Liquify

About the Liquify filter

This filter is applied as a non-destructive, live filter. It can be accessed via the Layer menu, by selecting from the New Live Filter Layer category.

When a warp is applied to an image, the overlaid mesh will update to describe the warp on a grid. Furthermore, modifying the grid will update the warped image below.

When warping images using this filter, the active Persona will switch to the Liquify Persona and this Persona's Liquify tools will become available. These tools can be divided into three types:

• Direct—these affect the image by painting over image pixels. These include the Liquify Push Forward, Liquify Push Left, Liquify Twirl, Liquify Pinch, Liquify Punch, Liquify Turbulence and Liquify Reconstruct tools.
• Indirect—these affect the mesh. These include the Mesh Clone Liquify tool.
• Masking—these apply or remove masked areas. These include the Freeze and Thaw Liquify tools.

These Liquify tools are supported by a dedicated Brushes panel.

Warping can be further modified and controlled using the Mesh and Mask panels.

You can reset the warp you have applied at any time by selecting Reset Mesh.

Clicking Done will commit your warping and create a filter layer; to undo your changes before committing, scroll back the history steps in the Persona's History panel.

This filter layer behaves like any other live filter layer in that it is has inherent masking properties, is non-destructive, and can be temporarily hidden or deleted from the Layers panel, and even moved up or down the layer stack for different results.