# Newbie Problem 101

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-problem-101/111055>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 22, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-problem-101/111055 "2004-05-22T21:06:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zohariell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Zohariell](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zohariell)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-problem-101/111055/1 "2004-05-22T21:06:37Z")

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Heya… well, as the title kinda suggests, I have a newbie problem which is probably incredibly simple to yos pros… \<sighs\> But anyways. I’m Zo, pleased to meet you all.

I’m having problems killing shapes I draw in Flash with colour - say I draw a circle with the pencil tool (it’s just an example, I know all about the wonders of the oval tool) and I select a colour, use the Painbucket (K) tool to try and fill it, it won’t. Any idea why this is?