Filling an Image made with Bézier Curve tool

Hello Guys,

I am an artist, and am using Intaglio to make and edit some of my artwork. I am rather new to Intaglio, but find it very useful.

I made a painting light language art using the Bézier Curve tool, and it works well. See here:

THen, I want to fill this image, with the color yellow, but then this happens, my lightlanguage gets messed op completely, and I do not know what to do.

How can I only fill this image where I want to? Meaning, filling that image with a color between the lines?

Kindly,
Steven Vrancken


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When you fill a path the area filled will depend on the start and end points of the path. If these aren’t at the same place you’ll get a straight line between them. This is what you’re seeing in some of your figures.

There are also specific techniques for specifying what is inside and what is outside a path. I suggest you review the section in the user guide called “Filling paths” starting on page 23.


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The illustration is rather complex with multiple overlaps, so getting this right in one go is unlikely. Perhaps the most straightforward solution is to treat each part of the shape as a separate object, like a letterform, for example. Draw the first two shapes and use the Paths>Unite command to combine them into a single shape (call this ‘A’). Then, combine the third piece of the illustration with ‘A’.

The other way is to understand Compound Paths, Even/Odd Winding and Reverse Paths. This might help;
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/13.0/help.html?content=WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-644e.html

When making font characters, letters such as ‘O’ and ‘P’ consist of an outer path—which runs clockwise—and an inner path(s), or ‘hole(s)’—which run counter-clockwise. If the inner path is running in the wrong direction, instead of being a ‘hole’, it’s filled with black. Reversing the direction usually solves this problem.

As regards your drawing, one way is to:

  1. Select the drawn shape.
  2. Select Even/Odd from the Fill palette. Holes appear where shapes overlap.
  3. Select Object>Paths>Unite. The holes are filled with the current colour.
  4. Select Even/Odd from the Fill palette. The coloured fill is removed and the overlaps display correctly.

Alternatively:

  1. Select the shape.
  2. Select Object>Paths>Reverse.
  3. Select Object>Paths>Unite.
  4. Checking Even/Odd in the Fill palette makes the overlaps display correctly.

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Thanks a lot, Nick and Ian, I will surely follow your advice and do my best to make a nice piece of art.

When I succeed making this light language artwork (I know I will) then I will happily share my result :wink:

Warm regards,
Steven


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