How to fill the background in the paint. Painting entire areas
Probably, every user of a personal computer from time to time has to deal with the need to work with photographs or pictures. Of course, on the PC of advanced users, there is probably the famous Photoshop, in which you can do any manipulation of the image. But what about those who do not have this program or who do not know how to use it? The easiest way out of this situation is to use the standard Paint. In some cases, it can successfully replace more professional and complex programs. In this article you will find answers to questions about whether in Paint, remove or change it to another.
An easy way to change the background
Let's describe how to change the background in Paint using the green screen method (that is, the "green screen" method). Regardless of whether you need to remove the background of an image or replace it with a solid fill (pattern), you can do this using the above method. Please note that it describes changing the background not in standard Paint, but in Paint.NET, which does not come with standard applications, and must be downloaded and installed separately.
Beginning of work
Before changing the transparent background in Paint Windows 7, you should open the image that you will adjust. This is done by right-clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate item in the drop-down menu (Open with Paint). It should be borne in mind that the number of compatible formats include BMP, JPFG and GIF, with others it will not work.
In the event that the image exceeds, you need to go to the lower left corner and make an 800% increase by clicking on the magnifying glass located on the toolbar and selecting the number 8.
Choosing a color palette and drawing the outline of the image
On the color palette, choose a yellow-green (also called lime) color. Usually it is he who is chosen, since a color contrasting with the rest of the picture is needed, and the chosen tone is quite rare in the images.
After that, using the Line tool, the object that will be cut is selected. In the event that the image is placed on a white background, you can use the "Pencil" to fill in the missing pixels. This will cause a wide green line to appear around the picture.
Next, you need to right-click on the lime color and, using the Select tool, outline the background areas of the rectangular color. This should be done carefully, trying not to enter the object. Don't worry too much about the extra triangles that remain around, they are removed later using the Eraser tool. After activating it, you must select the smallest possible square in the menu that appears.
After all the manipulations, an object is obtained, around which there will be a green screen. If you are interested in how to change the background in Paint, then you need to zoom out the image to 100 percent (1 in the zoom menu) and click on the paint bucket in the panel (the "Fill with color" tool). Then select the desired color in the palette and click anywhere on the green background. After that, the background will change.
Move an image to a new background
In order to move the image to another background, you need to select white in the palette and use the Fill tool to paint over the entire lime background. After that, the key combination "Ctrl + A" is pressed - and the second (lower) button is activated on the pop-up button. After making sure that the new background has opened in another window of the program, you need to copy the image (key combination Ctrl + C) and paste it into this second window (key combination Ctrl + V). The work is ready! It remains only to preserve it.
Several nuances
When editing detailed images, it will be much easier to work if you zoom in on the image. This can be done by selecting the "Zoom" sub-item in the "View" menu, or simply by clicking the "Zoom" button located on the ribbon.
Keep in mind that larger image sizes will take longer to stroke. To reduce the size of the picture, press "Ctrl + A" and drag the marker located at the bottom left up. At the same time, it is important to observe the proportions so that the image does not turn out to be distorted.
In the process of work, errors will inevitably occur, and therefore you will have to edit the line. In order to be able to quickly undo previous actions, it is recommended to keep your fingers on the "Ctrl + Z" key combination.
If the image has a curved border, it is advisable to use the Curve tool. To do this, click the corresponding key on the toolbar, draw a straight line from the beginning to the end of the border section, which then needs to be pulled to the left or right, describing the curve.
In order for the greenscreening method to work, in Paint Winwows 7, the transparent background must be set in the settings for inserts. If this setting is not selected, the background will be added from the original image. The insert settings control panel will appear on the left side of the edited image, below the main panel, when one of the selection tools is used.
Background Removal
If there is a need to transfer an object to another background, then you inevitably have to face the question of how to remove the background in Paint. This is done very simply:
- using the "Magic Wand" tool, the background is selected;
- the selected part is deleted using the Delete button or the "Clear Selected" command from the "Edit" menu, as a result of which a background in the form of a "checkerboard" appears, conventionally showing transparency;
- the resulting image is saved (preferably in either GIF), which can later be used at your own discretion.
Step-by-step instructions in Paint: how to make a transparent background
Step one... In the "File" menu, select the "Open" item and, by clicking "Browse", open the desired picture.
Step two. Before making Paint, in the toolbar you need to select "Magic Wand" and set its sensitivity to 50 percent. For complex backgrounds, the sensitivity should be set at 25-40 percent.
Step three. It is necessary to click the "Magic Wand" on the white background, which then turns into a pale blue.
