Warping using Liquify Persona

Image warping is controlled using a combination of Liquify tools. These can be divided into three types:

Direct—these affect the image by painting over image pixels. These include the Push Forward, Push Left, Twirl, Pinch, Punch, Turbulence and Reconstruct Tool.
Indirect—these affect the mesh. The Mesh Clone Tool is used exclusively.
Masking—the Freeze and Thaw Tools apply or remove masked areas, respectively.

The mesh is an overlay which is used as a visual aid to help identify any previous warp operations. The mesh can also be reconstructed to uniformly strengthen or weaken the overall warping effect.

All Liquify tools are supported by a dedicated Liquify Studio, which hosts mesh display and reconstruction settings.

To warp using the Liquify tools:

Select a Liquify tool.
Adjust brush settings on the context toolbar.
Drag, tap or drag on the image to apply the warp effect—this depends on the Liquify tool chosen. The effect of the tool is cumulative. If the result is not strong enough, repeat the process.

To warp using Clone Mesh:

Select the Mesh Clone Tool.
Adjust brush settings on the context toolbar.
Hold down secondary finger (or thumb) on the screen and tap your primary finger on the area of the mesh you wish to copy.
Tap on the area of the mesh to 'paste' the copied effect.
Repeat the step above to apply the copied effect elsewhere on the image.

To remove a warp effect:

For individual pixels:

Select the Reconstruct Tool.
Tap or drag on the image to remove the warp effect.

For the entire image:

On the Commands Menu, select Reset Mesh.

To strengthen or subdue the current warp effect:

In Liquify Studio, set the Reconstruct Mesh value:
- Above 100% to strengthen the effect.
- Below 100% to subdue the effect.

Mesh controls

The Commands Menu provides access to various mesh controls.

Save Mesh—saves the current mesh for future use.
Load Mesh—applies a previously saved mesh.
Reset Mesh—applies a new mesh and removes all currently applied effects from the underlying image.
Last Mesh—applies the last used mesh.

View modes in Liquify Persona

There are a variety of view modes available in Liquify Persona which give you the opportunity of seeing how your warped image compares to the original.

To activate view modes:

With View tool active, on the context toolbar, tap Split to cycle between the warped image in isolation, split view ('Before' and 'After' single image with sliding divider), and Mirror view ('Before' and 'After' images side-by-side).

Mesh controls

View modes in Liquify Persona

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