How to Fill In a Shape With a Pattern in Photoshop

Use Adobe Photoshop to create shapes and fill them with a colored pattern. Combine the shapes to create a design or use a shape as a background for another image.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Adobe Photoshop

1. Start Photoshop. Create a new document or open the document the shape will be placed in.
2. Click on the Selection tool from the toolbar (it resembles a shape with a dashed border).
3. Select the shape you want to draw from the Marquee Options toolbar.
4. Draw the shape by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse pointer. Release the mouse button when the shape is complete.
5. Click on the Fill tool from the toolbar (it resembles a tilted paint bucket with paint pouring from it).
6. Click on the top (Foreground) color box and select the color the shape will be filled with. Click OK.
7. Select the fill style from the Paint Bucket Options.
8. Place the cursor on the shape and click. The shape is filled with the color and style you chose.
9. If the results aren't what you wanted, select Undo from the Edit menu, then try again.
10. Save the document.

Tips & Warnings

• Try each of the Paint Bucket options until you find the best one for your purposes. (Use Undo to get rid of the changes.)
• When creating new shapes that overlap others, click the Fill tool in the overlap area to cover it as well.