I have just noticed a potential bug in the latest alpha build for this new smudge brush feature. After unchecking “smear alpha”, the opacity of the brush stroke seems to be effected by the “smudge length” parameter. As smudge length is increased, the maximum opacity of the brush stroke also increases. In the example image below, the more opaque brush strokes have a higher smudge length setting than the less opaque brush strokes. All other settings are kept constant. So far, I have tested this problem for both smearing and dulling modes for the smudge brush and the same problem occurs in both modes. I’m hoping there is a way to prevent the smudge length setting from affecting the maximum opacity of the brush stroke.