diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture.rs
index a1e644cc2..57a3293ff 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ pub struct GestureTool {
     pub live_fit: bool,
     /// Active drag is smoothing with the Pencil or the Blob Brush (Alt held).
     smoothing: bool,
+    /// The pointer has moved from the press point, by any distance (a move too short to add a
+    /// point counts).
+    moved: bool,
     /// Active Pencil drag draws a straight line (Shift or Alt held at the press): the stroke is
     /// the press point and the pointer.
     straight: bool,
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ impl GestureTool {
             live_preview: true,
             live_fit: true,
             smoothing: false,
+            moved: false,
             straight: false,
             unconstrained: false,
             shift_raw: vec![],
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ impl GestureTool {
     /// Would Alt held now switch the Blob Brush to the Smooth tool? It does before a press, and
     /// during a drag that has not moved from the press point yet.
     fn blob_alt_smooths(&self, m: Mods) -> bool {
-        self.id == "blobBrush" && m.alt && self.points.len() < 2
+        self.id == "blobBrush" && m.alt && !self.moved
     }
 
     /// Where the stroke takes a pointer at `p`. For the Blob Brush with Shift held, that is the
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ impl GestureTool {
 
     /// Forget the stroke.
     fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.moved = false;
         self.points.clear();
         self.pressures.clear();
         self.previewed = 0;
@@ -455,6 +460,7 @@ impl Tool for GestureTool {
                 if (!self.began && !self.straight && self.id == "pencil" && self.alt_smooth && ev.mods.alt) || self.blob_alt_smooths(ev.mods) {
                     self.smoothing = true;
                 }
+                self.moved |= self.points.first().is_some_and(|start| p.distance(*start) > vectorcraft_geom::EPS);
                 let p = self.constrained(cx, p, ev.mods);
                 let mut end = p;
                 if self.snaps() && !self.smoothing && !self.straight {
@@ -513,6 +519,10 @@ impl Tool for GestureTool {
                 if !self.active {
                     return vec![];
                 }
+                // Alt pressed while the pointer stood still at the press point switches the release too.
+                if self.blob_alt_smooths(ev.mods) {
+                    self.smoothing = true;
+                }
                 let p = self.constrained(cx, p, ev.mods);
                 let end = if self.snaps() && !self.smoothing && (!self.straight || self.unconstrained) { self.snap.drag(cx, p, None) } else { p };
                 self.snap.clear();
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
index 015b93136..59112ab9c 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/draw2/gesture/tests.rs
@@ -397,6 +397,18 @@ fn blob_brush_alt_switches_to_the_smooth_tool() {
     t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, 200.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
     let acts = t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, 250.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
     assert!(matches!(acts.as_slice(), [Action::Exec(c, v)] if c == "path.blob" && v["points"].as_array().unwrap().len() == 4), "{acts:?}");
+    // So does a stroke that has moved too little to add a point.
+    t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, 50.0, 150.0));
+    t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, 50.25, 150.0));
+    assert_eq!(t.cursor(&cx, at, alt), Cursor::BlobBrush);
+    t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, 150.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
+    let acts = t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, 250.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
+    assert!(matches!(acts.as_slice(), [Action::Exec(c, _)] if c == "path.blob"), "{acts:?}");
+    // Alt pressed while the pointer stands still at the press point does not paint on the release.
+    t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, 50.0, 150.0));
+    assert_eq!(t.cursor(&cx, at, alt), Cursor::Smooth);
+    let acts = t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, 50.0, 150.0).with_mods(alt));
+    assert!(acts.is_empty(), "{acts:?}");
     // With nothing selected an Alt drag sends nothing.
     let none = Selection::default();
     let empty = crate::testutil::cx(&d, &none, &p);