Magnify Effect; To Undo Distortions With The Liquify Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

In the Layer panel, create a mask to freeze areas of the image, and then set mask properties.
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In the Effect Controls panel do the following:
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Choose the mask you created from the Freeze Area Mask pop-up menu.
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Specify a brush size and brush pressure. A low brush pressure makes changes occur more slowly, so it's easier to
stop them at exactly the right moment.
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Specify a turbulent jitter to control how tightly the Turbulence tool scrambles pixels.
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Select View Mesh under the View Options control.
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Set a distortion mesh offset if desired.
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Drag the Distortion Percentage slider to specify the amount of distortion.
Use the tools to distort the preview of the image.
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Use the Reconstruction tool
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(See "To undo distortions with the Liquify effect" on page 426.)

To undo distortions with the Liquify effect

Use the Reconstruction tool and its modes to reverse distortions or redo them in new ways.
Select the Reconstruction tool, and then choose a mode from the Reconstruction Mode pop-up menu:
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Changes unfrozen areas back to their predistorted state.
Revert
Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement at the starting point for the reconstruction. You
Displace
can use Displace to move all or part of the preview image to a different location.
Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement, rotation, and overall scaling that exist at the
Amplitwist
starting point.
Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match all local distortions that exist at the starting point, including
Affine
displacement, rotation, horizontal and vertical scaling, and skew.
Drag the area to restore. The restoration occurs more quickly at the brush center.
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Magnify effect

The Magnify effect enlarges a selected area of a layer. This effect can act like a magnifying glass placed over an area
of the image, or you can use it to scale the entire image far beyond 100% while maintaining resolution.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Original (left) and with variations of Magnify applied (center and right)
Adjust the following controls for the Magnify effect:
Specifies the shape of the magnified area.
Shape
Specifies the center point of the magnified area.
Center
to fully or partially reverse the distortions or to change the image in new ways.
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