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My professor told me to stop using the 'smudge' tool for blending, and honestly, it fixed my whole workflow
I used to smudge everything for soft blends, but after she made me use layer masks and a soft brush for a project last semester, my work looks way cleaner and more controlled.
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mason.cole15d agoTop Commenter
My old mentor in Seattle swore by the smudge tool for quick, organic texture work.
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derek86816d ago
Yeah, that shift is huge. It forces you to actually plan the blend instead of just mushing pixels around. Like, trying to blend a sky into a horizon with a mask gives you that clean, gradual fade. With smudging, I'd always end up with weird, streaky clouds. You get so much more precision, like being able to soften just the edge of a shadow without wrecking the whole shape.
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