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Sun for the Snowman

Joined: 12 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:43 pm    Post subject: Color bug? Drawings vanish when using dark background Reply with quote

Hi, I just started working with Photoshop, so I might be making some stupid rookie mistake...but I can't figure out what the hell could be wrong.

When I draw something on a dark background it just vanishes as soon as I fill the area with the paint bucket!

If I have a dark grey background, and draw something in black using the brush, when I try to fill the drawing, for instance green, with the paint bucket, the entire picture becomes green!
It was as if the drawing was never there.

At first I thought I had some wierd setting on my brush, but the wierd thing is that this only happens when I use dark colors.
Doing the exact same thing with yellow and red, works perfectly fine.
Also, the problem only occurs when the background is dark. If I have a green background and draw a figure with black contures and fill it with dark grey, it works superbly.
But if the background had been dark color it would've all gone to hell.

What'ma doin wrong?
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Sun for the Snowman

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone?
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doubrovski

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,
You may need to decrease the Paint Bucket's "Tolerance" in the Options bar.

Here is a flash movie on the Paint Bucket tool:
http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop_tools/paint_bucketf.htm

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Sun for the Snowman

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks alot! Can't tell you how happy I am.

It worked perfectly.
FINALLY i can get my drawing on.
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