Step four. It is necessary to delete the background selected in this way by pressing the Delete key on the keyboard or through the "Edit" menu - the "Clear selection" item.
As a result, the background will become transparent, although in Paint it will have a checkerboard color. However, the work on how to make a transparent background in Paint does not end there.
Step six... The resulting picture with a transparent background must be saved by selecting the "Save" item in the "File" menu and specifying the file name, and selecting the required format (PNG or GIF) in the drop-down list.
Conclusion
We've covered how to make a transparent background in Paint when you don't have Photoshop at hand. Despite the apparent complexity, even inexperienced users can cope with this. With due care and accuracy, the result will be in no way inferior to the work done in Photoshop.
To view the video tutorial, click on the miniature screen.
You will learn:
- That you can fill it not only with color, but also with texture.
- How to create a pattern fill using Define Pattern.
- How Content Aware Fills Work in CS5.
- How to superimpose clouds on a photo with a fallen sky.
- How to use the Gradient Editor window.
- How to add sunset colors to the sky and create your own gradients.
- How to create patterns using a gradient.
- How to add a rainbow to an image using a gradient.
The Paint Bucket tool fills an image or selection with a foreground color or texture. Shortcut key - G. 
Fill(Fill)- There are two types: Foreground(Foreground color / foreground color) - foreground color and Pattern(Pattern / Pattern / Regular)- pattern, texture. For some reason, CS4 and CS5 were translated in Russian as regular.When choosing this 
parameter, the image will be filled with a pattern that can be selected from the list or new sets can be loaded by clicking on the arrow in the upper right corner.
Mode(Blending mode)- changes in pixels depending on the selected mode. There are five lessons in the tutorial that go into great detail about each mode. Opacity(Opacity)- the opacity of the fill;
Tolerance (Tolerance)- from 0 to 255. At 0, only pixels that exactly coincide in color will be painted, at 255 - the entire image.
Anti- aliased(Smoothing)- softening the unevenness and roughness of the edges of the fill;
Contiguous(Related)- If you mark this item with a tick, then only pixels adjacent in color will be filled. If you uncheck the box, the pixels in the entire image will be filled in. 
If you don't want to fill transparent areas of the layer, click on in the Layers palette.
Create your own pattern.
To create your own pattern, select a rectangular area in the image, select the Edit command - Define Pattern, enter a name and click the OK button. Deselect the area. The created pattern can be found at the very end of the list in the pattern selection panel.
Content Aware Fill.
This tool can be considered one of the main achievements of the developers of the version CS5 ... It replaces with one movement several actions that previously had to be performed to remove unnecessary areas in the image. In most cases, the background is restored as if nothing was blocking it.
Outline the object you want to remove from the image with the lasso tool. For best results, the selection should slightly capture the background area.
Menu Edit(Editing) – Fill(Run fill)... In the emerging 
select an item in the window. Replacement occurs by random selection. Therefore, if the result does not suit you, undo the fill. Ctrl +
Z and repeat it again. Or after filling with content-aware, deselect Ctrl +
D and circle the new section that the program has filled in incorrectly.
Compare, in the middle picture, the removal of a person was performed using a tool Patch(Patch), and in the image on the right using content-aware fill: 
It often happens that when gluing panoramas, white and black edges remain. Select them with the Magic wand tool. Then fill it with content. The program will complete the missing pieces by itself.
The possibilities of the new fill are not endless. For example, you can't remove a radiator from a photo if you just select it and use the Content Aware fill tool.
We'll have to additionally protect the person with a mask. You can learn more about how to work with masks in the tutorials on masks. In my tutorial, three lessons are enlightened on this topic. For now, I'll just briefly tell you how to do this: Create a copy of the background layer. For convenience, turn off the visibility of the background by clicking on the eye icon. Click on the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. Select the Brush tool (Brush) black. Paint over the lower body and arms. Switch to the layer thumbnail. Go to the menu Edit - Fill. In the window that opens, select Content Aware and click OK. Turn on the visibility of the bottom layer and flatten the layers.
The scope of this tool is very large. This is the creation of a shadow, and 
adding sunset colors to the sky, and creating a smooth transition from one image to another using a gradient mask, etc. etc. A smooth transition of colors is created automatically, it is necessary to set the extreme colors. These colors are set as Foreground (Front color plan) and Backround(Background color)... You can find this tool paired with Paint Bucket.
Consider the options panel:
Gradient- creates a fill with a smooth transition between several colors.
There are five types of gradients:
Mode - the pixels change depending on the selected mode. Lessons 16 through 20 cover each in great detail.
