Getting Rid of Fill or Stroke on a Shape

We are looking for the “none” tool, indicator, sign, or whatever you want to call it. Right under the word Color in the tool bar, and under the paint bucket (fill indicator), you will see a little gray box with a line through it. This is the “none” sign. IT IS ONLY ACTIVATED IF YOU HAVE THE OVAL OR RECTANGLE TOOL SELECTED.

That is how you Kill the Stroke. You can use the same method to Kill the fill. THIS IS A BIG ONE. YOU’LL SEE.

So there you have it, assigning Colors to objects. Let’s take this a bit further. We are going to reveal a few mysterious concepts all at the same time. We are going to look into these questions right now;

What happens when two ovals of the same color connect with each other?
What happens when two ovals of different colors connect with each other?
What happens when stroke connects with fill?
What is the difference between Edit>Copy, and Edit>Paste in Place?

Let’s Do it.

1. Create an oval with no stroke and drag it into the upper left hand corner of the stage.
2. Select it. Copy it and paste it. Notice a second circle shows up in the middle of
the stage.
3. Go....Edit>paste in place, notice your original circle appears to be cover with
white mesh. This means it’s selected.
4. Drag your selected object to a new location on the stage so it’s all by itself. Notice
that you now have three circles. When you select “Edit>Paste in Place” it
paste the circle right back where it was when you copied it. This is really
good for when you need to put an object on another layer. We’ll get to
that latter.
5. Ok, select one of your ovals and drag it so it is connected to another oval. Click
away to deselect the circle.
6. Click on the two connected circles. Notice both become selected.

What happened? When objects of the same fill color in the same layer connect, they become one.

7. Click on your third circle that is sitting over there all by itself, change it’s color.
8. Drag this circle onto the connected circles.
9. Click away from all of them to deselect.
10. Click on the different colored circle and drag it way. Notice it acts like a cookie cutter.

What happened? When objects of different colors in the same layer come together in the same layer, they cut into each other.

Well, What happens when stroke intersects with fill? What is stroke and what is fill? Important..

Paint And Pencil Tool Tips

The straight line tool in the tool bar is stroke color.
The pencil tool is stroke color
The paint brush, also in the tool bar, is fill color.

That’s that.

Let’s see what happens. Take the straight line tool and make a big mess on the stage, using the straight line tool to make lots of straight lines going over your ovals. Then take the black arrow tool and click around on fill segments of your ovals. Drag some of the fill segments.

What happened?  Stroke cuts Fill.  When stroke encounters fill, stroke cuts fill.  That can be handy.