Colour and pattern used to fill a closed shape

One of the Pen tool’s most powerful functions is the ability to draw paths. When you use the Pen tool, you aren’t adding color to the canvas. You’re creating a line path which can then be used to make a vector shape — a flexible, scalable object. Unlike pixel-based lines and shapes, which lose definition when they’re scaled up, a vector path maintains its sharp edges at any size. Every path you draw can be found in the Paths panel, where you can edit them individually or as a group. Use the Freeform Pen tool to draw freehand and anchor points will automatically appear. From the Pen Tools menu, select the Freeform Pen tool. Click the inverted arrow next to the shape buttons in the Options bar and enter a value between 0.5 and 10.0 pixels in the Curve Fit window. A higher number places fewer anchor points to create a simpler path. Drag the pointer across the image to draw a path the same way you would with a pen or pencil on a sheet of paper. Release the mouse button to create a path. To create a closed path, drag the line back around to connect with the path’s starting point. Language Navigation Language Navigation Choose your region Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on Adobe.com. • Americas • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Europe, Middle East and Africa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Asia Pacific • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

I don’t know about you, but as a visual person I find it hard to visualize what my projects will look like with just red lines on a plain white background. I love the fact that I can use the fills within Silhouette Studio to get a better idea of the finished product. Another good reason for using fills is that filled pieces are easier to grab – you can click your mouse anywhere in the design instead of having to get your cursor in just the right place by the line. This saves a TON of time and frustration. You would also want to fill images with color or pattern if you are doing a Print and Cut. This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I may receive a small commission. You pay the same price. This helps me to be able to keep my business going and provide more tutorials. You can fill images or text with 3 different things – color, gradient or pattern. I’ll discuss each one individually, show you some cool tricks and also show you some common pitfalls you might run into. Color fill Basic options To fill an object, you will first want to have the image selected. Then click on the Fill Color icon – it’s the first one in the set on the upper right of the software and looks like a paint bucket pouring out color. Then click on any of the colors in the window and the image will fill with that color. (If the image doesn’t fill, check the section below for troubleshooting.) There will now be a bold line around the color you selected...

• Documentation Home • • Graphics • 2-D and 3-D Plots • Surfaces, Volumes, and Polygons • Polygons • fill • On this page • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • XData, YData, and ZData properties on Patch objects created with the fill and fill3 functions return values of the original data type • fill( ___, Name,Value) modifies the patches using one or more name-value arguments to set properties. Patches can be specified using any of the input argument combinations in previous syntaxes. For example, fill(X,Y,C,'LineWidth',2) specifies a two-point border around all the patches. For a list of properties, see Specify ( x, y) coordinates for the vertices of a hexagon as vectors x and y. Plot these coordinates as a hexagon. Then plot two additional translations of this hexagon on the same axes to create three partially overlapping hexagons. Specify the FaceAlpha property for each hexagon as a value less than 1 to plot semitransparent hexagons. X = [0 0 4]; Y = [2 4 2]; C = 1; fill(X,Y,C) Two or more patches (shared X or Y) Specify the shared coordinates as a vector. Specify the other coordinates as a matrix. The length of the vector must match the length of one dimension of the matrix. If the matrix is square, MATLAB ® plots the columns of the matrix against the vector. Plot two triangular patches with shared x- coordinates. X = [0 0 4]; Y = [2 4 2]; C = 1; fill(X,Y,C) Two or more patches (shared X or Y) Specify the shared coordinates as a vector. Specify the other coord...

Color and Pattern Fills Use color and pattern fills to visually call out areas of your work. Accessing the Fill Tool You access the Fill tool from the 7th icon on the right side toolbar. The Fill Tool Modes Pick Point mode – To use: • Tap anywhere on the inside of a sealed object. Sealed here means that all corners are snapped together • Tap on Checkmark at bottom to finalize Select Boundary mode – To use: • Select a set of lines on a sealed object • Tap on Checkmark at bottom to finalize Fill Settings Set from the Fill Settings icon in the Fill toolbar sub menu or from the bar at bottom of screen. Change an Existing Fills Settings You can change an existing fills settings: • Tap to make a fill active • Tap on the Color & Styles icon in the lower left corner of screen Use Shapes to Define Fill or Area You can choose to whether or not to use any displayed shape as a boundary when it comes to defining a Fill or Measurement Area.