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- [Voiceover] Alright, now

let's say we want to fill



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the area outside the

alien, including the grass,



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and the sky, and so forth.



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Well currently we can't.



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Notice, if I switch back

to my live paint bucket,



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which again I can get

by pressing the k key,



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I can switch to this

light shade of green that



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begins r equals 140, g

equals 198, b equals 63.



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And then I can click

inside the guy's shirt



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if I want to to change it.



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I don't, so I'll press

control + z, or command + z



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on a Mac, to undo that change.



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But I can't click out

here, or that is to say



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I can click as much as I want,



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but I'm not going to make any difference.



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And that's because there's

nothing to contain the fill.



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And in this region, we just

have open-path outlines,



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there is no containment whatsoever.



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And the solution by the way,

is to draw a big rectangle



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around the artwork.



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By first clicking on the

document setup button,



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up here in the control panel.



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And the reason I'm doing

this is to create a bleed



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because I want to fill all

the way past the artboard.



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And so, I'll change that first

bleed value to 18 points.



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And assuming that the

link icon is turned on,



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as it is in my case, that will update



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the other values as well.



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At which point I'll click

okay to create that bleed.



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Alright now I'll press control

+ minus, or command + minus



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on a Mac, to zoom out a little bit.



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And then I'll select the rectangle tool,



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which you can get by pressing the m key.



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Go up to the view menu and make sure



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your smart guides are turned on.



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Mine aren't, so I'll choose the command,



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and then drag from one corner

of the bleed to the other,



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to create a giant rectangle.



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Now we really don't

want it to have a fill,



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so go ahead and click on the

fill swatch, the very first



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swatch up here on the far left

side of the control panel,



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and change it to none in order

to produce this effect here.



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Alright, now let's say

I was to switch back



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to the live paint bucket, and

I'll go ahead and select that



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same shade of green, the one

that begins r equals 140,



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and then I'll click someplace

inside the rectangle



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and I end up just filling it.



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That didn't help at all.



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And so what I need to

do is press control + z,



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or command + z on a Mac,

to undo that change.



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You need to let Illustrator

know that this rectangle



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is now part of the live paint object.



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Notice over here in the layers panel,



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it is a separate path outline.



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And to do that, you press

the v key to switch back



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to your black arrow tool,

shift + click on the alien,



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and then go up here to the control panel,



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and notice this button right

here, merge live paint.



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Go ahead and click on it and

that will merge everything



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into a single live paint

object as witnessed here



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in the layers panel.



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So now you can click off

the object to deselect it.



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Then again, grab you live paint bucket.



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You also have to remind

Illustrator that you want to use



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this shade of green and

then go ahead and click



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down here at the bottom.



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Now that is going to

successfully fill everything,



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but it's a little too successful.



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We're filling not only the grass,



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but the sky as well.



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So again, press control +

z, or command + z on a Mac,



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to undo that change.



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Press the a key this time to

get your white arrow tool,



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and click right there at the end of that



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little path outline to

select that endpoint there.



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And then shift + click on

this guy and you want to press



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shift + left arrow one,

two, three times in order to



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scoot those anchor points

out 30 points beyond the edge



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of the rectangle, as you can see.



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And then scroll to the

other side of the artwork,



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click on that guy, that

little anchor point there,



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shift + click on this one, and then press



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shift + right arrow three

times in order to move



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those path outlines out beyond

the edge of the rectangle.



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And now if you were to press control + 0,



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or command + 0 on a Mac, to zoom out.



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Click off your paths to deselect them.



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Once again select the live paint bucket,



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which I remind you, you can

get by pressing the k key.



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Select that shade of green

that begins r equals 140.



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And then finally go ahead and click down



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in this lower region of the artwork.



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You will finally, successfully,

fill in that grass.



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Alright, now if you're

working along with me,



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press the right arrow key to advance



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to the next darkest green swatch.



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And then click in this

area, and click over



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on the left hand side as

well, and you may find that



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you need to click inside

that little region.



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Alright, now I'm gonna

zoom farther in here



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and I'm gonna press the

right arrow key twice



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to advance to the darkest shade of green,



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the one that reads r zero, g 104, b 55.



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And click and drag inside

these little bushes



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in order to fill them up.



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And then go ahead and

scroll to the other side



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of your artwork and click

and drag inside these bushes.



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You may just have to click inside that guy



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and click and drag some more.



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Now this time you're gonna have to be



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a little more careful,

because if you click



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and drag up into the sky,

you'll fill the sky with color.



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Which is not what we want.



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But this is sort of illuminative

because it demonstartes



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that we have this little region here that



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needs to be addressed.



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So I'll press the a key to

get my white arrow tool,



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and I'll grab this guy.



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And sometimes what helps,

is to press control + y,



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or command + y on a Mac, so you can see



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just how many gaps you have.



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And so, I'm just going to

manually close these gaps



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by dragging these points

around to see if I can make



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things work out a little better.



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And then I'll press control

+ y, or command + y on a Mac,



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and I'll press the k key this time,



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to switch to my live paint tool.



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Notice that the none swatch,

the one with the little



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red line through it, is

active above my cursor.



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And so, I'll just go ahead and

click in that little region



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there to get rid of the green

fill by filling it with none.



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Alright, now I'll go

ahead and zoom out again



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by pressing control + 0,

or command + 0 on a Mac.



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I'll press control + shift

+ a, or command + shift + a



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on a Mac, to deselect my artwork.



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Alright, all that's left

now is to fill the sky,



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but turns out, I want to

fill it with the gradient



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and that introduces a new

challenge as we'll see



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in the very next movie.