Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 161)

154 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Painting
Painting an object the traditional way leaves some areas that cannot be filled (left). Painting a Live Paint group with gap detection (center) lets
you avoid gaps and overprinting (right).
For a video on using Live Paint, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0042 . For a video on painting techniques with the
Paintbrush tool, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0038 .
See also
“ About Live Paint ” on page 161
About fills and strokes
A fill is a color, pattern, or gradient inside an object. You can apply fills to open and closed objects and to faces of Live
Paint groups.
A stroke can be the visible outline of an object, a path, or the edge of a Live Paint group. You can control the width and
color a stroke. You can also create dashed strokes using Path options, and paint stylized strokes using brushes.
Note: When working with Live Paint groups, you can apply a brush to an edge only if you add a stroke to the group using
the Appearance panel.
The current fill and stroke colors are displayed in the Tools panel.
Fill and Stroke controls
See also
“ Keys for painting objects ” on page 468
“ Select colors using the Color Picker ” on page 101
Fill and Stroke controls
Controls for setting the fill and stroke are available in the Tools panel, the Control panel, and the Color panel.
You can use any of the following controls in the Tools panel to specify color:
Fill button Double-click to select a fill color using the Color Picker.
Stroke button Double-click to select a stroke color using the Color Picker.
Swap Fill And Stroke button Click to swap colors between the fill and stroke.