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SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours
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SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 in 24 Hours

by Carla Rose, Kate Binder
May 2005
Beginner
528 pages
13h 14m
English
Sams
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Smudges

Smudge is the artist's term for blending two or more colors. In Photoshop, there are, naturally, several ways of smudging. There are several ways of doing virtually anything in Photoshop. Be that as it may, using the Smudge tool is the most obvious and the quickest way to blend something into its background.

Using the Smudge Tool

The Smudge tool looks like, and works like, a finger. It's in the same toolbox compartment with the Blur and Sharpen tools. The Smudge tool picks up color from wherever you start to drag it and moves it in the direction in which you drag. Honestly, nothing could be much simpler. You do, however, have to use the Tool Options bar's Strength field to set the pressure of your smudging finger. At 100%, the finger ...

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