[Gimp-user] Smudge tool changed!

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> I used to have a round circle smudge cursor (I think that's what it
> is) and
> suddenly it's change into an oblong shape that doesn't move the color,
> but
> instead seems to break it apart and cast broken lines instead of a
> hard line.
>
> The pic on the left, you'll see that sometimes it's oblong. The middle
> one shows
> how it looks at other times.  The one on the right, shows it doesn't
> smudge in
> solid form.
>
> You'll also see on the right of the 4th screen shot, about the tool
> there are a
> lot of small square icons on the top... that was me clicking on things
> to try
> and figure out what happened or how to change it back.  As you can
> see, I am not
> very savvy about gimp.
>
> Can you help?

The obvious is the dynamics mode set to 'confetti' - that will account for the
brush shapes. Set it to dynamics off.

The big difference between 2.8 / 2.10 is the flow setting. Value = 0 and the
smudge tool acts like Gimp 2.8

Set the value greater than zero and the smudge tool acts like a painting /
blending brush.


Attachments:
* https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1351/original/dynamics-off.jpg

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