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#1 2009-11-20 14:47:58
"Fill" command
Hi!
Could you please implement a fill command (perhaps in the Pen category) which uses the sprite's current position and fills with a selected colour until it reaches pixels with different colours? For example, I could use the pen to draw shapes and then fill them with a specific colour.
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#3 2009-11-21 11:30:10
Re: "Fill" command
The reason I thought of this is because I'm teaching some kids Logo and I'd like to replace Logo with Scratch. So, I want them to use a turtle and draw a black 'n' white chessboard, but I can't find a way to draw the black squares.
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#4 2009-11-21 12:31:13
- RHY3756547
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Re: "Fill" command
Another thing that might be useful that would be like this would be a "Fill" Block that fills an area between 4 Points, which would be useful in creating 3D filled Polygons. 
Or maybe a function like Flash's beginfill() and endfill().
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#5 2009-11-21 13:00:48
- illusionist
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Re: "Fill" command
06dknibbs wrote:
While this would e very useful, I'm still not sure whether It would be possible
Although, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be..
Scratch is made in Squeak. This includes the paint editor and everything inside of it. If there is a fill tool in the paint editor, a fill tool is also 100% possible to implement into a block.
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#6 2009-11-21 13:19:52
- RHY3756547
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Re: "Fill" command
illusionist wrote:
06dknibbs wrote:
While this would e very useful, I'm still not sure whether It would be possible
Although, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be..Scratch is made in Squeak. This includes the paint editor and everything inside of it. If there is a fill tool in the paint editor, a fill tool is also 100% possible to implement into a block.
Exactly! Squeak is quite advanced and can support everything that you use to create games in scratch, like gradient fills etc. I haven't seen any instances of Alpha PNGs, though but I'm sure even they're possible. 
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#9 2010-06-11 16:22:52
- awsomemaster
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Re: "Fill" command
RHY3756547 wrote:
Another thing that might be useful that would be like this would be a "Fill" Block that fills an area between 4 Points, which would be useful in creating 3D filled Polygons.
Or maybe a function like Flash's beginfill() and endfill().
ya thats what i was thinking! so then scratch could have texture! i wonder if somebody could do that in BYOB?
scar the REAL 3d fps we've all been waiting for
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#10 2010-09-24 11:17:17
Re: "Fill" command
here is what the block would look like. [fill color [ ] to outline color [ ] ]
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#11 2010-09-24 19:39:10
Re: "Fill" command
I can see a ton of possibilities for a fill tool. Textures, better paint projects, etc. I support!
And as to making a filled-in chessboard, you can set the pen size to something small and just scroll up and down across the region to be filled.
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