# Help me with an easy question! **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884 "2003-07-06T18:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ghost001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@Ghost001](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ghost001)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/1 "2003-07-06T18:20:51Z")
Im really new at Flash but i would think this would be easy! My paintbucket wont fill! I click somewhere and it wont do anything! Someone help me! šŸ˜  ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/2 "2003-07-06T18:23:26Z")
break apart first ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/3 "2003-07-06T18:50:23Z")
or itā€™s because thereā€™s a to large gap in your outlines, you can only fill a closed line! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/4 "2003-07-06T18:53:35Z")
yeah. thats also one possibilityā€¦ try to change the option to ā€˜close large gapsā€™ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/5 "2003-07-06T18:58:28Z")
> \*Originally posted by Neo-Geo \* > \*\*yeah. thats also one possibilityā€¦ try to change the option to ā€˜close large gapsā€™ \*\* in case you canā€™t find it, it is the option on your tool palette that has a circle with a hole in it. upon clicking you will see several different options, including ā€œfill large gaps.ā€ this is set by default to not fill gapsā€¦ Rev ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/6 "2003-07-06T20:15:49Z")
If all the above doensnā€™t work, hide every layer except the one in which the object is you wanna fill. Then try again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/7 "2003-07-06T20:17:20Z")
lolā€¦ yeahā€¦ that would definitely smack you in the face with the answer šŸ˜› Another thing u may want to check is if what u are coloring is not an mc or a pictureā€¦ -Aditya ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/8 "2003-07-06T22:54:51Z")
I really appreciate your tips, but none of them seem to be working. I tried breaking apart, Close large gaps, i hid every other layer and i know its not a picture because i drew it using the pencil tool ā˜¹ Whats going on! ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/9 "2003-07-06T23:08:39Z")
attach your .fla so we can see -C ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/10 "2003-07-06T23:13:33Z")
Here, trying to color him in using paintbucket, and i had another one with just circles and it wouldnt fill them in! ā˜¹ it wont let me attach it! says its too big! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/11 "2003-07-06T23:21:58Z")
zip it up using winzip. or take a screenshot? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/12 "2003-07-06T23:45:23Z")
Heres the screen shot! Now maybe someone can help me! And if u need details about it read the last reply i wrote.ā“‚ Ummmm, the screen shot is too big! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/13 "2003-07-06T23:46:56Z")
ok, its a trace of a real person, and when i clickwith the paint bucket tool anywhere on it it just wont fill at all! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/14 "2003-07-07T00:02:17Z")
Thanks to everyone in advance to tollerating my very simplistic newbie question ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/15 "2003-07-07T00:06:47Z")
e-mail it to me [by clicking here](mailto:coppertop@ica.net) iā€™ll fix it, then put up a post to tell you what I did ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/16 "2003-07-07T00:23:52Z")
Well everyone i have an announcment to make. Im the biggest idiot. Thanks very much to everyone for trying to help me but after further examination i took Neo-Geoā€™s break apart plan over and over and tryed different things with it and it was solved! THANKS A LOT TO EVERYONE FOR TAKING TIME AWAY TO HELP A YOUNG STRUGGLING NEWBIE ANIMATOR! :):):):):)šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/17 "2003-07-07T01:43:03Z")
the more flashers out there happyā€¦ the more happy we are :thumb: :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/18 "2003-07-07T01:45:20Z")
Good to hear that! I was hoping some flashers out there when they hear an easy question they dont laugh at itā€™s simplicity and say how bad of a flasher you are and dont give you an answer! Thats what i was half expecting. But thanks again to everyone who helped out. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-an-easy-question/24884/19 "2003-07-07T17:02:58Z")
iā€™ve heard alot of people complain that nothing good is ever made. well, alot of newbies have good ideas, just dont know how to do it. Doesnā€™t mean to say that there arenā€™t some bad ideas, but still, help the newbies, they might one day do something good