Pen tool Drawing & Bucket Filling Problem

Hello, i am a newbie and novoice/new learner to flash CS4
I come across a problem when i follow the book "classroom in a book series" the Flash CS4 one (Red cover book) Chapter 2
Q.1
I try to draw straight lines or curves but i found i still cannot manage how to use PEN TOOL
How can i draw straight line? Also how can i draw absolute vertical or horizontal line with some special combination key like CTRL or SHIFT
i tried guessing SHIFT or CTRL while using PEN TOOL but no help
How can i draw curve?
i know it depends somehow on whether i hold my click for a new anchor point???
Any tutorial which is clear and easy for new comer for fully understanding for PEN TOOL.(Currently i try reading pdf reference from ADOBE Web site and google search but did not make myself understand.)
Q.2
I cannot use bucket filling a shape draw by PEN TOOL(i already search google sites but cannot find one with satisfied causes for this FILLING Problems)
like the image shown below(Please click to enlarge this PRINTSCREEN)
Tools i used are PEN TOOL drawing a shape first then a BUCKET for filling color.
Many thanks to any of your help!!!!!

Reply to 2nd floor post
Thank You for your answer and your appreciation.
but.....i am so sorry to have a further question NOW!
i follow your link and learn some technique which is supposed to work well:
http://www.recipester.org/Recipe:Fill_a_flash_shape_with_gap_33956508
However,i go there and did a experiment MYSELF.
first i draw an oval with black color stroke and no color for its fill.
then i use an eraser tool to make that little gap!
Q.3 (A NEW QUESTION)
however i cannot fill the oval with even very SMALL GAP like this jpeg shown below:(PLEASE click below to ENLARGE it)
I then find i cannot use bucket fill AGAIN...
For the first question, i try to use the pen tool for 6 hours practicing....and reading the official manual i find there are multiple modes of pen tool
so COMPLEX!! which is not mentioned in my red cover book from Adobe Press.(the book i mentioned in 1st post maybe have some more explaination later?)
I generally can click or drag to make some straight or curve now like 3rd floor reply.(Subselection tool is helpful when adjusting the curve or line)
AGAIN Thank You so much!!!!!

Similar Messages

Problem with the pen tool creating a fill when I only want stroke

Hi,
I'm having an issue. I am creating a simple spider for a project. Initally I used the pen tool to make legs. It worked for a bit then all the sudden started filling in an area I didn't even draw with color. I'm not sure what I did to cause this to happen. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

That shape shows a Yellow fill, probably from the last shape you drew. If you select the shape and deselect the fill, then your drawing will go back to Black strokes only.

CS4: Pen tool won't fill object when closed

Now i know everyone wants to tell me to fill with the paint bucket ... or make sure i have a fill color selected. I have already tried that. Everytime i make an object, and close it off, it doesnt fill. And if i try to fill the object, it fills everything. And yes, i double check to make sure i am closing the object. After i get done drawing the shape, i can right-click with the pen tool and open the "Fill Path..." option, and tell it to fill it, and it will. But i want it to fill in when i am done drawing each shape. Is there anything that i can do to make this happen. Thanks in advance for your help.

Check the options on the pen/path tools option bar.
Here's visual aid from an older version but it hasn't changed:

Creating action for pen tool "add to selection" problem.

I am trying to quicken my workflow and want to create an action for this instead of right click>make selection>add to selection. I do this a lot for my job and it gets tedious. I got an action to work except on little quirky issue. When I did this without using an action, when I clicked "OK" on the dialog box for the "add to selection" area, then I got the resulting marching ants with my intended selection and that pen path would automatically disappear. And on to the next pen path to start it over...All is good so far(except the tediousness Im trying to stop).
So the action for this results in the same thing except that instead of getting just the marching ants(as I want), I get the marching ants with the last pen path still showing under that area of marching ants I just had "added to." I know I can just then hit "delete" to get rid of that pen path and get just my selection, but that defeats my intent on streamlining the process.
Any ideas on why this happens or a completely different way to do this with as quick of a result as the hotkey I set for this action?
Thanks.

