The Smudge tool uses the current brush to smudge colors on the active
layer or a selection. It takes color in passing and uses it to mix it to
the next colors it meets, on a distance you can set.
3.14.1. Activating the Tool
You can find the Smudge tool in various ways :
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through
→ →
in the image menu,
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by clicking on the tool icon:
in Toolbox,
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or by pressing the S key on keyboard.
3.14.2. Key modifiers (Defaults)
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Shift
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The Shift key places the smudge tool into
straight line mode. Holding Shift while clicking
Button1 will smudge in a straight
line. Consecutive clicks will continue smudging in straight
lines that originate from the end of the last line.
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Ctrl
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Using Ctrl with Shift, you can
constrain the angle between two successive lines to vary by steps
of 15°.
Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the
Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. If they are not, you can access
them from the image menu bar through
→ → which opens the option window of the selected tool.
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Overview
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The available tool options for the Smudge Tool can be accessed by
double clicking the Smudge Tool icon.
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Opacity; Brush; Scale; Brush Dynamics; Fade out; Apply Jitter; Hard
edges; Rate
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![[Note]](images/note.png)
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Note |
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See the Brush Tools
Overview for a description of tool options that apply to many or
all brush tools.
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