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How can you use the paint bucket tool in 2D animation?

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The paint bucket tool is a common feature in many 2D animation software, such as Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony, or Krita. It allows you to fill in areas of your drawings with colors, gradients, or patterns, saving you time and effort. However, using the paint bucket tool effectively requires some skills and tricks, especially when dealing with complex shapes, gaps, or outlines. In this article, you will learn how to use the paint bucket tool in 2D animation and avoid some common pitfalls.

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Master layer management:

Organize your animation elements into layers for outlines, colors, and shading. This helps prevent accidental changes and enhances control over your artwork, streamlining your creative process.
Set the right tolerance:

Adjusting the paint bucket tool's tolerance ensures precise color filling. A low setting is great for detailed work with sharp contrasts, while a higher one works best for smoother gradients.

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1 Adjust the tolerance

The tolerance level of the paint bucket tool determines how much variation in color or brightness it can accept when filling an area. A low tolerance means that the tool will only fill areas that match the color you selected exactly, while a high tolerance means that the tool will fill areas that are similar to the color you selected, even if they are slightly different. Depending on your drawing style and the level of detail you want, you may need to adjust the tolerance level to achieve the desired result. For example, if you have a drawing with smooth gradients, you may want to use a high tolerance to fill the whole area with one color, but if you have a drawing with sharp edges and contrast, you may want to use a low tolerance to preserve the details.

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Joey Deutsch

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Reignier Rampangajouw

Head of 2D at ArtFX / Director / Anim. Dir
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Le pot de peintures est un allié sur de nombreux soft pour optimiser sont temps de colorisation. Sur toon boom harmony, par exemple, il existe plusieurs modes de pot de peintures qui permettent le remplissage ou décolorisation rapide de zones préalablement fermées. Certains d'entres eux combinés avec une selection de zone et l'option multiframes permettent de remplir rapidement les zones non-remplies sur tout une suite d'images, rendant la mise en couleur de projets d'animation tradigitale beaucoup moins laborieuse et chronophage.

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Yann Moreira

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Quand vous appliquez une couleur sur une zone non uniforme la couleur peut être paramétrée afin de s'arrêter au bord de plages colorées plus foncées ou plus claires. Le niveau de tolérance est un paramètre que vous pouvez gérer afin de choisir le niveau de remplissage. Dans le cadre d'une photo comprenant un objet sur fond blanc, si il est nécessaire de remplacer le fond blanc par une autre couleur, un niveau de 40% est généralement suffisant pour faire la différence entre le fond et la forme. Parfois le niveau de tolérance doit être ajusté plus précisément, notamment sur un fond texturé ou pour réaliser un effet artistique.

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Ayesha Tariq

Animator | Motion Graphics | Illustrator | Concept Art | Design Specialist
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The paint bucket tool in 2D animation is a game-changer, but precision is key. Adjust the tolerance for nuanced fills; low for detail, high for broad strokes. Close gaps in shapes to avoid unintended spills. Organize with layers and masks to selectively fill elements. Experiment with blending modes and effects for unique visuals. Practice regularly to refine your technique, starting with simpler projects. Consider factors like color palette and consistency for a cohesive animation. Harnessing these steps will elevate your 2D animation game.

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Amin Edalatipour

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In most 2D animation software, the paint bucket tool is used to fill areas with a selected color. Simply choose the tool, select the desired color, and click within the area you want to fill. Make sure the area is enclosed by lines for the tool to work properly.

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2 Close the gaps

One of the most common problems when using the paint bucket tool is that it may not fill the entire area you want, leaving some gaps or holes. This can happen when your drawing has small gaps between the lines or the strokes, or when the lines are not fully connected. To avoid this, you need to close the gaps before using the paint bucket tool, either manually or automatically. Some software, such as Adobe Animate or Toon Boom Harmony, have a feature that allows you to close the gaps automatically by adjusting the gap size or the close gap mode. Alternatively, you can use a brush or a pencil tool to close the gaps manually, making sure that your lines are well defined and connected.

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Sahil S.

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In my early days of Learning Animation in Adobe Flash, which is now called Animate CC, there was a condition to use the color fill bucket - the line should be closed. There must be no gaps in the shape we are trying to fill in the color, or else the color would spill out and turn the whole canvas into the selected color. This was extremely frustrating and I bet it still is. So, to counter this issue even before it occurs, one must consciously try to intersect lines and shapes, so that the issue dies down in the very beginning.

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André Perlingeiro

2D Animator and Children's Illustrator | Bringing creativity and joy to efficient animation deliveries.
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In Toon Boom Harmony you even have the option of painting the same drawing with the same color during part of the timeline or the entire timeline without having to go through each frame painting drawing by drawing. All the closed areas located within the selection are painted. This tool is called "Apply to all frames". Furthermore, Toon Boom offers a tool that allows you to paint only empty areas of the drawing without worrying about outlines or brush strokes, as they will not be painted. This tool is called "Paint Unpainted".

