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Inspiring
December 6, 2021
Question

Smudge Tool

  • December 6, 2021
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Hi guys, I'm brand new to photoshop, and I'm trying to do this online class to learn how to do digital painting but my smudge tool is not working, Does anyone have any tips? I really need this to work, thank you!

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Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 7, 2021

It's not going to do much at 17%.  I like to use at least 50%

The preset makes a difference as well.  Right click inside the document window to see what preset you are using.

The smudge tool uses a lot of system resources and it looks like you are using quite large brush.  Depending on what hardwear you are using, you might be seeing some lag.  In fact you might be seeing a LOT of lag.

 

 

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 6, 2021

»Does anyone have any tips?«

When you post a question about some particular Tool/operation not working as expected post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible. 

We don’t see your screen, so we don’t know the Tools’s settings, which Layers are selected, etc. 

Inspiring
December 6, 2021

You're right I forgot, here's the screen recording. Hopefully you can help me. Please?

Inspiring
December 6, 2021

Window > Layers 


Ok so now I see my smudge tool is working, but there's a lot of lag on my laptop, do you know how I can fix it?