Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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 meth-
ods, which is what you'll do next.
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 the Swatches panel, that the color is highlighted. You can press the up or down
arrow key, along with right or left arrow keys, to select a new swatch to paint with.
Click to apply the lighter-green color to the tree shape.
3.
In the Swatches panel, click to select the swatch named “Dark Brown.” Click to
fill the overlapping (white) shape between the trees.
