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Unable to fill shape

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November 30, 2025
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Hello everyone,

I have been trying to fill this shape for a while now. All shapes have been joined via union, there are no gaps, and I can alter the stroke properties just fine, but I cannot change the fill. I select a color, and it resets to empty. I raise opacity to 100%, and it resets to 0%. I want full control of my stroke so I would really rather not convert stroke to fill.

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Correct answer n. tilcheff

As people on reddit suggested to you, switch to outlines to check if your shape is closed.

To do so, click on the color rectangle next to the layer name in the timeline:

ntilcheff_0-1764548199904.png

When in outline mode, zoom in to inspect your stroke for gaps.

The Paint Bucket tool has some additional settings which may be useful or not:

ntilcheff_1-1764548334437.png

n. tilcheffCorrect answer

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As people on reddit suggested to you, switch to outlines to check if your shape is closed.

To do so, click on the color rectangle next to the layer name in the timeline:

ntilcheff_0-1764548199904.png

When in outline mode, zoom in to inspect your stroke for gaps.

The Paint Bucket tool has some additional settings which may be useful or not:

ntilcheff_1-1764548334437.png

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation

Brodo SwagginsAuthor

Thank you for the visual, that is really hepful! I will try this.

Community Expert

Community Expert

double click it and then fill

Brodo SwagginsAuthor

When I double click/ in isolation mode, the lines are all broken apart. Is there a better way to join shapes besides with union?

Community Expert

Community Expert

not necessarily. but it looks like you have on object.