When considering Fills there are two types of Strokes, Open Strokes and Closed Strokes.

Either Type of Stroke has a Fill.

When either Type of Stroke is drawn it

automatically has a Fill applied.

Open Stroke

Closed Stroke

Alpha: 0.000

Click to select Fill Color

And adjust the Alpha Value

Fill

Figure 3.2

Check Stroke

and Fill in the

Surface Tab.

The reason a Fill may not immediately display, even though Fill is checked in the Properties

Editor, Material Tab is; the Alpha value for the Fill Color is set at 0.000. Increase the Alpha Value

to display the Fill.

The foregoing reinforces that a Stroke Type in the Grease Pencil is made up of two components,

the Stroke Line and the Fill. When you add a New Stroke Type you add both components. It

follows that when you draw a Stroke you can draw with or without a Fill or with and without a

Stroke Line. For example: With the Draw Tool selected in the Tool Panel and the default Solid

Stroke Type selected and set with a Red Line and Black Fill the combinations below are possible.

No Stroke

Fill Only

Figure 3.3

No Fill

Stroke + Fill

Stroke Only

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