# Power Painting Drawings in an Element

You can use Toon Boom Studio Paint All tool to automatically paint closed zones in the same location in an element.

To use the Paint All tool, you click a zone in a drawing object. Toon Boom Studio then flips through all of the drawings in the element to see if there is a closed zone in the location you clicked. If there is, Toon Boom Studio fills the zone with the same color. This can save you a lot of time when you are painting an element with a lot of drawings that are very similar.

You can use the onion skin to select a location to click.

To power paint drawings in an element:

1. Use the View > Onion Skin menu to turn on the onion skin so that you see as many drawings in your element as possible.

2. From the Color Palette tab, select the swatch you want to use to paint the zone.

3. Select the Paint tool from the Tools > Drawing Tools menu or from the Drawing Tools toolbar.

4. Press [Shift]+[Option] and click a zone that many drawings in the element share.

Toon Boom Studio evaluates all of the drawings in the element to determine if there is a closed zone beneath where you clicked.

You may have to review the drawings and make sure that the zones you wanted painted were.

See Also
Painting Zones in Your Drawings
Unpainting Zones/Line Art
Auto Gap Close Options
Painting Zones with Gradients and Bitmap Textures
Closing Gaps in Your Drawings