GIMP tools - BDA

GIMP 100
Smudging
The Smudge Tool mixes colours and passes from one colour to another. You can
get the effect of the finger crossing a wet image. The image softens the merging
boundaries of elements, levels down transitions of contrasting colours. You can get the
watercolour effect.
The tool has similar options as the Paintbrush, except that
1. There is no Mode option, since when using the tool colours are not placed on
each other.
2. There is a Rate option, the value of which determines how fast the tool acts. The
higher the value, the cleaner the watercolour effect.
TASK. Open pav_7.jpg and apply the watercolour effect to the background, where the
Rate is set at 20 and 70.
1. Open pav_7.jpg through File Open....
2. Select the Smudge Tool .
3. Choose the shape of a brush.
4. Set the size of a brush by adjusting the Scale slider at 7;
5. Set the Rate using the slider at 20.
6. Zoom in the image with with the Zoom Tool to make it easier to use the Smudge
Tool.
7. Create the watercolour effect using the mouse pointer . The resulting
image is a).
8. Set the Rate using the slider at 70.
9. Create the watercolour effect. The resulting image is b).
a) b)
Blur/Sharpen
The Blur/Sharpen Tool
uses the current brush to blur or sharpen the selection: