If you have Photoshop Elements 8 or older, use a layer mask action. Step 6: If you have some distortion like I did, add a mask and see if you can cover it up with the original image in that spot. I quit messing with it and decided I could fix it another way. I managed to get one earring fixed but not the other.

For some images/body parts, it may be best just to click and pull gently in each spot and not drag, just try both ways and see what works best for your image.Īfter working on both sides of the face, my earrings ended up a bit distorted. Step 5: Click where you would like your slimming-down to start and slowing move downward. The brush pressure is how strong the effect will be. The bigger your brush, the more area of the image you are going to affect. Step 4: On the right side is the brush options. I like to use the Pucker tool (the box that is white in the image below). Step 3: On the left side is the liquify options you can choose from. Step 2: Go to the main menu bar and click on Filters, then Distort and Liquify.īelow is the Liquify image box that pops up. I am carrying some extra weight and am not opposed at all to being “Photoshopped” some to look a little lighter. Step 1: Open your image in the Full Edit Mode in Photoshop Elements and make a duplicate layer (control+j or command+j on a Mac). Just know that the majority of those videos are using Photoshop and not Photoshop Elements, and there are some options in the PS Liquify box that are not available in PSE. If you Google “liquify tool Photoshop Elements” you will find many video tutorials, especially on You Tube so you can see how else to use this wonderfully handy tool. The tutorial today is very basic and just how I have used the tool myself. Make sure to NOT use it on a picture of someone without them asking as that could cause great offense. Say you took pictures of someone who is not that happy with their weight and they ask if you can slim them up some in Photoshop, well the tool you would use is the Liquify tool.

I must admit that I do not use that tool very much but for certain images it can be beneficial. I have had many requests for a tutorial on how to use the liquify tool in Photoshop Elements.

Photoshop liquify tool butt