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EeveeonE83980361
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April 18, 2019
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Strange Smudge Tool Bug?

  • April 18, 2019
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I've tried looking around the internet to find this issue, but apparently i'm the only person having this. I draw digital images in Photoshop, and the smudge tool is important for making things look a little stretched. But there's a strange issue with it. Where it's supposed to draw out the color onto the transparent layer, it instead creates this glitchy dark effect:

I'm drawing a Pokémon image for those wondering, this is a move called Swift.

Anyway, that trail looks, horrible. I already used Gaussian Blur to make the trail a bit blurry. Now I want to stretch it out, and if possible, fade it. I want it to look similar to how it looks in game (In Gen 7). I would like to know how to fade it out easily without using the annoying FG + Gradient and using that for each individual trail.

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      Correct answer davescm

      Change your image mode to 16 bits /channel then use the smudge tool. You can always copy and convert to 8 bit at the end.

      Dave

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      Michael Bullo
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      Michael BulloCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 18, 2019

      I tried reproducing your issue but everything is working as it should at my end.

      Have you tried resetting the preferences?

      Preferences in Photoshop

      "Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop."

      davescm
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      davescmCommunity Expert
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      April 18, 2019

      Michael - I could reproduce in 8 bits but not in 16 bits.

      Dave

      Michael Bullo
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      Michael BulloCommunity Expert
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      April 18, 2019

      Hi Dave. That's really interesting. I confirmed that you are correct. My initial test that looked fine was using a more saturated yellow. Using a more desaturated yellow produced a result similar to the original post. Switching to 16 bit also fixed this. Good call.

      davescm
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      davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      April 18, 2019

      Change your image mode to 16 bits /channel then use the smudge tool. You can always copy and convert to 8 bit at the end.

      Dave

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      EeveeonE83980361Author
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      April 18, 2019

      You're right. That fixed it. Thanks so much. That's useful to know.

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