: How do I fill in the paths in this vector shape? I am using a pre-made vector shape (below), and I would like to fill all of the triangular paths it contains with a certain colour. I am

@Smith574

First, choose the Foreground color you want to use. Then select your vector paths with Path Selection Tool and go to Paths tab (next to Layers and Channels tabs on the right side). Right click on the "Work Path" and choose the "Fill Path.." That should solve your problem IMHO

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@Cugini998

Option 1: select vector shape, in layers panel choose "add adjustment layer", choose solid color/gradient/etc.

Option 2: Create a new layer and fill with whatever you want the vector shape to be filled with. Select the vector shape, click "add layer mask".

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@Ravi4787994

Just put a solid color object behind the black compound shape. But before you bother with that ...

Please redraw that poor envelope so the pixels aren't such a mess!
Here's one I did recently to solve the same problem. All vector. We needed a specific size and scaling down a pixel icon is rarely successful (even if it starts as vectors).





Once you drop below a 60px square, things get tricky. A little pixel alignment goes a long way. Rather than just scaling a vector shape and saving for web, you have to work very carefully.


Draw your shape so that it hits the pixel grid correctly
Do it the old fashioned way with squares and rectangles blocked out like pixels
A little bit of points 1 and 2


The envelope example I included is something that is most often done in Photoshop: I worked entirely with squares and rectangles, like painting with pixels. No simple rounded rectangle would give me what I wanted for the outer shape and diagonals are even more bothersome at this size. Since all my other assets (including the color palette) were in Illustrator, I just did it there.

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