Forum: Photoshop

Subject: Liquify

TCSP opened this issue on May 03, 2003 · 13 posts

TCSP posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 6:26 AM

i just tried out ps7 liquify tool... never used it before... in 6 either, although i dont know if it has it or not. i gota say, wow... i was warping this guys head till it filled half the pic then back down again and it still stayed intact, pixel wise. im pretty impressed, the uses are unimaginable... can you see the different ways i used it?

KellyLynn posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 6:57 AM

That's really cool! I love the way you did the gate.

dreamer101 posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 2:49 PM

Liquify was in the Image menu in PS6. They moved it to Filters in PS7 (a bit more logical). Plus they added the Hand and Zoom tool and a few other changes. It's also handy for very subtle changes like slightly rising an eyebrow or making lips fuller. It does do a good job of warping a guy's head off too. lol

antevark posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 4:50 PM

Yeah, I played around with it a coupla months ago, now I use it quite often. It works well for simulating refraction, I find.

TCSP posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 5:15 PM

nice... i did use the zoom and move features... i think if i had tried it ps6 and didnt have those options i woulda been outa room pretty fast. im still just boggled that i was able to warp so heavily then bring it back almost to its original shape and not have as much pixelations/distortion as i would expect.

Grimtwist posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 5:32 PM

I believe it's one of the tools used for slimming models (or buffing up male models) in magazine spreads and advertisments.

retrocity posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 9:36 PM

One feature in Liquify no one mentioned is the ability to show the background or any other layer (and adjust the opacity) while "liquifying" another layer!!!

Great feature!

:)
retrocity

antevark posted Sat, 03 May 2003 at 10:29 PM

What?

karosnikov posted Sun, 04 May 2003 at 3:25 AM

try liquification in the one coulour chanel it's all about exploring. LOL I have yet to use this tool but when I have it loks like my image was about three inches of paint and when i apply the liqufy it drags a big fat stcik through it grim you could also clone away the fat or clone on some build for your own pics or my own.

retrocity posted Sun, 04 May 2003 at 4:11 PM

@antevark...

look for these settings

by checking the Backdrop box (1) you can select "any or all" of the layers (2) in you composite. You can also adjust the opacity (3) of the layer selected. This comes in very handy when working in multiple layers that need different "liquifying".

:)
retrocity

antevark posted Sun, 04 May 2003 at 4:18 PM

....kewl....

Grimtwist posted Sun, 04 May 2003 at 5:47 PM

Are you saying I need to bulk up, karo? ;)

karosnikov posted Thu, 08 May 2003 at 12:55 PM

Grim: no ;-P Retrocity: cool stuff thx. Karo: go to bed