http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=14806042&f=246

im trying to do this tutorial with a different picture. How do you smudge it without actually smudging the figure? I want to smudge it the way he does, I have 3 layers.

Smudging it involves smudging the render.
Just duplicate the render and put the duplicate under the original and smudge the duplicate.
That way the original stays intact

first, u have to copy layer of the render. turn off 1 of them. and smudge away. usually make like 6 total copies. go to the sticky and look up smudge tut. it will show it step by step.

I tried that and it wouldn't show the smudges at all
tried it again

This post was edited by miniski on Feb 20 2009 10:33pm

i think i know the problem now. u unclick one of the render. the one ur not gonna smudge

if u got cs3 cs4 go to smudge tool on the left side "the one w/ the pointing finger." once u click that, open up your brushes. on top of the window, not the bar on the left. you will c a page like look and open that, that should open up brushes. so u could pick what to use.

i know i've been doing that

i duplicated my original render
put it underneath the layer
unclicked the orig. layer and smudged the duplicate layer, check the other one and it just goes back to normal.
I just did the exact same thing basically with a ripply behind it and it worked, the smudge isn't.

w/e i made a whole new psd and it worked, w/e

how do people use the eraser to fade the picture? In tuts they just say use the eraser but it just erases my shit completely

select the eraser tool and up at the top there should be a toolbar with a little box labeled "opacity" with a "100%" inside. Change the "100%" to something more like "10%" or whatever you want.