Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
3.
Choose View > Zoom Out, several times, until you see the tree shape off the right edge
of the artboard.
That shape is not selected, but you will add it to the rest of the shapes soon.
4.
Select the Live Paint Bucket tool ( ) from the Shape Builder tool ( ) group in the
Tools panel.
5.
Click the Swatches panel icon ( ) to show the panel. Select the first (dark) blue
swatch in the logo2 color group in the Swatches panel.
Note
Positioning the pointer over a color group will show you the name of the
color group in a tool tip.
6.
Position the pointer over the first tree shape (on the left), and click to convert the
selected shapes to a Live Paint group.
You can click any of the shapes to convert it to a Live Paint group, but the shape you
click is filled with the dark blue color. Clicking selected shapes with the Live Paint
Bucket tool creates a Live Paint group that you can paint with that same tool. Once a
Live Paint group is created, the paths are fully editable, but they are treated like a
group. Colors are automatically reapplied to new regions created when you move or
adjust a path's shape.
Painting with the Live Paint Bucket tool
After objects are converted to a Live Paint group, you can paint them using several methods.
1.
Position the pointer over the second tree from the left in the Live Paint group (
not
where the trees overlap).
A red highlight appears around the shape that will be painted, and three color swatches
appear above the pointer. The selected color (dark blue) is in the middle, and the two
adjacent colors in the Swatches panel are on either side.
2.
Press the left arrow key once to select the lighter green swatch (shown in the three
swatches above the pointer). As you press the arrow key to change colors, notice, in
