Using The Liquify Filter - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

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Transforming and Retouching
Using the Liquify filter
The Liquify filter makes it easy to manipulate
areas of an image as if those areas had been melted.
You work with a preview image of the current
layer, using special tools to warp, twirl, expand,
contract, shift, and reflect areas of the image.
When you're finished, you can apply the changes
to the actual image.
Original image, and with distortion and reconstruction
Note: The Liquify filter is not available for images in
Bitmap mode or Indexed Color mode.
To distort an image:
Select the layer you want to distort. If you want
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to change only part of the current layer, select the
area or areas to be changed.
You can use a selection to zoom in on an area to
be displayed in the preview image. You can't
zoom within the preview.
2 Choose Filter > Liquify. A dialog box displays
the preview image, tools for editing the image, and
tool and view options.
Note: If a type or shape layer is selected, you must
simplify the layer before proceeding. The type will
become uneditable. To distort type without simpli-
fying the type layer, use the Warp options for the
type tool.
Adjust the brush size and pressure of the tools
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as needed:
To change the brush size for the tools, enter a
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Brush Size value or drag the slider. The brush size
can range from 1 to 150 pixels.
To change the brush pressure for the tools, enter
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a Brush Pressure value or drag the slider. Brush
pressure can range from 1% to 100%.
A low brush pressure makes changes occur more
slowly, so it's easier to stop them at exactly the
right moment.
Use the Tool Options settings to adjust stylus size
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and pressure when using a stylus tablet.
Use any of the following tools to distort the
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preview image:
The warp tool ( ) to push pixels forward as
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you drag.
The twirl clockwise tool (
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clockwise as you hold down the mouse button
or drag.
) to rotate pixels