The Paint bucket tool can be found in the side Toolbar i., and e. At the middle left-hand side of the Toolbar which is the same location where the Gradient tool is located. How to Use the Paint Bucket Tool in Photoshop? To know how we go about using the Paint bucket tool, we start by following a few steps.
One question we ran across in our research was “What is the paint bucket tool in Photoshop?”.
The most common answer is; the Paint Bucket tool is an old and tedious way to fill a selection with color in Photoshop. If you want to use another tool for this instead like the Gradient tool (which I recommend) or even better yet just use Content Aware Fill then please roll over here for more instructions!
How do I reset the paint bucket tool?
After you select the Paint Bucket, on the Options Bar to the far left (left of Fill:) is a little bucket icon. Click on it and it gives you the option to Reset the Tool. Make sure the selection is large enough to use or is cleared for the entire document.
How to use the paint bucket tool instead of the gradient?
When you click on it, the Paint Bucket icon will replace the Gradient tool icon on the toolbar. Now when you hit the keyboard shortcut G, the Paint Bucket tool will become active instead of the Gradient.
I found the answer is if you want to fill a whole layer with some sort of color just select the color and fill the color. But if you want to use bucket to fill a sort of area than make sure to select it first. Because paint bucket is not that good to select the areas by itself.
How do I add a gradient to a paint bucket?
If you see the Gradient tool, click it and when the options appear, select ‘Paint Bucket’. You can find it in the preset manager. Also going to the gradient tool, from the tool selector by the little home icon you will find it there.
How to use the move tool in Photoshop?
While doing so, we should also start our work by using the shortcut keys to speed our work a bit, which can help us improve our speed. The shortcut key (V) on the keyboard activates the Move tool to help us with the navigation part through our Photoshop software options while we are going through various options.