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photoshop 6 help

Dec 27, 2005 10:38AM PST

hi when i create a new layer on anything and if i add just a white spot and then try to smudge it, it adds black to the outside of what i smudge any idears why its doing it?

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Photoshop 6 help
Dec 28, 2005 6:00AM PST

Try this out after you add a new layer and adding your white. Click on the smudge tool, go to tool optiond and make sure the box with sample merged is not active.
I just tried it out with a lower version that works for me. When I get a chance this evening at home with V6.1 I will try it again to see if that is the problem you are having.
Also, make sure your color choice is switched from black to white on the forground color. If it is set with black on the forgroung color swatch it will smudge black as you described
Hope this helps you.

-Kevin

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Grim, Photoshop 6 Help Request Problem Recreated
Dec 28, 2005 9:41AM PST

Grim, Try this out and recreate the problem to come up with the help solution as I did. I had no idea what the problem was until I tried a few problem areas and set-ups in Photoshop V6.1.
The black comes from the fact that the forground pallet was black using the smudge tool. All the options are at the top of the screen with tool options.
Switch the pallet to white and the problem is solved.
Who knew that until you intentionally try to destroy your work!
Photoshop is wonderful and can be a problem if you don't experiment all the time.
I try to tell my co-workers to try something new each day.

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