Freeze Mask (F) lets you select an area that will not be affected by the liquify tools.To drag right, hold the Option or ALT key. Push Left (O) warps pixels to the left as you drag it.Bloat (B) moves pixels away from the centre of the brush.Pucker (S) pulls pixels to the centre of the brush.To swirl counterclockwise, hold the Option or ALT key. Twirl (T) twists pixels in a clockwise direction.Reconstruct (R) selectively erases changes by clicking and dragging on the area.Forward Warp (W) allows you to push pixels around by clicking and dragging on them.Here are the Liquify tools in order from top to bottom: The hotkeys associated with each tool are in parenthesis. Let’s start by defining each Photoshop Liquify tool, and then we will use some of them to edit a portrait. Let’s compare the portraits side-by-side. Finally, I reduced the overall face width.Ĭlick the OK button to apply the settings. I added some volume to her upper lip and added a little more smile. I moved the nose higher on the face and reduced the width of her nose. Decrease the feature by moving it to the left.įor instance, in this example, I changed the size and tilt of the left eye and reduced the distance between the eyes. Increase the feature by moving the slider to the right. In the Face-Aware Liquify panel, you have adjustments to change the person’s eyes, nose, mouth, and face shape. If Photoshop detects more than one face, you can select which one you want to edit using the drop-down menu at the top of the panel. Photoshop automatically detects facial features in an image and allows you to change them. To change facial features, click the triangle next to ‘Face-Aware Liquify’ in the right-hand column of the workspace to open its panel. It will, however, make small fixes very quick and easy, as you can see with the second picture edited in the video.Step 3: Open the Face-Aware Liquify Panel Just remember, it’s not going to help you fully repair extreme distortions like the first image shown in the video above. This is a technique that you’ll find becomes easier with practice, but it’s also something you can become relatively good at pretty quickly. Repeat as necessary until you’ve corrected the distortion you wanted to correct.You have to be very gentle (or reduce the brush pressure in the settings on the right) or you’ll overdo it. Move that over the edge of the distorted area, click, and drag the distorted area inwards just a little bit. You’ll see a crosshairs in the middle of the brush.You may want to make it bigger or larger depending on your photo, but that’s something you’ll figure out as you go along. Set your brush to a medium size like 100, which is the default size.Go to the Filters menu and choose Liquify, or Press Command/Control + Shift + X on Mac/Windows.Get a photo that has some minor distortion and open it up in Photoshop.To try it out yourself, here’s what you need to do: To get a hands-on demo (in Photoshop CS5), watch the video above. Liquify is remarkably easy to use and you’ll get the hang of it very quickly. First we’ll take a look at an extreme example to demonstrate how the tool works, then apply those same techniques in a more practical and realistic scenario. Sometimes your photos get pretty distorted at wide angles, but fortunately you can fix them pretty easily with the Liquify tool in Photoshop.