Package: gimp Version: 1.1.9 Tomas Mraz <tomm@xxxxxxxxxx> reports that using the smudge tool near the edge of images introduces dark colors not in the original image. Larger brushes, working in image corners, or working constantly near edges enhance the effect. I've seen that that smudging must commence at the edge of an image to manifest the bug; beginning a smudge such that the currently selected brush is completely in the image does not cause the effect to appear. The behavior largely seems to stem from how smudge_init() [smudge.c CVS 1.8] initializes an accumulation buffer. I've submitted a patch that modifies smudge_init() and its wholly-owned subroutine smudge_allocate_accum_buffer(), both in smudge.c [CVS 1.8]. In the patch, smudge_init() now queries gimp_drawable_get_color_at() at the center of the current brush, which is always on canvas and which is likely to be colored more appropriately than the by-fiat color black. This, of course, is a heuristic assumption, but seems a reasonable choice in testing I've done here. gimp-gosgood-990925-0.patch contains proposed solution. See gimp-gosgood-990925-0.patch.README for full remarks. Garry R. Osgood
