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Jan 24, 2026 4:10 AM UTC
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Fill only one of multiple selections

I have a bunch of intersecting paths that are forming random triangles. Ctrl+click to select. I want to fill the triangles one by one, changing colors in between.

 

That used to be easy in CC! Leave "contiguous" off, and it would just fill in the single area you filled with your bucket. Can I not do this in 27.2.0 (Win 11)?

 

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barbara_a7746676
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Jan 24, 2026 5:04 PM UTC

Select the shapes. Get a hard-edged brush and paint over each area separately swith the color you want.

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Trevor.Dennis
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Jan 24, 2026 8:19 AM UTC

Contiguous restrains a fill to a boundery of a different tone.

If you use the paint bucket or Alt backspace with non intersecting selections, it's going to fill all of the selected area.  

That's how it works.  

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barbara_a7746676
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Jan 24, 2026 4:45 AM UTC

With the object selected, use the Live Paint Bucket tool. Select a color and click the area you want to fill.

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jane-e
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Jan 24, 2026 11:39 AM UTC
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With the object selected, use the Live Paint Bucket tool.

By @barbara_a7746676

 

The "Live Paint Bucket" tool is in Illustrator, not Photoshop. Do you mean the "Paint Bucket" tool?


Jane

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barbara_a7746676
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Jan 24, 2026 4:54 PM UTC

Oops. Of course your right! 

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