Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Yourself Look Thinner Using the Liquify Tool

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Yourself Look Thinner Using the Liquify Tool

 Liquifying images In Photoshop can be very simple. Liquifying is a filter that isn't talked about a lot but it's simple to apply to images. The liquify tool can be very effective what editing your images. There are a few tools inside the liquify but I will be using the most basic way. Using this filter allows you to adjust facial areas such as the nose, eyes and around the face. It can also be used to make a person look a little smaller than they appear to be. However, there is a limit to how much you can stretch a photo using liquefy. You cannot take a huge green ball and warp it into a tiny marble. I will be using Photoshop Cs3 to demonstrate.
This technique is often used in glamour magazines, believe it or not. Liquifying is for touching up photos only. So here in this tutorial, I will be liquifying a person's figure. I personally don't think anything is wrong with the person I am using, I'm just simply showing how to use the liquefy tool to touch up a person's figure.

How to Choose the Right Photo.

Choosing the right photo to liquify is important, if the angles are off it will be difficult to do and look uneven. You will want to choose an image that's head on. That way you can get to all the body parts and adjust them. If you want to use a face, angles don't matter as much except the way the eyes are shaped.

How to Liquify.

Step One: Open the image you want to liquify (File - Open).

Step Two: Create a duplicate layer of your image. This will allow you to see a difference in your picture once you're done. (Layer -Duplicate Layer).

Step Three: On the new Duplicated Layer, go to: Filter -Liquify. A new window will open and you will see your image displayed.

Step Four: On the top left on your new window, you should see a finger that looks like it is poking something. That's known as the forward warp tool. Select it. Now, you want to choose a brush size that's relative to the area you want to liquify. If you want to make the brush smaller without changing its numbers use "]" if you want your brush bigger. Press "[" if you want it smaller. These are hot key tools you can use. Make sure if your use them, hold them down until it's the size you want.

Step Five: Warp what you want to fix. To do so : Click, hold and drag IN. Dragging it in makes your image appear smaller. Keep doing this until satisfied with the outcome.

Note: If you make a mistake, on the right side click "Restore All". This will restore your image to its original photo so you can restart. Also, If you choose to small of a size, your area will come out lumpy and uneven. If you liquify a nose, you a smaller brush, if it's a stomach or a leg, use a bigger one. There are a few more tools in liquify that you can uses, but again this is the most basic. It's fast, simple and easy.