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Hi

In your video (first post) you show that you selected the background colour for the paintbrush (or for fills) but you then did nothing with it.

You are getting confused by the term background used in two different places.

First you sometimes see the word "background" in the layers panel. The bottom layer is sometimes called a background layer when it is locked. When unlocked it becomes layer 0.

The second place you see the word "background"  is when setting the two colours in the tools panel. There is a foreground colour and a background colour. The foreground colour is used when painting with the paintbrush. The background colour is used when painting with the eraser tool. So in the example below the foreground is green and will be painted with the brush, the background is yellow and will be painted with the eraser.

To fill your layer - you need to press Ctrl A (or use menu Select - Select All)  then press Shift +F5 ( or menu Edit - Fill) and then in the dialogue that will appear pick the color you want and press OK.

I hope that helps

Dave

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davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 16, 2017

Hi

In your video (first post) you show that you selected the background colour for the paintbrush (or for fills) but you then did nothing with it.

You are getting confused by the term background used in two different places.

First you sometimes see the word "background" in the layers panel. The bottom layer is sometimes called a background layer when it is locked. When unlocked it becomes layer 0.

The second place you see the word "background"  is when setting the two colours in the tools panel. There is a foreground colour and a background colour. The foreground colour is used when painting with the paintbrush. The background colour is used when painting with the eraser tool. So in the example below the foreground is green and will be painted with the brush, the background is yellow and will be painted with the eraser.

To fill your layer - you need to press Ctrl A (or use menu Select - Select All)  then press Shift +F5 ( or menu Edit - Fill) and then in the dialogue that will appear pick the color you want and press OK.

I hope that helps

Dave

    S
    sarmad1Author
    Known Participant
    March 16, 2017

    Hi Mr.Davescm,

    thank you very much Mr for your reply , it is very good and it help me indeed, but according following why can not I do like this video? :

    please see the below video and exactly in 2:20 minute to understand what I am saying about, I have followed the same steps but I did not get anything, please I am waiting for your answer about my problem.

    https://youtu.be/tsu8wJ-Hbmk?t=2m20s​

    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 16, 2017

    Hi

    That is a very poor video as there is no explanation of what he was doing to fill the layer.

    After choosing the foreground colour he used Alt + Backspace to fill the layer with the foreground colour.

    Dave

      Silkrooster
      Silkrooster
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      March 16, 2017

      You are missing a step

      Once you select the color, you then need to fill the background (ctrl-backspace on windows or cmd-delete on a mac) BTW on windows you can use backspace or delete with the ctrl key.

      Hope this helps

        S
        sarmad1Author
        Known Participant
        March 16, 2017

        Hi  Mr.Silkrooster, I have followed your instruction but no result, maybe I am a beginner, please see the below video and exactly in 2:20 minute to understand what I am saying about, I have followed the same steps but I did not get anything, please I am waiting for your answer about my problem.

        https://youtu.be/tsu8wJ-Hbmk?t=2m20s

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