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I can't color any shapes... Almost ever

Once in a while, i notice it has the right color but WON'T render it!!!

I've lost so much time on this!!!

Let's say i draw a circle. First i select a Style for color- let's say blue.
Then i draw a circle. I use Create Shape tool,
i outline my circle and click- now it has a red checkerboard.
I click on Create Shape tab above.

Once in a great while it works, but usually my circle IS NOT BLUE.
I click on Fill Bucket Tool; this NEVER WORKS!!!
So i click the color again, i click and click and click : nothing happens.

In tutorials, colors just appear when they finish the shape. I have no idea what color any of my shapes are, and they don't render....

What am i doing wrong?!!!!

On the top menu, does your version of AS have radio buttons for "fill" "stroke" and "both?" Maybe you only have stroke selected?

Okay, i figured it out. What usually happens is two dots near each other will imperceptibly have two lines between them. This fixes the fill. Although i wish i knew an easy way to erase single points.

When I rendered it to Quicktime, the shape was black but rendered transparent (but at least it was the correct color.)
The opacity is on 100....

Transparency could be coming from the layer or from the shape. It sounds like your layer's opacity is set to 100%? Is the alpha value on the fill set to 255?

Thanks for your help.

I got it to work by UNCHECKING effects.

When i don't use gradients, it renders okay...

Maybe there's a preference/project setting I should try...