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181. Bucket tool details

“Bucket” is one of the most sophisticated tools in ibisPaint. Since it's high function, it can be difficult to set up properly. If you set it wrong, it won't function properly. If you can't use it as expected, tap the undo button and try filling over and over. Here we will explain "Bucket setting", but also "Magic Wand setting" has a similar settings so if you want to know how to set "Magic Wand setting," change the word "Bucket" to "Magic Wand" and read on.

About the Bucket tool

Bucket tool is a function that fills an area where the color is similar to the color of the starting point (the place where you tap with your finger). It is most commonly used to color the undercoat of line drawings.

If the line drawing is closed without gaps, you can fill only the inside of the line. But if the line is not closed and have gaps it will be colored outside the line. If the color fill outside unintentionally, don't panic and tap undo button to go back.

Bucket Tool window

Next, we will explain about “Bucket Tool window.” Display the ①[ Tool Selection window ] and tap ②[ Bucket ] , then tap ③[ Setting button ] on the option bar to open the “Bucket Tool window.”

①[ Reset ] ... Since it's hard to set Bucket tool there's a default value that works well for ones whose not used to it. If you want to reset to the initial values ​​after changing various values, tap "Reset"
②[ Strength ] ... Adjusts the area to fill the color that is similar to the start point.
③[ Unpainted Recognition ] ... When the line thickness is not equal and is hard to fill inside with "Expansion" it enables you to fill cleanly inside the lines
④[ Expansion ] ... You can expand or narrow the fill range set in “Strength”. The default value is 1.5px.
⑤[ Gap Recognition ] ... Automatically recognizes gaps between lines, and allows you to fill only inside without filling outside the line.
⑥[ Continuous Filling ] ​​... By swiping and tracing the canvas with your finger, you can continuously fill different places separated by lines.

⑦[ Boundary ] ... Select whether the program will decide by color (R, G, B, A), or only opacity when determining how much of the range of colors that are similar to the starting point should be filled (Color difference). If the "Reference Layer" described later is a white canvas, the entire background color is opaque, so if you select Opacity in "Boundary", the entire surface will be painted. If the "Reference Layer" is a Specific Layer or Current Layer, sometimes it may be better to set the "Boundary" to Opacity.
⑧[ Reference Layer ] ... You can select from Current Layer, Specific Layer and Canvas. The default is Canvas. Here, reference means where the color should be read from the process of determining the area by whether the difference between the color of the start point and the color of the judgment when deciding the paint area is close. When you select Canvas, the range will be determined by referring to the picture which is combined from all layers. If you select Specific Layer, and specify the layer with the layer selection below, it will determine the area to fill by referring to that layer. When you select Current Layer, it'll determine the area to fill by referring to the current layer. By using Specific Layer, you can separate the line drawing layer and filling layer by placing the line drawing on layer 2 and fill the work layer with layer 1.

Strength

The figure above is a comparison between filling with different "Strength" values. "Strength" sets which area with similar color should be filled by the color of the start point.(The color difference is defined as the area to be painted up to a certain level.). If there is a gradation like a line drawn with an Airbrush, when you set the value to 0%, the filled area will be small because it will stop filling if there is just a slight difference between the colors. When the value is set to 5%, it will slightly fill wider than when set to 0%. 10% will further increase the filled area. However, if the value is set too high, the color will be filled outside the lines.

Expansion

The figure above is a comparison of "Expansion" between 0px and 1.5px and filled the color to line drawing drawn with Dip Pen (Soft). Line drawings have anti-aliasing (semi-transparent) on the edges, so white areas will be remaind at 0px, but 1.5px reduces unfilled area.

When filling the inside of a comic speech balloon, it is a good idea to set Expansion to a negative value.

Gap Recognition

If you want to fill places where the line ends has gap, turn on "Gap Recognition." The figure above shows a comparison between when "Gap Recognition" is turned off (left figure) and on (right figure). "Gap Recognition" automatically recognizes gaps between lines, so even if there are a small gaps in the line, you can fill only inside without filling outside the line.

