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luketb
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October 1, 2017
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Paintbucket in Indesign

  • October 1, 2017
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I just downloaded Adobe Indesign 2017 20 minuets ago. I need to change the background color of a placed image, but there is no paint bucket feature in the program. I was at my uni's library last night trying to find the paint bucket for over 2hrs. Please help

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    Samah5E73
    Participant
    February 27, 2021

    Okay, I had the same problem, but there is a solution

     

    Use the Rectangular Frame Tool and select the entire background

     

    Under Properties, it will have a tab named Appearances. There is a Fill section in it.

     

    Adjust to the color of your preference

     

    And you're done!

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    February 28, 2021

    Unless, of course, it's a placed image...

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    luketbAuthor
    Participant
    October 1, 2017

    So I edited the photo in Photoshop, and set the background of the image to the same RGB code as the background color code of my Indesign document. But the colors dont look the same. What can I do?

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 1, 2017

    Make sure the RGB profiles in both documents match. Go o Edit>Assign Profile (not Color Settings) and assign the same RGB profiles

      MW Design
      MW Design
      Inspiring
      October 1, 2017

      Edit the image in Photoshop. There is no real image editing in ID.

      Mike

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      luketbAuthor
      Participant
      October 1, 2017

      I cant find it in photoshop either

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 1, 2017

      Have you attempted to learn how these applications work? They have a steep learning curve.

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