Paint Bucket Tool

The Paint Bucket Tool fills the continuously colored area with the forground color or pattern.

To fill with foreground color:

  • In the Toolbox, select the Paint Bucket Tool.
  • Click on your image to fill the area.
  • Use Tolerance field to adjust the tool's sensitivity.
  • "Contiguous" option limits the tool's range to adjacent areas.
  • in the Options bar you can also choose the blending mode and opacity.

To fill with pattern:

  • in the Options bar, choose Fill mode "Pattern".
  • In the Pattern picker, choose a pattern sample.
  • Click on your image to fill the area.

Tip. Just in case you didn't know, the Paint Bucket tool is also available in Photoshop Elements that is way cheaper version.

And if you believe, Photoshop Elements lacks some other important feature, be sure to visit this page.

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