Opacity - the opacity of the gradient;
Dither - imitate more colors;
Reverse - geometrically flip the gradient;
Transparency - use transparency.
Many gradients, good and different
Click on the arrow in the upper right corner. A list will open in which 
additional sets of gradients are located. Choose any of them. 
A window will appear in which you need to click Add(Add) if you want to load new gradients, leaving the old ones in place, or click OK and then the new ones will be loaded instead of the old ones.
Also in this list there is an opportunity to download additional gradients (for example, downloaded from the Internet to the Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Photoshop CS…. \ Presets \ Gradient folder).
Gradient Editor Window
To open this window, you need to double-click on the gradient sample in the tool options menu.
In this window you can adjust the gradient fill or choose from the list Presets... By pressing the button Load ..., you can load gradient sets (file extension ..grd) or use the Save .. button to save your own gradient set. In order for the gradient you created to appear in the Presets window, give it a name in the Name field and click on the New button.
Name- this field contains the name of the selected gradient. If you change the settings, the name will change to Custom and can be changed for later saving;
Gradient Type - there are two options to choose from: Solid and Noise.
Solid - a smooth transition between colors is created;
Noise - the gradient will appear as a random combination of lines of any color. Clicking the other option button will load the next random color noise variation. The transitions between colors are noisy and the lower part of the window is modified:
You can adjust the Smoothness. At zero, the gradient takes on a smooth transition. At 50%, blur is obtained, and at 100%, all the colors of the rainbow are striped. There are other settings as well. Can customize colors by channel in different 
color models (RGB, HSB and LAB). You can limit colors and turn on transparency.
- sets the degree of smoothness of the gradient. 
The lower this value, the sharper the transitions between colors;
Color- sets the color of the selected color limiter;
Location - To numerically set the position of the slider. The location of the color limiter (0 to 100%). You can set the exact middle by setting the slider to 50
On top of the color bar are the transparency sliders of the gradient. In order to add a new marker, move the mouse cursor to the top of the strip and click the mouse in the required place. You can change the opacity of the gradient at this point by decreasing the corresponding item in the Stops section. To delete a marker, mark it with the cursor and click on the Delete button. How to determine if the correct marker is selected for editing? Very simple! The tip of the selected marker turns black.
Likewise, add the sliders at the bottom of the color bar, where the sliders for the transition between colors are located. By adding a slider to the color bar, it becomes active, and you can assign a different color to it by clicking on the Color box. The midpoint indicators (small rhombuses) are also located here. They indicate the place where adjacent colors are mixed in equal proportions. Both sliders and pointers can be moved. Any number of sliders can be used. Depending on the choice of color, the appearance of the slider will be different. If the color of the gradient is fixed / custom, then the slider is colored that color.
When dragging with the Alt key pressed, the slider is duplicated, and a new color transition appears on the strip.
To draw a horizontal gradient, a 90 degree gradient, or a 45 degree gradient, hold down the Shift pressed. Release the mouse button at the point where you want to end the gradient transition.
Let's draw a rainbow
Create a new layer. Choose a gradient that looks like a rainbow. 
Move the sliders to the right. Click OK.
Draw a small section with the Linear Gradient Tool at a 45 degree angle.
Select the menu Edit (Editing) - Transform (Transformation) - Warp (Warp). Or press Ctrl + T and in the tool options menu, click the icon. A mesh will appear that can be transformed by moving corner points and tangent vectors.
To exit transformation mode, press Enter or click the icon in the tool options menu.
Reduce the opacity of the rainbow layer and change the blending mode to SoftLight(Soft light).
Questions:
(you can find out the correct answer from the quiz at the end of the video tutorial):
- What parameter should be checked in the Paint Bucket tool (Fill), so that the selected area is painted over with a pattern?
- Mode (Blending mode) - Overlay (Overlap).
- In the Fill window select Pattern (Pattern / Regular).
- Set Tolerance to zero.
- Edit - Define Pattern.
- Layers - New fill layer - Pattern.
3. How to protect transparent areas of a layer from being filled with color or pattern?
- Mode (Blending Mode) - Exclusion (Exclusion).
- Check the box next to Contiguous.
- Reduce to zero item Opacity (Opacity) in the tool options menu.
- Click Lock transparent pixels in the layers palette.
- Opacity (Opacity) in the palette layers to reduce to zero.
4. How to open the Gradient Editor Window?
- Menu Edit (Editing) - Fill (Fill) - Gradient (Gradient).
- Right-click context menu - Define Pattern.
- Click on the gradient swatch in the tool options menu.
