From the course: Retouching and Color Correcting Photography Portraits

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Liquify filter to adjust body or facial features

Liquify filter to adjust body or facial features

From the course: Retouching and Color Correcting Photography Portraits

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Liquify filter to adjust body or facial features

- [Instructor] I don't use the Liquefy filter to dramatically change a client's features. I do use it to subtly lift chins or lessen bulges, but a little goes a long ways. The point is to do it so no one really knows what you've done. Just that they look marvelous, duplicate the layer, under filter choose Liquefy and zoom in so we can see what we're doing. Activate the Forward Warp Tool, also known as the finger, resize the brush to make it a little smaller than the area that you want to adjust. Carefully push up in one direction per stroke, this helps keep any lines from wavering. Push from the center of the circle, the outside really doesn't affect the image. Resize the brush to push into other areas or to smooth the line. If you make a mistake, use the Reconstruct Brush and pull it out. And try it again. And let's see what we've done. Still a little bit of smoothing here. I think we'll be good. It's…

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