[Gimp-user] A novice's problem: I can't reproduce the first effect of the manual (chapter 5.2 - figure 3.38)

[Val]

Hi everybody!

some days ago I decided to improve my basic knowledge about The GIMP. I installed the version and I've been studying the manual  at http://docs.gimp.org. I've got a difficult and I cannot handle it, could someone help me? I met the problem at chapter 5.2 (http://docs.gimp.org/en/ch03s05s02.html): it's impossible for me to reproduce the first effect in figure 3.38. I tried and tried to deform the grid using the Smudge Tool, but I can't obtain the right result! I tried to adjust the rate, I tried to flag the Hard edge... nothing! I can't reproduce the nice effect like in the example. Actually, I can't understand what the example means for "low spacing" because I can't find an option called "spacing" among options of Smudge Tool in GIMP 2.4.1

Thanks in advance for your advices and for your patient with my English,
Val
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