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Step 14Fill in the substrate
In my picture, everything was a bit blurry, so I decided to paint in the substrate first. This leaves the tracks much easier to follow and the components better defined. Also, this helped clarify areas which were in shadow. With a sharper picture you could probably do this with the Bucket Fill tool, set to "fill similar colours", but after I used this a few times I decided to make manual selections and fill those, which also conveniently obliterates the painted markings.
First of all, create a new transparent layer to work on.
As most of the substrate on my board is in square or rectangular sections, the method I used was to use the rectangle tool to select an area of substrate including pads and one or more components within it. Then I deselected the component, pads and tracks. I used the circle and free-select tools as necessary. I then used the bucket fill tool (set to "fill whole selection) to fill the area with black. Use the layer rotation trick with the guides to select diagonal areas. You will have to save the selection to a channel if you do this, and clear it before rotating the layer. You can then turn the channel into a selection and rotate it to match. If you have a steady hand, you could paint in these areas with a brush tool.
Use the selection tools most appropriate to the board. Don't worry about trimming edges off the tracks if they are a bit fuzzy, however don't be tempted to "edit" the board layout at this stage, as it may lead to confusion later on.
If you have a good picture, there may be no need to do this.
First of all, create a new transparent layer to work on.
As most of the substrate on my board is in square or rectangular sections, the method I used was to use the rectangle tool to select an area of substrate including pads and one or more components within it. Then I deselected the component, pads and tracks. I used the circle and free-select tools as necessary. I then used the bucket fill tool (set to "fill whole selection) to fill the area with black. Use the layer rotation trick with the guides to select diagonal areas. You will have to save the selection to a channel if you do this, and clear it before rotating the layer. You can then turn the channel into a selection and rotate it to match. If you have a steady hand, you could paint in these areas with a brush tool.
Use the selection tools most appropriate to the board. Don't worry about trimming edges off the tracks if they are a bit fuzzy, however don't be tempted to "edit" the board layout at this stage, as it may lead to confusion later on.
If you have a good picture, there may be no need to do this.
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