Pattern Paint <Shift+G>

You can fill the pixels having a similar color as the location clicked with a pattern.

Step

To fill with a pattern paint

1. Open the photo you want to fill with a pattern paint.
2. Click Make > Pattern Paint.
   If the Pattern Paint window does not appear, click Window > Options.
3. In the Pattern Paint window, specify the transparency level, the tolerance, and other properties.
4. Click on the place to fill with a pattern.

More Information

Pattern Paint Window

You can set the transparency level, the method for synthesizing, and tolerance.

• Pattern Shape: Select the desired pattern from the pattern collection.
• Opacity: Set transparency level.
• Mode: Set the method for synthesizing by selecting from the list.
  

  Result	Menu	Description
  	Normal	Display a synthesized image on top of the background image.
  	Dissolve	Scatter a synthesized image over the layer. The lower the level of the opacity, the more scattered it is.
  	Darken	Show the background image with a darker color than the synthesized image.
  	Multiply	Mix the colors of a synthesized image and the background image in a layer.
  	Color Burn	Burn the colors of a synthesized image in the colors of the background image.
  	Linear Burn	Burn the colors while maintaining the exterior of a synthesized image.
  	Lighten	Show only pixels in a synthesized image that are brighter than the background image.
  	Screen	Display the background image with the colors of a synthesized image. Using dots that have the colors of the [synthesized image,] you can express the shades of the background image.
  	Color Dodge	Show the colors of the background image on top of the synthesized image.
  	Linear Dodge	Show the colors of the background image on top of the synthesized image while maintaining the exterior shape of the synthesized image.
  	Overlay	Add the colors of the synthesized image while maintaining the background image’s contrast and brightness.
  	Soft Light	Shine a soft light with the color and shape of the synthesized image onto the background image.
  	Hard Light	Shine a hard light with the color and edges of the synthesized image onto the background image.
  	Vivid Light	Shine a vivid light with the color and shape of the synthesized image onto the background image.
  	Linear Light	Shine a light with the color and shape of the synthesized image onto the background image while maintaining the exterior shape of the synthesized image.
  	Pin Light	Shine lights from small light sources in a synthesized image onto the background image.
  	Hard Mix	Roughly mix a synthesized image with the background image.
  	Difference	Display the color difference between the synthesized image and the background image.
  	Exclusion	Exclude the colors of the synthesized image from the background image.
  	Hue	Add the hue value of the synthesized image to the hue value of the background image.
  	Saturation	Add the saturation value of the synthesized image to the saturation value of the background image.
  	Color	Add the color value of the synthesized image to the color value of the background image.
  	Luminosity	Add the luminosity value of the synthesized image to the luminosity value of the background image.

• Tolerance: Set the range of colors for filling. The larger the value, the wider the range of colors used for filling. The maximum is 255.
• Contiguous Area Only: Fill an area having colors within the range from the location clicked.

See Also

Brush, Pattern Brush, Paint, Gradient, Tools, Save

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