Unpainted Recognition

The figure above shows a comparison between when "Unpainted Recognition" is turned off (left figure) and turned on (right figure). When filling inside the line that the thickness is not equal, it's difficult to adjust with "Expansion", and outside the line will be colored too. However, by turning on "Unpainted Recognition", you can cleanly fill just inside the line.

Continuous Filling

If you want to continuously fill different places separated by lines with the same color, turn on "Continuous Filling". It's convenient swiping and tracing the canvas letting you continuously fill different places.

Surrounding Fill / Surrounding Eraser

Surrounding Fill allows you to fill the enclosed areas within the selected range with a specified color. Similarly, Surrounding Eraser removes the fill from the enclosed areas within the selected range.

Select the ①[ Surrounding Fill ] and trace around ②[ the area you would like to fill ] with your finger. The enclosed areas within the traced range will be filled with the selected color.

To delete the fill, select ③[ Surrounding Eraser ] and trace around ④[ the area where you would like to remove the fill ] with your finger. The fill will be removed from the enclosed areas inside the selected range.

For details on "Surrounding Fill / Surrounding Eraser", please check the Bucket Tool: Surrounding Fill / Surrounding Eraser.

Chapter

  1. 01.
    Introduction
  2. 02.
    Start Creating an Artwork
  3. 03.
    Toolbar and Tool Selection
  4. 04.
    Do Your Draft Sketch by Hand
  5. 05.
    About Layers
  6. 06.
    Let's Trace
  7. 07.
    Undo and Eraser
  8. 08.
    Fine Tuning Using the Lasso tool
  9. 09.
    Check by Reflecting Horizontally
  10. 10.
    Select Colors in the Color window
  11. 11.
    Use Color Fill for the Undercoat
  12. 12.
    Turn Clipping On
  13. 13.
    Making a Gradation (Shading)
  14. 14.
    Select a color from the canvas or layer
  15. 15.
    Set the Time before Quick Eyedropper Starts
  16. 16.
    Create Highlights and Shadows
  17. 17.
    Paste a Texture
  18. 18.
    Let's Merge Layers
  19. 19.
    Sign Your Artwork
  20. 20.
    View Your Artwork
  21. 21.
    Post Your Artwork
  22. 22.
    Share Your Artwork
  23. 23.
    Open your ibisPaint data in Clip Studio Paint
  24. 24.
    Prime Membership / Remove Ads Add-on (iOS,iPadOS,Android versions)
  25. 25.
    Prime Membership / Pro Add-on (Windows Version)
  26. 26.
    Synchronizing the artworks on your device with Cloud Storage
  27. 27.
    Save the past state of an Artwork as an IPV file
  28. 28.
    Rearrange artworks
  29. 29.
    Artworks Folder Feature
  30. 30.
    Make custom brush
  31. 31.
    Create Original Brush Patterns
  32. 32.
    Installing and Exporting the Custom Brush
  33. 33.
    Release a Custom Brush to the Online Gallery
  34. 34.
    Brush Export and Import
  35. 35.
    Search For Brushes
  36. 36.
    Display images to use as reference
  37. 37.
    Add Color to the Analog Image using Multiply
  38. 38.
    Stabilizer
  39. 39.
    Layer: Clipping is convenient
  40. 40.
    Layer: Changing the color with Alpha Lock
  41. 41.
    Layer: Let's try using Screen Tone
  42. 42.
    Layer: Selection Layer
  43. 43.
    Layer: Save Layer as Transparent PNG command
  44. 44.
    Layer: Naming your layers to manage them
  45. 45.
    Layer: Rasterize
  46. 46.
    Layer: Layer Folders
  47. 47.
    Layer: Folder Move/Transform
  48. 48.
    Layer: Add Layer from Canvas
  49. 49.
    Vector Layer
  50. 50.
    Contents Layer Selection
  51. 51.
