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Paint inside boundaries

Learn how to paint within the boundaries of your drawings with Paint inside in Adobe Fresco.

Paint inside is a tool option for Pixel, Live, and Vector brushes that finds the boundaries within a closed area to paint. You can use Paint inside to fill an enclosed area with any brush.

Paint inside lets you effortlessly color your artwork by constraining strokes to boundaries.


Paint inside an area

  1. Select the Paint inside   icon in the Pixel, Live, or Vector brushes panel to turn Paint inside on.

  2. Press and hold the Paint inside   icon to change the Paint inside settings. 

  3. Toggle on Transparent areas only to paint any area with no content.

  4. Use the Color margin and move the slider to adjust the boundary between the color and linework.

    A higher number indicates a boundary closer to the lines. In comparison, a smaller number decreases and makes the boundary more separate.

Note:

You can use Paint inside directly on the line layer or with reference layers.

Reset Paint inside


You must reset the Paint inside settings if you've drawn other linework to fill with Paint inside turned on.

To reset Paint inside, toggle off the Paint inside   icon to turn it off and toggle on the icon again to turn it back on.

What's Next

Now that you've learned to paint within the boundaries of an object, take a step forward and learn how to transform objects in Adobe Fresco.

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