It looks like what is needed is some way to deselect all the points on a selected object, while keeping the object itself selected.
Using the built-in InDesign tools, the way to do that would seem to be: switch to the direct selection white arrow tool (by pressing CMD) as you have been doing. Click anywhere on the path of the object. This clears all selected points while keeping the object selected. Now release CMD to get back to the Pen tool, and add your point.
If this is too fiddly (it can be tricky to click on the path itself, although the white arrow changes subtely to show you that you're over the path), you can alternatively use the following one line script:
try {app.selection[0].select()}catch(_){};
This does the same thing: It deselects all selected points on the current page item.
To use, copy this line to a text editor. Save with the extension .jsx and place in your InDesign scripts folder. You can then assign a keyboard shortcut to the script, so that it should be very easy to deselect all the points.

Fill drawing created with pen tool

How do you do this? I use my pen tool to draw out a shape,
and I close it's path, but I can only control the stroke. Surely
there's a way to fill that space in right? What am I missing? If
drawings made by the pen tool cannot be filled, that is definitely
something Flash developers need to look at improving in CS4.

OK nevermind. just like always, it only works until after I
post.

Fill shape drawn with pen tool

There are three posts dealing with this issue and each time the person who posted the problem said they figured it out but did not say what they did. Here is the problem:
I draw a shape with the pen tool in Flash CS4. I made sure the shape was closed. But, I cannot fill the shape no matter what. Paint bucket tool does not work. Whatever I do, I get the red diagonal line on the fill color. I can fill a shape with the rectangle or oval tools but not the pen tool.
Please help. Thanks.

Thanks for your help. I tried what you suggested but the union selection was grayed out. I was in the drawing object mode. But after fooling with it for a bit the following worked (I'm still not sure why):
I double clicked on the object with the selection tool.
I then selected a fill color in the property panel and it filled in.
However, I cannot replicate this. I tried drawing another shape with the pen tool and cannot fill it in. I tried converting it to a symbol and that did not work either. I must have done something to the original shape that allowed me to fill it in last time I fooled with it.

Drawing with the Pen tools

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-73a0a.h tml

Correction: same issue -- pen tool drawing shows up only on the digital image on the screen. Not when printed. Well sounded like a good theory.
Problem remains: how to get pen tool drawing, made on photographs, to print.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Drawing with the Pen tools o photographi
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 20:08:05 +0000
Curt, believe I found the answer:
Create a new blank page, the size of the photograph to be worked on. The blank page is what the pen tool responds to only.
Add the photographic image to the new blank page (same size).
Now you can use the pen tool over the photographic image. When finished drawing, flatten the image with drawing, and print.
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:00:54 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Drawing with the Pen tools
    Re: Drawing with the Pen tools
    created by Curt Y in Photoshop General Discussion - View the full discussion
Perhaps you are talking about stroking the line?
Set the color and size with brush, then in Path window click on Stroke Path with Brush.
     Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4380667#4380667
     To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at http://forums.adobe.com/message/4380667#4380667. In the Actions box on the right, click the Stop Email Notifications link.
     Start a new discussion in Photoshop General Discussion by email or at Adobe Forums
For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to http://forums.adobe.com/message/2936746#2936746.

Photoshop CS6 Pen Tool Issue

The pen tool won't fill even when I set it to shape layers. Shapes won't fill either. It's getting me really frustrated and I'm not sure if it's just a glitch or I'm missing something.

Check the options bar for the path tools you're using.
Make sure they are set to shape layer, and check the fill that you specified (to make sure you didn't specify a fill of "none").

Why is my pen tool not working??

Instead of drawing shapes, my pen tool only creates a new shape layer every time I click..
What am I doing wrong??

