Photoshop Elements 6 Help Please

[Dave Humphries]

but after selecting the foreground black, the paint bucket is not filling the layer when clicked in the empty layer

Two things to check;
after keyboard "D", did you do the "K" to select paintbucket, if so
are you sure you are affecting the layer you should be?

[Dave Humphries]

I was using other tool to select the checks

You don't need to select the checks doing it this way

[sekhar]

Dave, I was working on the checks using magic wand tool and manually filling them with black(a painfully slow and laborious task), the result is as follows

[Dave Humphries]

You don't need to select the checks doing it this way

To explain that ...

Think of the girl as an image on a sheet of clear plastic
The checks are not real, they are just Elements way of showing you which bits are see through
All we are trying to do now, is slip a bit of black paper behind the clear plastic

Hopefully that'll give the desired result

[Dave Humphries]

That's what I was expecting next, but I think you did it the hard way

Is that what you were after?

[sekhar]

Two things to check;
after keyboard "D", did you do the "K" to select paintbucket, if so
are you sure you are affecting the layer you should be?

I think so Dave, is it the layer without content that should turn black, if so i am doing it as suggested and it is not changing

[Dave Humphries]

I think so Dave, is it the layer without content that should turn black, if so i am doing it as suggested and it is not changing

It is, don't know why then, unless you're missing the single mouse click to actually do the fill

but it is late and I think we may have arrived, your picture looks like what I was aiming for.

[sekhar]

That's what I was expecting next, but I think you did it the hard way

Is that what you were after?

Yes, unfortunately it was the hard way for me as i am using the book (scott kelby's) with step by step instructions and when i needed to deviate from the script............LOL

your help was invaluable, thanks Dave. I hope i will learn soon

[Dave Humphries]

your help was invaluable, thanks Dave. I hope i will learn soon

no worries, I have learnt too this evening, good night

[sekhar]

good night