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Yann Moreira

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Entre le dessin et la couleur il arrive qu'une zone intermédiaire ne soit pas comblée. Cela peut arriver notamment sur un dessin importé (scan) qui va révéler des nuances en bordure de trait. La première chose à réaliser est de jouer sur les contrastes pour avoir un trait plus net. Si votre logiciel a besoin de formes fermées pour effectuer un remplissage il est nécessaire de réaliser des retouches, elle se font généralement dans la même étape que le gommage des imperfections (clean). Enfin si vos traits sont sur des calques différents de la couleur, vous pouvez étendre d'un ou deux pixels vos plages colorées afin qu'elles passent derrière le trait ce qui permet de s'assurer d'une parfaite jointure.

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Francisco Oliveira

Product Designer | Creative Direction | UX | SCRUM | Growth
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Contours and strokes can remain open depending on the drawing style. Duplicate the outline layers to leave no gaps and use the paint bucket. Preserve the open outlines in a layer above to keep the gaps without affecting the style of the stroke.

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Tommy Schneiders

Executive Producer @ Burd's | Showrunner, Animation, Screen Writer, Director, Voice Over
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Make sure that you are in the viewer mode to see the curves on your vectors or where the paint line ends. Toon Boom will signify open gaps with green boxes. Eliminate these by connecting the lines. Also, start any pencil or brush stroke with the ALT key to automatically connect to the nearest other edge of a gap.

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3 Use layers and masks

Another way to use the paint bucket tool effectively is to use layers and masks to separate different elements of your drawing, such as the outlines, the base colors, the shadows, and the highlights. By doing this, you can avoid accidentally filling or overwriting parts of your drawing that you don't want to change, and you can also create more depth and contrast in your animation. For example, you can create a layer for the outlines and lock it, then create another layer for the base colors and use the paint bucket tool to fill it, then create another layer for the shadows and use a mask to limit the area where you apply them.

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Jessica Dunn

Artist, Director, & Instructor
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I do most of my frame by frame animation in Photoshop and I incorporate a lot of clever masking when designing my characters. Paint bucket tool is handy for filling an area with a click of a button. Just be sure to mind any gaps/outlines. Be sure to check the set tolerance on the paint bucket tool - located in the Options bar.

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Habib Ullah

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Using layers and masks effectively in conjunction with the paint bucket tool is a smart approach. It not only helps prevent accidental changes to specific elements but also allows for a more organized and nuanced creation of depth and contrast in your drawing or animation. By separating outlines, base colors, shadows, and highlights into distinct layers, you gain better control over each aspect, facilitating a more refined and efficient design process.

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Yann Moreira

Conseiller entreprises Numérique - CCI AISNE - ????Accompagnement et formation des entreprises
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Un dessin numérique est souvent composé de plusieurs calques. - Le calque du scan ou de la référence - Le calque de la couleur de fond (par exemple) - Les plages colorées (sur un ou plusieurs calques) - Les ombres (avec généralement un calque coloré et semi-transparent) - Les tracés (sur un ou plusieurs calques) - Les lumières - Les effets spéciaux Il est possible de sélectionner des éléments d'un calques afin de les reporter sur un autre et d'en modifier les composantes, une ombre est souvent une partie d'une zone colorée que l'on va cloner et découper via une sélection.

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4 Experiment with different modes and effects

The paint bucket tool is not only useful for filling areas with solid colors, but also for creating different modes and effects in your animation. Depending on your software, you may have options to choose different modes for the paint bucket tool, such as normal, multiply, overlay, or screen. These modes affect how the color you apply interacts with the existing color in your drawing, creating different lighting and shading effects. For example, you can use the multiply mode to create darker shadows, or the screen mode to create lighter highlights. You can also use the paint bucket tool to fill areas with gradients or patterns, adding more variety and texture to your animation.

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Angel Kawash

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You can use the modes to create a cooler or warmer tone to any photo as well. It is similar to adding a manual filter of sorts

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5 Practice and refine

The paint bucket tool is a versatile and powerful tool in 2D animation, but it also requires practice and refinement to use it well. You may need to experiment with different settings, modes, and effects to find the ones that suit your style and vision. You may also need to edit and correct some areas that the paint bucket tool did not fill properly, using other tools such as the eraser, the brush, or the color picker. The more you use the paint bucket tool, the more you will learn how to optimize your workflow and improve your animation quality.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Karli Melder

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One of my best friends taught me this trick for using the paint bucket when working in Animate CC: select the paint bucket tool, and then hover over where you want to color. Press and hold while dragging your mouse over *all* the areas you want to color, and Animate will fill them all in as you go. It's super useful for more detailed characters and has saved me a ton of time and frustration

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1 Adjust the tolerance

2 Close the gaps

3 Use layers and masks

4 Experiment with different modes and effects

5 Practice and refine

6 Here’s what else to consider

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