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by gkbrk 955 days ago
> I would have searched for something like "gimp bucket fill sensitivity"

And you would have seen the correct answer if you searched this instead of trying to explain it to ChatGPT.

The first result of my Kagi search for that exact query is the official GIMP documentation. It provides the answer in the snippet.

> 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.

The second result is from graphicdesign.stackexchange.com and the snippet tells you that you might want to check the anti-alias setting if you want non-softened filling. That seems relevant if you want exact color areas to be filled with the exact color you picked as well.

Overall pretty happy with the first two results, I feel that they answered the question without even clicking away from the results page or trying to explain things to ChatGPT.

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Using a paid search engine is cheating, it's like using photoshop instead of gimp ;p

In Google the results for that quote are rather useless.