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I think there's smear bug in in Custom Brush. Everytime I try to stroke I get a 'dot' of the initial color and then it smear. I tried to tweak all the setting to get rid of the initial color 'spot' 'dot'. Smear , Smear Source, Shift, Smear, Opacity, nothing seems to work. Is there a way to smear without the initial color with the custom brush tool?

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what's your tvpa version + your OS ?

do you use the "smear stamp" mode of the custombrush ?

I can't reproduce your "dot of the initial color" issue here,
maybe a grab of your tool settings panel could help to investigate further.

ZigOtto wrote:what's your tvpa version + your OS ?

do you use the "smear stamp" mode of the custombrush ?

I can't reproduce your "dot of the initial color" issue here,
maybe a grab of your tool settings panel could help to investigate further.

Windows 7 TvPaint 10.5.7 (64-Bit) It's under my signature.

Yes I use the 'Smear" Stamp of the Custom Brush.
Really Here are my settings for the dot color.
Size 75% Pressure
Shift 0% None
Jitter 0% Pressure
Opacity 100% Pressure
Angle 0.00 Direction
Step 8.50%

Projection On
Drying On

this is part of your settings only, ... what's your Smear value ?
also we can't guess what are the profiles you have set for each parameter ...

anyway, have you tried with the mouse vs the stylus, to see the difference ?
have you tried with Step checked Off, and Opacity around 0 ?
or, if you don't want the color of your custombrush at all,
have you tried in Color mode, with Shift around 100% and Opacity to 0% ?

ZigOtto wrote:this is part of your settings only, ... what's your Smear value ?
also we can't guess what are the profiles you have set for each parameter ...

anyway, have you tried with the mouse vs the stylus, to see the difference ?
have you tried with Step checked Off, and Opacity around 0 ?
or, if you don't want the color of your custombrush at all,
have you tried in Color mode, with Shift around 100% and Opacity to 0% ?

Whoops Smear is at 100% Is there a bug seems like you Smear it 'sucks in' when you stroke and not 'push out' the smear. Is that a bug?

That Shift at 100% and Opacity 0% feels more smudgey than smearing. I like smear way better.

TheQuestionMark wrote: Is there a bug seems like you Smear it 'sucks in' when you stroke and not 'push out' the smear ...

without picture, I've no idea what you're talking about ...

btw, have you the line Smooting option enable ? if yes, try to desable it.