adobe photoshop cs design professional an image liquifying

Adobe Photoshop CS Design Professional

AN IMAGELIQUIFYING

2Liquifying an Image Chapter M

Use the Liquify tools to distort an image

Learn how to freeze and thaw areas

Use the mesh feature as you distort an image

Chapter Lessons


Use the Liquify feature to modify images

12 tools in the Liquify feature are available to modify an image– 10 distortion tools – 2 non-distortion tools

Distorting Images


Use to make parts of an image appear as if it has been melted

Apply the nine Liquify distortions with a brush– Modify brush size and pressure

Using the Liquify Feature


Freezing and ThawingUse the two non-distortion tools for freezing and thawing areas within the image

Freezing– Protects an area from editing

Thawing– Thaws a frozen area to permit editing


Use the Liquify Tools to Distort an Image Using the Liquify Dialog Box

Apply distortions to any rasterized layer

Contents of the active layer appear in a large preview window in the Liquify dialog box


Opening the Liquify Dialog Box

Select the layer containing the items to distort

Click Filter on the menu bar

Click Liquify


Liquify Dialog Box

Liquify Tools


Liquify ExampleBefore

After

Twirl Clockwise Tool

Pucker Tool

Bloat Tool

Twirl Counter Clockwise Tool


Liquify Tools


Warp Tool Example

Warped Fingertips


Learn how to Freeze and Thaw Areas Controlling Distortion Areas

Use the Freeze and Thaw Tools in the Liquify dialog box to:– Freeze areas within an image so that Liquify

tools leave them unaffected– Thaw frozen areas and then edit them


Freezing Image AreasTo selectively freeze areas– Paint them with a pointer

By default, frozen areas are painted in red

A different color for frozen areas can be applied


Frozen Image Example

Blue area is frozen and not affected by distortions to other

areas


Reconstructing Distortions

Individual distortions made with the Liquify feature do not appear in the History palette– These distortions cannot be undone

Use the History palette to delete the effects of an entire Liquify session

Reconstruct using one of eight reconstruction modes


Reconstruction ExampleBefore After

Smooth Mode

Loose Mode

Stiff Mode

Rigid Mode


Reconstruction MethodsClick Revert in the Liquify dialog box

Choose the Revert mode, then click Reconstruct in the Liquify dialog box

Click the Reconstruct Tool, choose the Revert mode, then drag the brush over distorted areas in the Liquify dialog box


Reconstruction MethodsClick the Cancel button in the Liquify dialog box

Make distortions in the Liquify dialog box, then drag the Liquify state to the Delete current state button on the History palette


Reconstruction Modes


Use the Mesh Feature as you Distort an Image

Turn on the mesh to see the effects of distortions

Definition of the mesh:– Series of horizontal and vertical

gridlines superimposed on the preview

Control the mesh using the View Options section in the Liquify dialog box


Image with Mesh Showing


Changing Mesh DisplayModify the appearance of the mesh:– Display mesh in another color– Display mesh in larger or smaller

gridlines


Modified Mesh Display


Visualizing DistortionsView gridlines while making distortions – Check if symmetrical objects have

equally symmetrical distortions


Viewing DistortionsDistort imagery with companion layers visible

Two methods:– Select the Backdrop check box in the Liquify

dialog box, then select which layers should be visible with the selected layer

– Click the highest layer on the Layers palette, click the Layers palette list arrow, then click Merge Visible


Chapter M TasksUse Liquify tools to distort images

Control distortion areas with freezing and thawing

Use reconstruction tools to reconstruct distortions

Apply the mesh feature to monitor distortion effects

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