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using brushes inside shapes


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  • Create a pixel layer below the layer containing the shape that you want to fill
  • Cover the pixel layer with enough brush strokes to fill the shape
  • Right-click on the shape layer in the Layers panel and choose 'Mask to Below'

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Here's what I usually do.  Create your shape, (pen tool or pick a shape tool) switch to pixel persona, if not already in it, click on the "insert inside the selection" button in the top tool shelf, pick the paint tool, pick a brush and go for it. Sounds like a few steps but it's pretty intuitive. Basically it does what Alfred's post says but more automatically, if that makes sense. :-)

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You're welcome Emerald15.

 

It's a nice workflow, and when you want to go back and paint in a particular shape just go to the layers panel and click on the appropriate pixel layer. Whats cool as well is you can tweak the containment shape, reshape it, resize it, etc... or move the pixel layer around inside the shape. You can even have more than one pixel layer inside a shape, with different blend modes. Super flexible. ;) 

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  • 2 weeks later...

EDIT

Oops, sorry, I was wrong in my answer, you want to use a brush.

Instead of putting a color, you select the shape you have drawn, "Layer", "Insert", "Inside", choose the brush and draw over it.

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