    Apply Canvas Papers to your canvas
  52. 52.
    Display Grid on the Canvas
  53. 53.
    Save canvas as Transparent PNG
  54. 54.
    Make the background transparent with Eraser Bucket
  55. 55.
    Bucket Tool: Surrounding Fill / Surrounding Eraser
  56. 56.
    Putting texture to the floor with Perspective Form
  57. 57.
    Skirt with Mesh Form
  58. 58.
    Entering text with Text tool
  59. 59.
    Creating manga with Frame Divider tool
  60. 60.
    Enlarging the canvas with Canvas Size
  61. 61.
    Cutting off the canvas with Trim
  62. 62.
    Create a Manga Manuscript for Printing
  63. 63.
    Canvas creation with resolution (dpi) specification
  64. 64.
    Changing image resolution with Resize
  65. 65.
    Change canvas Color Mode
  66. 66.
    Output High-Resolution Images with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  67. 67.
    AI Disturbance
  68. 68.
    Texture with Material tool
  69. 69.
    Cut, Copy, Paste
  70. 70.
    Ruler: Straight Ruler
  71. 71.
    Ruler: Circular Ruler
  72. 72.
    Ruler: Elliptical Ruler
  73. 73.
    Ruler: Radial Ruler
  74. 74.
    Ruler: Mirror Ruler
  75. 75.
    Ruler: Kaleidoscope Ruler
  76. 76.
    Ruler: Array Ruler
  77. 77.
    Ruler: Perspective Array Ruler
  78. 78.
    Drawing Tool: Straight Line
  79. 79.
    Drawing Tool: Rectangle
  80. 80.
    Drawing Tool:Circle
  81. 81.
    Drawing Tool:Ellipse
  82. 82.
    Drawing Tool:Regular Polygon
  83. 83.
    Drawing Tool:Bezier Curve
  84. 84.
    Drawing Tool:Polyline
  85. 85.
    Drawing Tool:Fill
  86. 86.
    Selection Area tool: Color Range
  87. 87.
    Selection Area tool: Expand/Contract Selection Area
  88. 88.
    Special: Liquify Pen
  89. 89.
    Special: Lasso Fill
  90. 90.
    Special: Lasso Eraser
  91. 91.
    Special: Copy Pen
  92. 92.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Brightness & Contrast
  93. 93.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Tone Curve
  94. 94.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Hue Saturation Lightness
  95. 95.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Color Balance
  96. 96.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Extract Line Drawing
  97. 97.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Find Edges (Handwriting)
  98. 98.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Find Edges
  99. 99.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Change Drawing Color
  100. 100.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Mono Color
  101. 101.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Grayscale
  102. 102.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Black & White
  103. 103.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Posterize
  104. 104.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Invert Color
  105. 105.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Gradation Map
  106. 106.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Levels Adjustment
  107. 107.
    Filter (Adjust Color): Replace Color
  108. 108.
    Filter (Blur): Gaussian Blur
  109. 109.
    Filter (Blur): Zooming Blur
  110. 110.
    Filter (Blur): Moving Blur
  111. 111.
    Filter (Blur):Spin Blur
  112. 112.
    Filter (Blur): Lens Blur
  113. 113.
    Filter (Blur): Mosaic
  114. 114.
    Filter (Blur): Unsharp Mask
  115. 115.
    Filter (Blur): Frosted Glass
  116. 116.
    Filter (Style): Stroke (Both)
  117. 117.
    Filter (Style): Stained Glass
  118. 118.
    Filter (Style): Wet Edge
  119. 119.
    Filter (Style): Glow (Inner)
  120. 120.
    Filter (Style): Bevel (Inner)