- Double click on any of the five types of gradient.
5. How to make a black-to-red-white gradient from a black-to-white gradient?
- In the Gradient Editor, add a red slider on top of the color bar.
- In the Gradient Editor, add a red slider at the bottom of the color bar.
- In the Gradient Editor, look for a ready-made gradient.
- In the Gradient Editor (Editor gradient) select Noise (noise), and 50% Smoothness
Homework
You must or to see the hidden text.
Many personal computer owners have often come across software such as Paint. This software is the main application that comes with the Windows operating system. This application is a simple graphics editor that can edit various pictures with simple tools and much more.
Many novice people who are just getting acquainted with this program ask many different questions about certain actions in this program. This time, a common question is how to fill in Paint. This is actually a very simple question. But for beginners, this action is still unknown.
So, before filling, you need to create a new sheet or just open a graphics editor. If you want to paint over the entire sheet, for example, with blue color, then you need to first select this color and only then select a special tool called fill and click with this tool on the sheet. As a result, the leaf will turn completely blue.
As a result, you should get exactly as shown in the picture. We have coped with a simple task. Now, let's try to move to the next level and draw a square of red light. To do this, you need to select a special tool - a rectangle. But before that, let's select a red color and draw this square on the artboard.
If you did it as shown in the picture, then you did everything right. Now, if you want to paint over the inner part of this square with a different color, for example, green, then you need to perform the same actions as in the first picture, only on the area of the square. In the end, you should have it look like this:
Now you have mastered the fill tutorial. This tool has the ability to replace only the selected colors. Unfortunately, he will not be able to fill in the shades. This only applies to photographs and other pictures, where there are many colors. To edit such pictures, you need a more powerful tool that is able to offer more flexible options for filling and working with colors - Adobe Photoshop. With this software, you can make not only colorful images, but also various beautiful abstractions. But first, since you are a novice user of a personal computer, you need to master to get started with Paint.
In the simplest graphic editor Paint, there is a non-standard way to create backgrounds with a gradient. Officially, there is no such function, but there is a life hack. Many young personal computer users learned about this just yesterday and were surprised. We checked: class, it works!
MS Paint for Windows, which Microsoft has stopped supporting since this year (), is arguably the most popular and most primitive graphics editor in the world. It has very few functions, but the interface is intuitive and accessible even to a baby.
However, very few people managed to draw something worthwhile in it. However, many people still manage to make real discoveries. For example, there is no gradient fill function in Paint. But the background, passing from one color to another, can be done. You just need to know the secret!
A young man from San Jose, California, was so impressed by this discovery that he even made a small video about it and posted it on Twitter.
mikejmoffitt
Did you know MS Paint can do gradients ?!
This is done like this:
1. Divide the image in half diagonally with a straight line.
2. Shrink it horizontally to one pixel (using the resize tab).
3. Unclench back.
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
Here, in fact, the video.
The tweet for this video has garnered over 30,000 retweets. In replies, some express admiration and delight, others skepticism, and others claim that they have been using it for a hundred years. There is nothing new under the sun!
Temia Eszteri but with antlers taped on for xmas
I wonder, when did they replace resampling by the nearest neighbor? I don't remember that in Windows 9x.Mwezzi
Once I had to do a gradient in Paint PIXEL BY PIXEL. You just killed me now.Darke imp
I can't understand how you do it. Too fast GIF! Now I will try to watch it frame by frame.Jere Majava
What did you think the Instagram logo was doing pixel by pixel, hmm?Target lesson:
- consolidation of the acquired knowledge about the graphic editor "Paint";
- get to know the Paint Bucket Tool;
- learn how to use the Paint Bucket tool.
Tasks lesson:
Educational: the formation, systematization and generalization of knowledge on the topic "Graphic editor Paint", master the work of the mouse using the graphic editor Paint, familiarity with the tool "Fill".
Developing: the development of methods of mental activity (generalization, analysis, synthesis, assessment), attention, memory, creative activity.
Educational: the development of the cognitive interest of students, the basics of communicative communication, self-confidence, accuracy.
Basic concepts and terms: graphics editor, file, open file, create file, file name, toolbar, drawing tools, work area, menu bar.
Lesson plan:
1. Organizational moment - 1-2 minutes
2. Updating basic knowledge - 10 minutes.
3. Learning new material - 10 minutes.
- Fill tool of the graphic editor Paint,
- Ways of using the tool.
4. Physical education - 2 minutes.
5. Consolidation and generalization of knowledge. - 12 minutes.
- Practical work on a PC.
