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

[David Gowers]

Hi Val,

On Nov 21, 2007 5:01 AM, Val <valeriobologna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
Spacing is a general brush option, and can be found in the Brushes dialog.

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