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Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:01:01 PDT7
From:	"Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Need Embellish help 7/8 SOLVED

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OK Ralph you get the prize for the right answer. It works by invoking the
pencil tool, then the smudge tool.

Next question: Where the #$%! is this documented? I'd print out some
manual or FAQ if I could find it. (Got the program gratis, so can't complain
about the vendor.)

Jeffrey Race

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 11:55:57 -0400, Ralph Cohen wrote:
>On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 21:05:33 +0700, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote:
>>>Trying to smudge or blur a grayscale image but no matter what Paint tool
>>I invoke, it has no effect on the image. What obvious thing am I missing
>>here? I open the b/w file, convert to grayscale (confirmed by viewing
>>image info), open Paint tools, select Smudge. Move Smudge tool over
>>part of image to be smudged, nothing happens. Same even with Eraser
>>which should obliterate the image: nothing.
>>
>
>Hi Jeffrey,
>
>In order to use the smudge tool you also need to select the pencil
>tool. (The properties of the pencil tool can be changed by double
>clicking on it.) As long as the pencil tool is selected, the smudge
>effect will work as you are expecting it to. As far as the eraser tool
>is confirmed, it can also be used with the pencil tool selected in
>order work to as you expect. Keep in mind, however, that if you are
>working with an existing image, the eraser tool will not have any
>effect on the original image since there's no way for it to "know" what
>to erase, i.e. it doesn't know the foreground from the background.
>Therefore, if you want to remove part of the foreground, the way to do
>it is to place a shape composed in the background color over top of the
>part of the foreground you want to hide/erase. Also, if you smudge the
>image and then select the eraser, it will erase the smudges but not the
>original picture.>Ralph

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