# Help with Painting Program
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-painting-program/15840
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-painting-program/15840 "2019-11-26T17:09:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@keeg23](https://discourse.processing.org/u/keeg23)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-painting-program/15840/1 "2019-11-26T17:09:57Z")
When I use the save function it changes the background to red and erases what is painted, Wondering how I can save without it going away and background staying orange. Also need help with creating a way to have the other paint buckets work only can get the blue one to work as of now… Thank you
```auto
PImage myElonStart, myMonroe, myLennon,
myBlueCan, myRedCan, myPinkCan, myGreenCan, myTanCan,
mySave, myRestart, myBrush1, myBrush2, myBrush3;
PFont thePopArtFont;
boolean saveTheImage =false;
// ***********COLORS*****************
color bluePaint = color(0, 144, 255);
color currentColor = color(0, 144, 255);
color black = color(0);
color redPaint = color(255, 4, 4);
color greenPaint = color (92, 207, 102);
color pinkPaint = color (253, 80, 116);
color tanPaint = color (245, 170, 91);
color orgBackground = color (255, 122, 10);
boolean typeIsCan=true;
void setup() {
size (1280, 720);
background(orgBackground);
//load images
myElonStart = loadImage("elonData.png");
myMonroe = loadImage("monroeData.png");
myLennon = loadImage("lennonData.png");
myBlueCan = loadImage("blueCan.png");
myRedCan = loadImage("redCan.png");
myPinkCan = loadImage("pinkCan.png");
myGreenCan = loadImage("greenCan.png");
myTanCan = loadImage("tanCan.png");
mySave = loadImage("save.png");
myRestart = loadImage("restart.png");
myBrush1 = loadImage("brush1.png");
myBrush2 = loadImage("brush2.png");
myBrush3 = loadImage("brush3.png");
//load font
thePopArtFont = createFont("GoldenHillsDEMO.ttf", 50);
textFont(thePopArtFont);
}
void draw() {
fill(black);
text("Pop Art Paint Program", width/3, 50);
fill(bluePaint);
text("Pop Art Paint Program", width/3.01, 47);
checkRollovers();
myBorder(); //Draws blue border around window
myDrawPeople(); //puts three pictures of options to paint
myButtonLayout();
if (mousePressed)
{
noStroke();
fill(currentColor);
if (typeIsCan)
{
if ((mouseX>10) && (mouseX<80) && (mouseY>5) && (mouseY<121))
{
fill(bluePaint);
ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 20, 20);
ellipse(pmouseX, pmouseY, 40, 40);
}
} else
{
fill(currentColor);
ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 20, 20);
line(pmouseX, pmouseY, mouseX, mouseY);
}
}
}
void mousePressed() {
if ((mouseX>10) && (mouseX<80) && (mouseY>5) && (mouseY<121))
{
typeIsCan =false;
currentColor = bluePaint;
}
}
void checkRollovers () {
//Save button rollover
if ((mouseX >155) && (mouseX <250) && (mouseY >618) && (mouseY <718)) {
saveTheImage=true;
cursor(WAIT);
} else {
saveTheImage=false;
cursor(ARROW);
}
}
void mouseReleased() {
if (saveTheImage == true) {
saveImage();
background(redPaint);
saveTheImage = false;
}
}
void myBorder() {
fill(0, 144, 255);
noStroke();
rect(0, 0, 100, 611);
rect(0, 610, 1280, 720);
rect(1180, 0, 1280, 620);
}
void myButtonLayout() {
//Paint Cans
image(myBlueCan, 10, 5);
image(myRedCan, 10, 128);
image(myPinkCan, 10, 250);
image(myGreenCan, 10, 374);
image(myTanCan, 10, 495);
//Paint Brushes
image(myBrush1, 1200, 136);
image(myBrush2, 1200, 260);
image(myBrush3, 1200, 382);
//Start Restart Button
image(mySave, 155, 615);
image(myRestart, 870, 615);
}
void myDrawPeople() {
image(myElonStart, 156, 219);
image(myMonroe, 520, 220);
image(myLennon, 840, 220);
}
void saveImage() {
PImage partialSave = get(115, 65, 1000, 535);
String path = sketchPath("Images/");
File file = new File(path);
int folderSize = 0;
if (file.exists() && file.isDirectory()) {
folderSize = file.listFiles().length;
}
partialSave.save(path+"PopArtImage" + folderSize + "jpg");
}                         
```
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### Author:  [@Tiemen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Tiemen)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-painting-program/15840/2 "2019-11-26T19:57:16Z")
Hi there Keeg23, welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately we can’t test your code because we don’t have the images nor the font. Best thing to do in these situations is rewrite a minimal version of your sketch which reproduces the problem, which doesn’t required external files such as images (and if the image is required, add it 🙂 )
Although I can’t run your code, I noticed the following:
```auto
void mouseReleased() {
if (saveTheImage == true) {
saveImage();
background(redPaint);
saveTheImage = false;
}
}
```
The moment `saveTheImage ` becomes `true`, it saves the image with the function `saveImage();`. Right after you’re telling your sketch to fill the background with a red colour. Does removing this solve your first issue?
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### Author:  [@clankill3r](https://discourse.processing.org/u/clankill3r)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-with-painting-program/15840/3 "2019-11-26T21:18:05Z")
> [@Tiemen](#):
>
> if (saveTheImage == true) {
Minor thing, basically you are testing `true == true` or `false == true`. You could just type `if (saveTheImage) {`.