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How do i make photoshop smudge tool accualy smudge and not lag infinietly. It dosent even pull ass smoothly and as much as i want.

WTF how do i use PS smudge tool ?

>> No.3472139

You need a computer upgrade, or work on smaller images.

>> No.3472159

>>3472139
i have had PC upgrade. its a good pc. something fucky with PS. I had no issues in manga studio.

>> No.3472169

>>3472159
You'd be surprised by how bad PS hogs a computers memory, even with just one image. Just stick with manga studio if it's less of a headache.

>> No.3472322

>>3472106
Using smaller brush with more strokes might help.

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>>3472106
>smudge tool
Just don't use this shit.

>> No.3472706

>>3472106
Increase the spacing on the brush, more than 5% should be good. If that doesn't work then disable dual brush, those are the two things that'll slow your brush down the most

>> No.3473123

>>3472700
you are legit retarded if you dont think our nip art overlords dont use smudge

dont use basic smudge but definitely 100% tweak the smudge settings and then use it

>> No.3473131

>>3472106
Untick "sample from all layers" on the top panel when the smudge tool is selected. Smudge tool is unusable if what you want to smudge is not on one layer.

>> No.3473150

>>3472700

Smudging is a fundamental technique in painting, even in traditional media.

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>>3473123
>>3473150
>"REEEEEEE there is only one way to achieve the results I want"

>> No.3473240

>>3473184
negative. you can definitely spend hours with a round brush + opacity/flow to achieve the desired results. but why forsake the tools digital art allows you to have?

>> No.3473275

smudge is an amazing tool. but requires some experience. for starters, if you are using very high res textured complex brushes with low repetition setting it's going to make your computer explode. exponentially so if you're using them on a very high res painting with lots of information to smudge (if you use all layer options checked).

solutions:
- lower res
- tweak settings of smudge
- tweak settings of the brush tip you're using
- upgrade hardware (ram mainly in this case)

>> No.3473294

>>3473123
>our nip art overlords
Literal whos. I don't give a shit about you anime trash, crab.

>> No.3473318

>>3473294
youre retarded if you dont see the skill in something like cushart/krenz's work

>> No.3473356

>>3473275

Hmm I think the smudge uses processor and GPU rather than ram

>> No.3473365

>>3473275
>>3473356
From the little I've noticed, my cpu peaks one of it's cores usage to 100% and uses only around 20-30% of the other cores when I'm experiencing brush and smudge lag. Increasing the RAM allocation did nothing for me.
Also, my "efficiency" meter in photoshop is always at 100%, so I assume it's not a RAM issue but don't know for sure.

I wish adobe had better documentation on how their software works. I'm trying to upgrade my hardware, but I want to optimize for the brush tool, as it's naturally what I use the most and I work with canvases as large as 5k pixels wide sometimes so the lag can get quite noticeable. Does anyone know what causes brush lag precisely? Is it CPU main core frequency not being able to handle it? Or maybe RAM speed? I honestly don't know and there's really no easy way to benchmark and test it.