- Charger for the eyes.
- Discussion of the results obtained.
6. Control of theoretical knowledge - 5 minutes.
7. Homework. Summing up the lesson - 3 minutes.
1. Organizational moment
Today we will introduce you to the Paint Bucket tool in the Paint graphic editor. Let's perform a number of works using this tool. Then, having accumulated enough drawings, we will collect them into our album, the name of which you will come up with yourself. Coming up with an original title and design is your homework.
2. Updating basic knowledge
In the previous lesson, we got acquainted with the Paint graphic editor. The students are invited to repeat the material learned in the last lesson: what is a graphic editor, which graphic editor they got acquainted with, how to save, open and create a new file.
Question: Let's try to restore the graphical editor interface in memory<Picture 1>. Who wants to do this at the blackboard? Sketches the editor's interface on the board, signs the main elements.
Picture 1
Pupils are invited to complete paint the drawing<Picture 2> with pencils and markers in 5 min. The teacher reports the assessment criteria for this assignment: accuracy, whether the colors are correct, completeness of the assignment. Students exchange work with their neighbors and evaluate each other's work according to criteria. After the assessment, a discussion of the grades is held.
Picture 2
3. Learning new material
Before starting to paint in the graphic editor Paint, students listen to the teacher's explanation about choosing and changing the fill color. Write down the name and purpose of the new instrument in workbooks.
Fill - fills a closed area of the picture with the selected color.
Choice of colors - allows you to clarify a particular color in the picture.
4. Physical education
You can spend a physical education based on the repetition of safety rules. The teacher calls the rules “wrong”, the students, if they agree, stretch their arms up, if they do not agree, they stretch their arms in front of them or to the sides.
5. Consolidation and generalization of knowledge. Practical work
The next stage is ahead: the students work at the computer. While working at the computer, you must be extremely careful. Repetition of safety rules.
Safety engineering
In order to avoid accident, electric shock, equipment breakdown, it is recommended to follow these rules:
- Do not turn on equipment without permission.
- In case of an accident or equipment breakdown, call a senior (teacher).
- Do not touch the wires and connectors (possible electric shock).
- Avoid damage to equipment.
- Do not work in outer clothing.
- Do not jump, do not run (do not dust).
- Keep quiet.
- The monitor should be positioned at eye level and perpendicular to the angle of view.
Task 1. Coloring the same picture<Picture 2> using Paint tools.
The teacher must first download the same drawing to the computer so that the students can open and decorate it using Paint <Рисунок 2> ... Next, they should keep their jobs. The teacher must first create folders for students' work on each computer on C drives, for example, under the name 5_class. Students will later remember where the files they have created are located and in which folder they need to be saved.
Task 2. For strong students, it is suggested to download an additional assignment <Рисунок 3> .
Figure 3
You need to find all the triangles and fill them with brown color, and leave all the other shapes unchanged. Students must determine which animal will turn out. (If the task is completed correctly, you get a camel).
Students save their results. Turn off the computer.
After completing the assignment, it is necessary to perform eye exercises with the students.
6. Control of theoretical knowledge
Students are invited to answer the test on cards, mark the correct answers, sign the cards, hand them over to the teacher.
| F.I. __________ class _________ date _________ | |||||
Choose the correct answer:
1. A graphic editor is a program designed for ...
a) Editing the appearance and style of the font
b) Creating a graphic image of the text
c) Work with graphic images
2. Paint program starts as follows
a) Start - Programs - Accessories - Graphic editor Paint
b) Start - Programs - Graphic editor Paint
c) Programs - Start - Accessories - Graphic editor Paint
3. To create a new file in Paint, you must:
a) File - New
b) File - Open
c) Drawing - Clear
4. The main operations possible in the graphical editor include ...
a) Select, copy, paste
b) Pencil, brush, eraser
c) Color sets (palette)
5. When pasting from the clipboard or from a file, where is the pasted fragment located by default?
a) In the upper left corner of the screen
b) In the lower left corner of the screen
c) In the lower right corner of the screen
6. When filling a shape, other areas will be filled in if
a) When the contour of the figure is continuous
b) When the contour of the figure has a break
c) When the contour of the figure has two consecutive breaks on one straight line
7. Homework
Come up with an original name and design for an album with drawings created in the Paint graphic editor.
8. Summing up the lesson
Note. Other drawings can be used for practical work.<Рисунок 4>, <Рисунок 5>, <Рисунок 6>, <Рисунок 7>.
Literature: Informatics and ICT. Textbook. First level. Edited by N.V. Makarova.
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Figure 6