Yes, but that didn't seem to be what you were asking.
If you have no layer selected, using the pen tool draws a new shape layer.
If you have a layer selected, using the pen tool draws a mask (unless the layer is a shape layer, in which case it draws a new shape within the selected shape layer).
Please, read the Help sections on shape layers and using the pen tools:
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/creating-shapes-masks.html#create_a_bezier_shap e_or_mask_using_the_pen_tool

Pen tool filling problems

Hello!
Who can help me out. I'm a CS2 user and want to use the pen tool to create an object. Thats a piece of cake but then I like to fill the object with lines, crosses or something like that. Only I'm not capable of finding that kind of fillings. With this link you can find a example of the filling i'm searching for: (it shows that you can select the filling separately from the object.)
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/2377/49610002wl9.jpg
Thanks
Maarten (netherlands)

One quick way would be to make the pattern (or find one) and use a copy of your shape as a clipping mask. Or, if the pattern is vector art, you could use the Shape Modes under Pathfinder to actually cut the pattern to the size and shape of your object.

Problem creating vector mask with Pen Tool

Using Photoshop CS5, Mac OS 10.6.8
I'm trying to create a simple vector mask using the pen tool to create a curved line at the top and bottom of a photo. Here's what I'm doing:
1. Create a new layer and select it.
2. Select Pen tool.
3. Choose "work path" by selecting button at top menu.
4. I draw my shape with the pen tool.
5. Now comes the problem... I can not select this shape, or assign it a color. When I create a clipping mask, it does not recognize my path. When I throw away the layer, the shape is still there in outline only. What am I missing here? I'm familiar with doing this in Illustrator, but I don't understand how it works in PSD.
I need some help, please.
Thanks.

The main thing i use paths for in photoshop is extracting objects from photos.
Other uses include stroking paths with the paint tools. For example, if you had
a powerline to remove, one could trace the line with the pen tool and then stroke
the path with spot healing brush set to content aware fill.
more info on photoshop paths:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-73ada.h tml
MTSTUNER

How to draw 2 seperate lines w/Pen tool?

Hello: Level: New Newbie OS: Windows 7 64bit
It's me again w/the same tut at: http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/how-to-make-a-golden-compass-in-illustrator /
Thank you everyone for all your help thus far!!
Please refer to step #8 and the picture below
Where I am confused is that once the line is drawn from top to bottom and I go to draw the line across the upper area the anchors stay connected.
I tried the Alt key + click to cut the path but (as you advanced folk probably already know) it didn't work.
So, I searched the manual, forums and other places for a way to make the bottom Anchor an end Anchor ... ?? Does that even exist?
I don't know if I am explaining this correctly or well enough but I sure would appreciate your guidence
Honestly I am not even sure what I ought to be looking for in the manual etc.
I tried just drawing the shape for the Glossy effect and then filling it with the required gradient but frankly it just looks odd ... it looks flat and basically UGLY
Below is a picture of what I need help accomplishing. The blue line that goes across is the problem for me.
I should also mention, if you go to the tutorial ... it says that I am suppose to Duplicate the Inner Circle but I made too many goofs and somehow all my layers ended up on one layer so rather than doing what the tut instructs I just made a New Layer and then drew a new circle with the Ellipse tool.
Even so, I actually couldn't grasp why or how I was suppose to go about intergrating the new circle with using the Pen Tool to draw the Glossy effect object. So, I skipped that part and just used the Pen tool to draw the needed shape as shown above in pink.
Thank you again!!
wow ...

Kara,
Or just press the P key.
This will reselect the Pen Tool, implying a deselection.
Edit: And now I realized: In the other thread I never looked at anything but the actual question, so I was unaware that it was all about a compass.
There are a few things in the tutorial that could create inaccuracies, and some might be done in easier ways, but differeent users prefer different ways. That is one of the reasons for the pleasant great variation in suggestions here.

