How to Use the Liquify Tool in Photoshop | Day 12

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It's day 12 of 30 Days of Photoshop, and today Aaron is showing us how to use the Liquify Tool to drastically improve your photos! Learn how to reshape clothing and add volume to your subject's hair in a non-destructive way, allowing you to make changes to your photo at any time.
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[@WeeklyWhiskers]

Aaron, thank you for verbally including the extra smaller steps and magnifying the tools and options making it easier for all the newcomers to PS.

[@daveyrichards7229]

I second this!

[@DK-ly1di]

Tons of tutorials about PS here, u r surely one of the best

[@srinivasnahak3473]

Even though you're an expert but the way you're teaching can be understood by an absolute beginner also 👏👏😊

[@battlegod396]

that's literally the one job of a tutorial

[@JohnDoe-uy3es]

Only a good teacher is able to do so. I know many Pros cannot break it down to these easy steps

[@hhllee307]

I like the way you go through the whole tutorial before you mention the reason why we should use the smart object instead of layers in general👍🏼, it is a real experience, and make meaning for people to deeply memorize and imagine that if you didn't convert the image to a smart object, you'll be wasting a lot of time re-edit or make changes. Aaron's video is really worth-watching👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼!

[@MakeItPoptutorials]

Thank you for these wonderful tutorials!

[@gladsondsouza6455]

I really like the weird start at beginning of every video.

[@rp8973]

Man, I can give you a big ol hug...So many features, I am learning so much...Thank you my friend...

[@ErinLAnderson]

Thanks Aaron for Day 12! Good thoughts on ethics. I used to simply want to take great photos and now I can see there is so much more to telling a story, the emotion evoked and purpose.

[@whoozie]

Really engaging teacher and a great series! This guy and the series is a treasure on youtube!

[@chrisjamesewoh3095]

I just want to say a very big thank you for this series. You have succeeded in making me love photoshop. I never knew i could ever use the program but at day 12, i already can work on pictures. Thank you Aaron.

[@dixiemccoy479]

Aaron your a star, by far the easiest tutor to follow for learning Photoshop learned more in one week following your 30 days of photoshop course than I have in the past six months watching many others THANK YOU

[@raheenamohammed5103]

I will never not pay my phlearn subscription, you're a really really good teacher.

[@phlearn]

Thanks so much for your support!!

[@villagehappy5134]

Best teacher! Best tutorials! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@canyonrider493]

Aaron is one of the top three PS teachers that I’ve found on KZbin. He may, in fact, be the best of all those folks I’ve seen. Thanks for helping us learn, Aaron.

[@AdityaRaj-ti4hg]

Who are the other two?

[@FredyVergara]

Aditya Raj ME because i watched the 30 days of photoshop😎

[@thidm]

Best teacher in the world and really a master in the craft!

[@SolveEtCoagula93]

Just thought this might be worth mentioning. When I went to use the Ligiufy Tool I was getting a very strange affect on the image. It was as though the image was 'stuttering' as the brush moved. It wasn't anything like the nice smooth image being shown in the tutorial. Eventually I found that the default setting for 'Show Backdrop' was ticked. When I turned this off everything was fine. As I say it was a default setting and so others may encounter the same problem.

[@akashicnomad8506]

went to the comments for that! thank you :)

[@appraisalfirst]

Thank you Aaron. Great tutorials.

[@The1234chick]

I love your ethics.

[@cinnamon--girl]

Thank you Aaron. Always great stuff!

[@Aprendizzz2009]

Thank you so much! I am getting addicted to 30 days of Photoshop... Great tutorials!!!

[@mishazibzibadze]

funny teacher!!!! very love your lessons

[@Mr31formula]

These are really helping. Thanks again.

[@benjaminanic7899]

another awesome lesson! I'm a beginner and you have made learning photoshop so much easier

[@shashankchauhan7244]

a beast. Aaron is a beast.

[@anjugurung1991]

Thank you for doingthese type of videos. Haven't watched it yet but can't wait to have some time off to watch them all

[@karraryahya8496]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@blackbird163]

Thank u for ur help 💓

[@ColorexpertsbdDOTcom]

Just an awesome tutorial! The technique that is shown here is tremendously useful.

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Aaron for the awesome tutorial!

[@lizidalcomune13]

Aaron you are just the BEST!!! I'm so loving it! :) Thank you!!!!

