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Smudge image areas

The Smudge tool simulates the effect you see when you drag a finger through wet paint. The tool picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the direction you drag.

  1. Select the Smudge tool .
  2. Choose a brush tip and options for the blending mode in the options bar.
  3. Select Use All Layers in the options bar to smudge using color data from all visible layers. If this is deselected, the Smudge tool uses colors from only the active layer.
  4. Select Finger Painting in the options bar to smudge using the foreground color at the beginning of each stroke. If this is deselected, the Smudge tool uses the color under the pointer at the beginning of each stroke.
  5. Drag in the image to smudge the pixels.
    Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag with the Smudge tool to use the Finger Painting option.



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tennbob said on Jul 11, 2008 at 8:39 PM :
Just downloaded trial, first time photoshop user, have used other photo editing software. It says there is a smudge tool and shows the graphic of the pointing finger in help. where the heck is it in my tools?????? very frustrating.
No screen name said on Sep 21, 2008 at 6:01 PM :
I am also frustrated at not being able to find the smudge tool - it has always been a favourite and i will be annoyed if it has been left out off this package!
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No screen name said on Sep 21, 2008 at 6:07 PM :
Oh great! Found smudge tool underneath blur tool!

 

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