  121. 121.
    Filter (Style): Bevel (Outer)
  122. 122.
    Filter (Style): Emboss
  123. 123.
    Filter (Style): Relief
  124. 124.
    Filter (Style): Waterdrop (Rounded)
  125. 125.
    Filter (Style): Stroke (Outer)
  126. 126.
    Filter (Style): Glow (Outer)
  127. 127.
    Filter (Style): Satin
  128. 128.
    Filter (Style): Drop Shadow
  129. 129.
    Filter (Style): Extrude
  130. 130.
    Filter (Style): God Rays
  131. 131.
    Filter (Draw): Parallel Gradation
  132. 132.
    Filter (Draw): Concentric Gradation
  133. 133.
    Filter (Draw): Radial Line Gradation
  134. 134.
    Filter (Draw): Radial Line
  135. 135.
    Filter (Draw): Speed Line
  136. 136.
    Filter (Draw): Clouds
  137. 137.
    Filter (Draw): QR Code
  138. 138.
    Filter (AI): Watercolor Filter
  139. 139.
    Filter (AI): Auto Paint
  140. 140.
    Filter (AI): Background Removal
  141. 141.
    Filter (Artistic): Anime Background
  142. 142.
    Filter (Artistic): Manga Background
  143. 143.
    Filter (Artistic): Chromatic Aberration (Color Shift, RGB Shift)
  144. 144.
    Filter (Artistic): Glitch
  145. 145.
    Filter (Artistic): Noise
  146. 146.
    Filter (Artistic): Retro Game
  147. 147.
    Filter (Artistic): Chrome
  148. 148.
    Filter (Artistic): Bloom
  149. 149.
    Filter (Artistic): Cross Filter
  150. 150.
    Filter (Artistic): Sheer
  151. 151.
    Filter (Pixelate): Pixelate Crystalize
  152. 152.
    Filter (Pixelate): Hexagonal Pixelate
  153. 153.
    Filter (Pixelate): Square Pixelate
  154. 154.
    Filter (Pixelate): Triangular Pixelate
  155. 155.
    Filter (Pixelate): Pointillize
  156. 156.
    Filter (Pixelate): Dots (Hexagonal)
  157. 157.
    Filter (Pixelate): Dots (Square)
  158. 158.
    Filter (Transform): Expansion
  159. 159.
    Filter (Transform): Fisheye Lens
  160. 160.
    Filter (Transform): Sphere Lens
  161. 161.
    Filter (Transform): Wave
  162. 162.
    Filter (Transform): Ripple
  163. 163.
    Filter (Transform): Twirl
  164. 164.
    Filter (Transform): Polar Coordinates
  165. 165.
    Filter (Frame): Table
  166. 166.
    Filter (Frame): Blur Frame
  167. 167.
    Filter (Movie): Rain
  168. 168.
    Adjustment Layer
  169. 169.
    Create an animation
  170. 170.
    Manga Function: Let's create a manga manuscript
  171. 171.
    Manga Function: Master the Manga creation tools
  172. 172.
    Manga Function: Make Use of Materials
  173. 173.
    Manga Function: Publishing and Printing your Manga
  174. 174.
    Switching devices / transferring data (with Dropbox)
  175. 175.
    Switching devices / transferring data (with SD card on Android)
  176. 176.
    Switching devices / transferring data (with PC on iOS)
  177. 177.
    Model change / Transfer (Backup settings)
  178. 178.
    Settings window details
  179. 179.
    Change the Background Color of the Canvas
  180. 180.
    Details of Brush Parameters
  181. 181.
    Bucket tool details
  182. 182.
    Layer Window Details
  183. 183.
    Transform tool details
  184. 184.
    Blend mode details
  185. 185.
    View Menu details
  186. 186.
    How to upload transparent PNG onto X
  187. 187.
    Importing and exporting Photoshop files (PSD)
  188. 188.
    Posting Multiple Pages of Comic to the Online Gallery
  189. 189.
    Gestures, Keyboard shortcuts (iOS,iPadOS,Android versions)
  190. 190.
    Gestures, Keyboard shortcuts (Windows Version)
  191. 191.
    Display a Crosshair Symbol When Hovering the Stylus Pen
  192. 192.
    Set Up Palm Rejection
  193. 193.
    Use a Promo Code
  194. 194.
    Delete Account