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- This tool fills a selection with the current foreground color. If
- you Shift+click and use the Bucket tool, it will use the
- background color instead. Depending on how the tool options are
- set, the Bucket Fill tool will either fill the entire selection,
- or only parts whose colors are similar to the point you click on.
- The tool options also affect the way transparency is handled.
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- <p>
- The amount of fill depends on what Fill Threshold you have
- specified. The fill threshold determines how far the fill will
- spread (similar to the way in which the magic wand works). The
- fill starts at the point where you click and spreads outward until
- the color or alpha value becomes "too different."
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- <p>
- When you fill objects in a transparent layer (such as letters in a
- text layer) with a different color than before, you may find that
- a border of the old color still surrounds the objects. This is due
- to a low fill-threshold in the Bucket Fill options dialog. With a
- low threshold, the bucket tool won't fill semi-transparent pixels,
- and they will stand out against the fill because they have kept
- their original color. If you want to fill areas that are totally
- transparent, you have to choose right-click|Select|Select All, and
- make sure that the layer's "Keep Transparency" button (in the Layers
- dialog) is unchecked. If the Keep Transparency button is
- checked, only the opaque parts of the layer will be filled, and if
- you don't use the Select All command, only the opaque "island"
- that you clicked on will be filled.
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- The Bucket Fill can be called in the following
- order, from the image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>aint
- Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">B</span>ucket
- Fill.</span>
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- The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/fill.png" /></span>
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- <span class="term">Shortcut</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">b</b></span> keys will change the active tool to Bucket Fill.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>
- </span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> toggles the use of BG Color Fill or FG
- Color Fill on the fly.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> toggles the use of Fill Similar Color or
- Fill Whole Selection on the fly.
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- <dt>
- <span class="term">Overview</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The available tool options for the Fill Tool can be accessed
- by
- double clicking the Fill Tool icon.
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/fill.png" /></span>
- </span>
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Opacity</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The Opacity slider sets the transparency level for the fill. A
- higher opacity setting results in a more opaque fill and a lower
- setting results in a more transparent fill.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Mode</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The Mode dropdown list provides a selection of paint application
- modes. A list of these modes can be found in the
- <a href="go01.html#glossary-modes">Glossary</a>.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Pattern</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- This dropdown list allows the user to select one of many
- fill patterns to use on the next fill operation. The manner
- in which the list is presented is controlled by the four
- buttons at the bottom of the selector.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Fill Type</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- <span class="acronym">Gimp</span> provides three fill types: <span class="guilabel">FG
- Color Fill</span>, <span class="guilabel">BG Color Fill</span> and
- <span class="guilabel">Pattern Fill</span>.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">FG Color Fill</span> sets the fill color to the
- currently selected foreground color.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">BG Color Fill</span> sets the fill color to the
- currently selected background color.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Pattern Fill</span> sets the fill color to the
- currently selected pattern.
- </p>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Affected Area</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- FIXME
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- </dd>
- <dt>
- <span class="term">Finding Similar Colors</span>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <p>
- The option <span class="guilabel">Sample Merged</span> toggles the
- sampling from all layers. If Sample Merged is active, fills can
- be made on a lower layer, while the color information used for
- threshold checking is located further up. Simply select the lower
- level and ensure that a layer above is visible for color
- weighting.
- </p>
- <p>
- The Threshold slider sets the level at which color weights are
- measured for fill boundaries. A higher setting will fill more of
- a multi colored image and conversely, a lower setting will fill
- less area.
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