White Lines When Filling

[RoryRockchild]

Hello, I am quite new to photoshop and I think that this question may happen to many people starting off in any program.

So, I am drawing in photoshop. First, I use my brush to draw a shape, then use the paint bucket tool to fill the shape in. However, once the shape has been filled, a small white line appears between the line and the fill. I have tried adjusting the hardness and the tolerance, but still to no conclusion. The only way that I have figure out how to not get the white lines, is to use the pencil tool instead of the brush. However I do not like the look of the pencil tool.

If there is any solution to this problem please let me know as I can't really do anything until I can figure it out.

Thanks heaps for your help,

RBStudios

[RoryRockchild]

Also, If you should believe that I should use a different program such as Adobe Illustrator please state which is better (for art)

[RoryRockchild]

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

To avoid the gap when using paint bucket - adjust the tolerance in the options bar :

However, you are drawing pixels which will start to show if you resize them. There is a better way to draw shapes (apart from using illustrator which is a great app for this purpose)

Select the pen tool to get smooth lines and curves (or freeform pen to get what you draw) and in the options bar choose shape and set the Fill colour  (for interior) and stroke colour and size  (for round the edge)

This will give you a shape that can be scaled and transformed without affecting the smoothness of the edges.

Dave

[RoryRockchild]

Thanks Dave, Ill give it a try (sorry for the late response, was away)