Problem with pen tool, lines and blend tool

I draw line 1.
Then I break (click the arrow key and then click the pen tool again) and draw line 2
When I finish there is a puzzling gap on line 1 after where line 2 intersects:
Then when I use the blend too the resulting abstract looks like - non-continguous with broken lines:
instead of something of a continuous wave and unbroken lines like:
To me, the problem is clearly the gap show up but I don't understand why it is appearing, when as picture 2 shows, I clearly I'm drawing complete lines.

Thanks. That fixed it. I was able to select no fill in the pen tool bar (when pen tool is active), but could not select no fill when I clicked on the fill box in the regular tool bar (unless there is a trick) - all that comes up are color gradients to select.

Filling pen tool areas.

This is a very very basic question.I am able to colour and otherwise manipulate elementary vector objects, such as rectangles. Yes, I know how to use the colour panel and the fil land ink pot tool. However, sometimes I can colour a vector shape drawn with the pen tool and sometimes I cannot. It seems completely random.
In detail: select keyframe on an empty layer. I make a triangle with the pen tool, and a small circle shows completion. I get a triangle.This is coloured not for the stroke but for the layer. It seems to exist in two densities - a layer coloured line for drawing, a thicker, same-coloured one after selection. However, neither the ink bottle nor the fill tool do anything. I can set the colour in advance, or after the event, through the colour panel or otherwise, nothing. A gradient fill does not even show the guide lines for the fill tool.
If I draw a vector box on the same layer, everything works fine for th ebox, but not for the pen tool outline.
I am coming to this from Photoshop: do I have to convert the path to a selection, or something, before I can paint into a path?

Further to this, here is the solution.
The pen tool will, as you know, show an open circle when it has the potential to close a path. If you click, the path is supposed to close. In fact it, does not do so perfectly, and Fill will not work if the Options are set to respect small gaps. If you turn this off, it will fill.
How do you do this? If you select the paint bucket fill tool, you will see a similarly tiny icon with a circle on it appear at the foot of the tool bar. If you click on that, a series of options appear. Select "close small gaps" and now you can fill the path. This shows up on the properties window, for example, as a change in the property of the path, not the tool. The whole thing is simply stupidly thought through, or essentially not thought through.
It has taken me a day - a night - to solve this. There are no references to these ephemeral options in any help document that i have read. This is pretty typical of the Adobe approach to users. The CS4 UI is forced to be gray on gray, which may sound fine for graphics artists but makes the thing extremely hard to use for anyone else. . The icons do not resize with screen resolution, so if you want to use a 3000+ x 1500+ screen, as I do, they become invisibly small. If you go to what presumably Adobe thinks of as native resolution - 1260 x 768 - they are still unreadable to anyone over 30 at normal viewing distance. How is anyone supposed to see, easily, whether a 5 pixel circle is filled with gray or not at four feet? Why not use colour, a shape change? Just as documentation is an afterthought, so too is the UI. I imagine the company as made up of very young programmers, all with good eyesight and, in general, a subservient marketing effort.

How to select a shape from pen tool for paint bucket

I was under the notion that I could make a shape with the pen tool and if I closed the the shape it would then be selected in a way that would allow me to color the interior with paint bucket.
However, when I splash the paintbucket inside my shape, it paints the whole layer, not just the part inside my shape.
Obviously I don't understand how it is supposed to work.
Apparently I've gone at this the wrong way.. I want to create a freeform shape, that once created will be a selected region in the same way a rectangle or elips would.
What is the best way to do that? I'm shooting for thought bubble sort of shape, something along the line of the outline of an egg, but with a tail at one end.

Added tips from Tip Merchant ($200 consulation fee)
- on mac - command/ numeric keypad Enter turns the path into a selection. Option delete then fills.
- an action can be setup to bring up Fill Path from the Path panel menu. Just pressing enter fills with FG color
These are ways to avoid he paths panel altogether. Best way may be to use the TINY fill path icon in that panel as was pointed out by John

Pen tool Drawing & Bucket Filling Problem

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for