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During this Photoshop Elements 15 tutorial video, we will take a look at use of fill layers and color picker. We will show you how to insert solid color, gradient and pattern background. We will also talk about the foreground and background color.

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Welcome back to our course on PSE 15.
In this section we’re going to look at Fill Layers and in particular at the use of the Color Picker. We’ve used the Color Picker once or twice already on the course and I think I said once or twice that I’d explain it more fully later on. Well this is that point where I’m going to explain the Color Picker. And as I say we’re also going to do it as part of looking at Fill Layers. And in order to demonstrate these I’m going to create a completely new image.

So I go to the File menu, New, Blank File. I’m going to leave the default name set at the moment. The document type I want is my default Photoshop Elements size. Right at the bottom there, Background Contents. For the background the choices I have are a white background, the background color. Don’t forget the foreground and background color blocks over on the left under the toolbox. This background color is currently set to white already anyway. And then I also have the option of a transparent background. For the moment I’m going to select white and I’m going to click on OK. And there’s my new image. Note the single layer on the right in the Layers panel.

Even in this situation I’m going to make a copy of my background even though it’s a plain white background. And I’m going to make the original invisible. Now what I’m going to do is to create an empty layer. That’s right at the top and I’m going to paste onto that layer the sheep that I’ve used a few times already. Now that sheep is a little bit bigger than we need it to be so let me just size it down a little.

What I’m going to do now is to give this sheep a background. And the way that I’m going to do it is to select the layer behind the sheep, if you like the layer that’s below it in the Layers panel. That’s Background Copy. And I’m going to insert a Fill or Adjustment Layer.

On this occasion I’m going to first of all insert a solid color. So click on Solid Color. And what I see is the Color Picker. The starting point for the Color Picker is my current default foreground color which is black as you can see from the blocks on the left below the toolbox. But if I want a different color here’s my chance to pick a different color.

One thing I need to refer you to now is this link through to the Help on choosing colors. Because if you’re not familiar with some of the color concepts I’m going to talk about now there’s some very useful background information there that it’s well worth reading.
So before we start choosing a color let’s look over at the Layers panel. Note that the Fill Layer, a Fill and Adjustment Layer where we’re using solid color is referred to as a Fill Layer. That’s already in place and it’s currently showing the color black. If you look at this block on the Color Picker it’s actually in two parts. And the current color which has already been inserted behind the sheep is black. If I want to change it the new color will appear in the top half. So for instance let’s suppose I wanted to choose a color by clicking in the large panel. Say I decided to click there. My new color can now be seen in contrast to the old color. And of course it’s already being previewed behind the sheep.

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