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filling free hand characters

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:01 am
by adjp
I have drawn a nice character using the free hand tool and when I go to fill, I get nothing. I have read and perfromed the tutorial and have been susccessful filling the basic shapes and such, but it never has worked when I creat using the free hand tool. Please HELP
-A

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:59 am
by Lost Marble
Your freehand shapes are probably not closed. To close them, use the Translate Points tool to drag one endpoint on top of the other, and press the spacebar to weld them together,

Or, when you first draw freehand shapes, make sure that the "Auto close" box is checked.

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:12 am
by adjp
Thanks so much I'll try that asap. Ill let you know if it works
-A

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:35 am
by Guest
Still doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:47 pm
by Hiddicop
I've had the same problem once, and I suppose it's some kind of bug. Using the "auto-close" option always works for me, but sometime the shape closes anyway, but cant be filled. I solved it by removing a connection and then adding it.

Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:06 pm
by Lost Marble
Anonymous wrote:Still doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?
Post your file on the web (or send it to support@lostmarble.com) and I'll take a look to see what the problem is.