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Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new photo for my YouTube channel. I've drawn out the letters in the picture, and I'm trying to color inside the letters with a gradient, but everytime I do, the outline of the letters get the gradient instead. What am I doing wrong?

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Hi @anon2126

Without more information, it is difficult to give a suitable answer.
Could you take a screenshot showing the layers and the tools if possible?

 

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OK, this is an outlined font, This font can't filled

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You can create a selection of the layers. 

Hold down the CTRL key and double-click on the preview image in the layer view. Create a new fill layer, give the fill layer the gradient and drag the fill layer under the pixel layer. Now you can delete the selection with CTRL + D.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, anon2126 said:

So, it can't be filled even if I used the pen tool to draw it out?

Remove the "Outline check", then apply a gradient as fill for the text/letters.

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1 minute ago, v_kyr said:

Remove the "Outline check", then apply a gradient as fill for the text/letters.

There are only pixel layer.

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@anon2126 You can vectorize those pixel image layer text portions.

Remove the gradient & let the outline be dark black colored for both layers, then export those text image layers as a JPG (ideally with a white doc background for better autotracer recognition). Afterwards vectorize the exported JPG images via "centerline" tracing, for example with one of these online services ...

... now the result should be vectors (PDF or SVG). Load/open the PDF/SVG into APh, adjust them to your needs & apply a gradient fill!

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20 hours ago, anon2126 said:

Hi, I'm in the process of creating a new photo for my YouTube channel. I've drawn out the letters in the picture, and I'm trying to color inside the letters with a gradient, but everytime I do, the outline of the letters get the gradient instead. What am I doing wrong?

Wrong way of working, don't use the Effects Use the Gradient tool.

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First use the Magic Wand tool to select the area inside the letters (I would use a new pixel layer to make the fill but that is just me) and use the Gradient tool to fill the selected area.

I apologize for the shaky letters

 

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