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- [Voiceover] In this

movie, I'll introduce you



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to Illustrator's Gap Detection options



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which automatically

close up tiny little gaps



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between path outlines,



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thus allowing the Live Paint Bucket



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to fill them in.



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And so the first thing I'm going to do



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is zoom in on the bottom

of this artwork here



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so that we're seeing it very close



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and then I'll click on any one



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of the path outlines to select



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the entire Live Paint group.



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And I'm just going to go ahead



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and press Control + H, or

Command + H on the Mac,



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to hide those anchor points



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so that we can see just

the gaps in our artwork.



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And to make that possible,

go up to the object menu



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choose Live Paint and

then choose Gap Options.



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And that will bring up the

Gap Options dialogue box.



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Now assuming that the

preview checkbox is on,



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you will see all of the

gaps indicated by these



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little red areas inside the artwork.



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To make them more obvious,



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I'm going to change the

Gap Preview Color to green.



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And as you can see,

they now change to green



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inside the document window.



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Now notice that we have

a little bit of green



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around this polyp right here,



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but we don't have one

on the right hand side



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and we don't have any green on



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this right hand polyp either.



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And so what you want to do is make sure



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that the Gap Detection checkbox is on,



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we definitely want that,



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and then change the Paint Stops at



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from Small Gaps to something larger



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such as Medium Gaps which is then going to



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produce areas of green on the right side



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of this guy and on both

sides of the one next door,



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which exactly is what we want.



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So go ahead and click OK

to accept that change.



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And then go ahead and once again grab



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your Live Paint Bucket,



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which you can get by pressing the K key.



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Make sure that your fill is set to



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that light shade of

orange and then go ahead



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and then go ahead and click on these areas



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in order to fill them in.



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Alright, now I'll go ahead and press



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Control + 0, or Command +

0 on the Mac, to zoom out.



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And I'll zoom in on the sun instead



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and I'll try filling him in once again.



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And that still grabs one of the teeth.



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So I'll press Control + Z,

or Command + Z on the Mac,



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to undo that change and I will

return to the Object menu,



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once again choose Live Paint,



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and then choose Gap Options,



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at which point I will see that this tooth



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does not have a sufficient number



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of little gap barriers around it



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and so what I'm going to do is switch



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from Medium Gaps to Custom Gaps



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and then watch what happens right there.



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Nothing actually happens

and that's because



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my Gaps value is set too high.



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And so basically this

is an absolute value.



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Illustrator is looking for

gaps that are six points.



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It's not six points or less,



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it's something in the range of six points.



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There a little bit of

black magic concern though



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because there are some very

tiny gaps at work here,



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but notice if I reduce

this value to three points,



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then all of a sudden I'm

closing in this region



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around the teeth.



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And so having done that,



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like I say there's a

little bit of black magic,



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so there's a fair amount

of trail and error



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that goes on with this option



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but in my case the value of three points



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happens to work great.



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And so I'll click OK to accept that change



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and then I will click

inside of the sun's face



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in order to finish things off.



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Alright now I'm going

to zoom back out again



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by pressing Control + 0,

or Command+ 0 on the Mac.



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Looks like I missed a little spot



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right there on his hand

so I'll just go ahead



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and drag around in there



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and then, I will scroll

down by space bar dragging



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until I get to this region, right there.



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That is still a mess.



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Actually, look at that.



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I can now fill it in.



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I was going to show you how you can drag



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the anchor points around manually

using the white arrow tool



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but it looks like I don't have to.



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So anyway, you can just imagine that.



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Alright now, I'm going to try to see



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if I can fill in this guy's shirt



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by zooming out just a little more.



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And I'm going to select this medium shade



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of blue here that begins R, zero,



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G, 113,



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B, 188.



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And then, I'll click inside the shirt



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and it fills in beautifully.



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We have this little tiny area here



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that I need to fill in independently



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and this area inside the pen



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and I'm going to drag across the pocket



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in order to fill it.



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And I'll go ahead and

click inside of his sleeve



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to fill it as well.



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Alright, now I want to advance to purple



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by pressing the right

arrow key a few times



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total of three times, I think



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until I see a purple

swatch above my cursor



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and then I'll click here as well as



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right there and there in order to fill in



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those regions.



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Oh, looks like I missed

an area of blue back here.



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I'll come back to it in a moment



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after I press the right

arrow key to advance



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to this shade of purple,



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right there and I'll drag

over those two regions.



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And notice that I can lift a color



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by pressing and holding the ALT key,



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or the Option key on a Mac,



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and clicking.



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And that will lift that

shade of blue, once again.



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And then I'll just go ahead

and drag across this region



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in order to fill it.



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And I want to fill in the center



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of this flag right there

with that same shade of blue,



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and I'll press the ALT key,



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or the Option key on a Mac,



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to once again get my Eye

Dropper tool on the fly,



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in case I didn't make that evident.



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Then I'll click to lift that

shade of dark violet there



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and I'll click inside

the flag on both sides



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to fill it like so.



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And I forgot I need to fill in this



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little skirt down here at the bottom.



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And then, I'll go ahead and select



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this lighter shade of blue,



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the guy that begins R equals 41,



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G equals 171,



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B equals 226,



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and I will click on his elbow right there.



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I'll click and drag on

the end of his sleeve.



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I'll click over here and over here as well



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to fill in those areas.



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And it looks like I missed

this area right there.



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Alright, so I'm going to

select this light shade



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of whatever it is that

begins R equals 199,



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G equals 178,



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B equals 153,



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and I'll click and drag around



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the base of this flagpole and I also



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want to fill in his pen,



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which is going to take a couple of clicks



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and drags and so forth in order

to get that exactly right.



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And this area right here

wants to be filled with



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the same color so I'll

click and drag around it



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and into that area right there.



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I went too far, that's not a problem



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I'll just go ahead and select



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this shade of yellow that begins



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R equals 252 and I'll

drag around these shapes



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to fill them in and I'll drag around here.



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So if you feel something

wrong, in other words,



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you can always go back and

click or drag on it again



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to fill it with the correct color.



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Now, I'll click and drag

around the sun to get him.



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I actually want to bring

back that one shade of brown



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so I'll press the ALT key,



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or the Option key on a Mac,



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and click down here inside the circle



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with the eye-dropper tool and then



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as soon as I release ALT or Option key,



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I return to my Live Paint Bucket



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at which point I'll drag inside the moon.



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And now let's see what happens



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if I zoom in on the flagpole and I select



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this medium shade of brown that begins



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R equals 140,



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G equals 98,



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B equals 57,



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and I click right there



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and I'm filling in that rope



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on the other side of the flagpole.



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Can you see that?



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And then I'll click on

the top of the flagpole



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and I'll go ahead and zoom in



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and when you run into problems like this,



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that's when you press the

A key to switch back to



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the white arrow tool and you grab a point



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such as this one right here



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and I'm going to press Control + H,



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or Command + H on the Mac,



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to bring back my anchor points



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so that I could see them,



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and I'll just drag this guy up



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and notice that unfills this region



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and contains the fill inside the flagpole



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and I need to do something

similar over here.



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And I think what I'll do is



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I'll just drag this guy upward



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and see if that fixes the problem.



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And maybe I'll select this

point and just delete it,



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in order to open up that region.



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And that does take care

of things very nicely.



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After which point I'll zoom out



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by pressing Control zero

and I'll click off of



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my artwork to deselect it.



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And that's how you take advantage of



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Illustrator's Gap Detection options



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which close up very tiny gaps



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between path outlines so that



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the Live Paint Bucket can fill them.