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Tutorials
Liquify gallery
Take a tour through the Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 Liquify gallery to get your creative juices flowing. Follow along below to learn how each image was created.
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1. Create the look you want.
We wanted to enhance the model's hair. First, we used the warp tool to drag the hair, making it look fuller and wavier. Then we applied the twirl tool on the loose ends for that professionally coiffed look.
   
 
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2. Give existing art a new twist.
Escher would've been proud. We started with a simple geometric pattern, then placed the twirl tool in the center of the selection and applied it until the art achieved the desired amount of mystery.
   
 
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3. Create realistic reflections.
We used the reflect tool to create a reflection of the trees. Then we selected the warp tool, set the strength to approximately 20, and moved the tool back and forth over the reflected trees to create a wavy, watery effect. In no time, we turned our desert into an oasis.
   
 
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4. Get your images steaming.
First, we pushed the steam around a little using the warp tool. Then we selected the turbulence tool and set the brush to 300. We clicked over the steam and held down the mouse button to add commotion. Selecting the Mesh option displayed how the grid was distorted. We could then save the Mesh in our library for reuse on another image.
   
 
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5. Turn shapes into patterns.
We used the reflect tool to turn one moth into three. Then, once we had our moths in a row, we moved the reflect tool below them from right to left to reflect the entire set.
   
 
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6. Broaden your horizons in a second.
A simple vertical stroke with the shift pixels tool stretched our chair horizontally into a bench. Pixels move perpendicular to the stroke direction. Drag to move pixels in one direction, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) to move pixels in the reverse direction. Adjust the brush size and pressure to control the amount of shifting and fine tune the effect.
   
 
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7. Make logos that sizzle.
Using the warp tool, with a brush about the same width as the letters, we dragged small portions of the tops little by little.
   
 
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8. Change an expression.
A combination of the bloat and pucker tools was used to give the creature a pair of flaring nostrils and larger claws. The warp and displace tools transformed an urbane smile into a menacing snarl.
   
 
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9. Add complexity to simple illustrations.
Here, we started with a simple vector illustration and applied the warp tool. Choosing the reconstruct tool, we applied reconstruction using the Displace mode. The direction of the warp determined where the displacement occurred.
   
 
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10. Add a surrealistic touch.
We used the warp tool to twist the clock into the general shape we wanted. Then we froze the indented areas outside the clock, and applied Rigid reconstruction. The clock tried to revert to its original shape, but was restrained by the frozen areas. Finally, we thawed the frozen areas, and used the reconstruct tool in Smooth Reconstruction mode to finesse the edges.
   
 
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