed in by the black outline layer AND the red. Paint bucket this area with the exact same red ...
5) Once again, here is what the flat color layer actually looks like since Multiply is on ...
6) Magic wand the area outside of the circle and fill with a DIFFERENT color ...
7) Now, suppose you didn't want the circle to be red. I now select the red using Magic Wand (or Select -> Color Range menu) and click on the red. An outline appears around the ENTIRE red shape (i.e., you would assume that all of the red has been selected since it is the EXACT same color ... verified using eyedropper tool) ... However, if you click to fill with Paint Bucket, here is the result ...
8) For some reason, Photoshop is "remembering" the red originally drawn using the Pencil Tool in Step 2 as a separate region ... Even though all of the colors are on the exact same layer ...
I hope this better explains what I'm experiencing here
ANY IDEAS???

Paint bucket tool after drawing with brush tool

Hi,
I am just wondering if there is anyway to paint using the paint bucket tool properly after drawing something using the brush tool. Although I have no gaps anywhere within the outline , there are times where the paint bucket tool doesn't paint. Another issue I encounter is whenever I try to adjust the shape with the selection tool it either fills a portion of the shape with color and even sometimes makes the shape itself disappear. Is there a way to only select a small portion of the drawing (like the way it is with pencil tool) as the shapes were done using a couple of strokes instead of just one.

Hi,
You can use use paint bucket tool to change the color of lines drawn with brush.And to be sure that there are no gaps select the line with subselection tool because visually you cannot make out as the gaps are defined in pixels.Also you can select parts of fill region with selection tool if the painting with brush is done in shape mode not object drawing mode.Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Sangeeta

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Your Opacity in the tool options bar is set to 40%
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To quote from the Help:
Indexed Color mode
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