Smudge tool in PS starts working OK but soon freezes up. When it does it also freezes all tools

[Roe Cole]

In PS, If I select the smudge tool it starts working OK but soon does not smudge.  When the smudge tool becomes inoperative, the action of smudge no longer works and I cannot access any tools including the close key.  Furthermore I cannot access any menu selections.  I've found that the only way I can regan use is to use the task manager to shut down the program then restart it.   This only occures whan the smudge tool is selected.  Any ideas out there???

[Francesco Della Peruta]

Hi, maybe you are using heavy settings for this tool... Please take a look here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/6j7s41/smudge_tool_freezes_photoshop_for_a_long_time/

[Francesco Della Peruta]

And here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/photoshop-cc-2019-smudge-tool-lag/m-p/10560228?page=1