Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Design Professional

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Chapter Lessons
OVERVIEW

• Use the Liquify tools to distort an image
• Learn how to freeze and thaw areas
• Use the mesh feature as you distort an image

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Distorting Images
INTRODUCTION

• Use the Liquify feature to modify images
• 12 tools in the Liquify feature are available to
  modify an image
• 10 distortion tools
• 2 non-distortion tools

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Using the Liquify Feature
INTRODUCTION

• Use to make parts of an image appear as if it has
  been melted
• Apply the Liquify distortions with a brush
• Modify brush size and pressure

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Freezing and Thawing
INTRODUCTION

• Use the two non-distortion tools for freezing and
  thawing areas within the image
• Freezing
• Protects an area from editing
• Thawing
• Thaws a frozen area to permit editing

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Use the Liquify Tools to Distort an Image Using
the Liquify Dialog Box
LESSON 1

• Apply distortions to any rasterized layer
• Contents of the active layer appear in a large
  preview window in the Liquify dialog box

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Opening the Liquify Dialog Box
LESSON 1

• Select the layer containing the items to distort
• Click Filter on the menu bar
• Click Liquify

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Liquify Dialog Box
LESSON 1
Liquify Tools
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Liquify Example
LESSON 1
Before
After
Twirl Clockwise Tool
Pucker Tool
Bloat Tool
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Liquify Tools
LESSON 1
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Warp Tool Example
LESSON 1
Warped Balloon
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Learn how to Freeze and Thaw Areas Controlling
Distortion Areas
LESSON 2

• Use the Freeze and Thaw Tools in the Liquify
  dialog box to
• Freeze areas within an image so that Liquify
  tools leave them unaffected
• Thaw frozen areas and then edit them

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Freezing Image Areas
LESSON 2

• To selectively freeze areas
• Paint them with a pointer
• By default, frozen areas are painted in red
• A different color for frozen areas can be applied

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Frozen Image Example
LESSON 2
Blue area is frozen and not affected by
distortions to other areas
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Reconstructing Distortions
LESSON 2

• Individual distortions made with the Liquify
  feature do not appear in the History palette
• These distortions cannot be undone
• Use the History palette to delete the effects of
  an entire Liquify session
• Reconstruct using one of eight reconstruction
  modes

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Reconstruction Example
LESSON 2
After
Before
Smooth Mode
Loose Mode
Stiff Mode
Rigid Mode
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Reconstruction Methods
LESSON 2

• Click Revert in the Liquify dialog box
• Choose the Revert mode, then click Reconstruct in
  the Liquify dialog box
• Click the Reconstruct Tool, choose the Revert
  mode, then drag the brush over distorted areas in
  the Liquify dialog box

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Reconstruction Methods
LESSON 2

• Click the Cancel button in the Liquify dialog box
• Make distortions in the Liquify dialog box, then
  drag the Liquify state to the Delete current
  state button on the History palette

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Reconstruction Modes
LESSON 2
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Use the Mesh Feature as you Distort an Image
LESSON 3

• Turn on the mesh to see the effects of
  distortions
• Definition of the mesh
• Series of horizontal and vertical gridlines
  superimposed on the preview
• Control the mesh using the View Options section
  in the Liquify dialog box

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Image with Mesh Showing
LESSON 3
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Changing Mesh Display
LESSON 3

• Modify the appearance of the mesh
• Display mesh in another color
• Display mesh in larger or smaller gridlines

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Modified Mesh Display
LESSON 3
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Visualizing Distortions
LESSON 3

• View gridlines while making distortions
• Check if symmetrical objects have equally
  symmetrical distortions

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Viewing Distortions
LESSON 3

• Distort imagery with companion layers visible
• Two methods
• Select the Backdrop check box in the Liquify
  dialog box, then select which layers should be
  visible with the selected layer
• Click the highest layer on the Layers palette,
  click the Layers palette list arrow, then click
  Merge Visible

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Chapter 13 Tasks
SUMMARY

• Use Liquify tools to distort images
• Control distortion areas with freezing and
  thawing
• Use reconstruction tools to reconstruct
  distortions
• Apply the mesh feature to monitor distortion
  effects