[@christinaastreha]

Thank you and good for clearing up potential confusions and sharing experience :)

[@dannycat3970]

Very good advice on shaping here

[@pashko-k6h]

cool quick lesson

[@edenkefale7129]

Amazing!!

[@jaredladia]

These have been so incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@vkiavian]

Love your videos !

[@remenistic]

Aaroooon, thank youuuu!💚💚💚💚💚

[@solops2099]

Many thanks for this useful tutorial for beginners

[@ShyamSingh-tg1ic]

Excellent explanation. Thanks

[@youkdesign]

Aaron thank you so much for all your effort and hard work that you put to this course your style of teaching is Amazing

[@ariaahmadipour5979]

Thank you teacher

[@RichardRecupero]

omg the face tool.. mind blown

[@kateburgener7538]

I needed to clean up a man's blazer shoulder that got stretched way to the side when I was removing an object that partially covered it and didn't know the name of the tool I needed. Some loose googling landed me first on some terrible dude's video about liquefying that had all kinds of gross comments about bodies. I am so glad once I knew the tool name, I ended up in the Phlearn channel, where tools are explained in a kind and clear manner!

[@pabgeemobayle9356]

Im actually getting addicted to photoshop bc of you

[@disidentnongrata309]

Young Jordan Peterson, thanks for the lesson

[@jackie-g1920]

You're amazing!!!! Excellent instruction ❤️

[@walterjacobs5280]

Thanks for this beautiful serie.

[@biigmoneytk8326]

I appreciate all of your videos

[@rofaida5551]

this is so cool

[@christianking8825]

i really like at the and when you said the great power imply great responsibility, you look like tony Stark in iron Man 😄

[@skgroup8735]

Loved your videos & your contents Sir.....

[@ActorRahman]

This is good point using smart object. I didn’t know. Thanks a ton

[@nadz11101]

Thank you so much for making this video! It was really helpful! 🙌🏻🙏🏼👏🏼

[@davestokes3446]

What am I going to do on day 31?

[@linabose205]

Start your own Phlearning KZbin channel

[@mrtrackharrasser]

Day what sorry? Xd hahaha. Ill come back in 365 days and askk the same thing :)

[@hiruthicsha]

Dude you are the best, I love all your videos and how much effort you put into these videos. I just came to Day 12 and I already feel I am getting good at the workflow and at the skill at the same time. Kudos to you!!! 🧡🧡. Could you also make videos for After Effects and Premiere Pro too? That would be amazing.

[@lesnayagolubika3813]

amazing video, thank you!

[@bernard00g]

Great tutorial!!! Thank you very much!

[@farzanakarimi4468]

very good

[@HRHabib-sg6xv]

Great work.

[@johnnyjohnny6174]

Thank you, sir.

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias!

[@marctssnt]

Need more water, need need more water. CLASSIC!!!! lol

[@worldwidelyric1019]

this is great.

[@drpriest04]

Thank you very much.

[@dgashik9105]

Thanks 😍😍🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@aderuu_draws_yt6596]

starter help: you can convert the image with ctrl+j. it will copy into a smart object and a new layer, so you can see before or after

[@alisaredlich7672]

I wish I could see the changes that must be done :)))

[@allanforsyth1933]

Awesome, think I would have changed the shadow shape 🙈🙈

[@otakuindian6781]

Awesome

[@Southernstrutboutique]

Followed step-by-step and turned mine into a smart objects however it no image will show up in the filter

[@emrahy.849]

enjoyable....thnx

[@asyraf5138]

tq sir

[@dereklowry3111]

Great tutorials, quick question.... why do you switch between using a mouse and Tablet(Pen)?

[@pelajarexcel]

Thanks aaron, these series are awesome. I want to subscribe in Phlearn, but it seems your video hosting is blocked in my country

[@abhinav2702]

I don't understand about small object will you please elaborate?

[@alveriaz]

now I can attract more match on tinder by using this tool

[@michelmazzek2493]

Thanks ..

[@RichardRecupero]

is there any reason you wouldn't always want to automatically make *everything* a smart object????

[@nikolaristic5888]

The main reason is that smart objects are not directly editable! Try using a brush on one:) Also, don't turn things unnecessarily into smart objects. They take a lot more space than regular layers.

[@hisyamhasbi8257]

@@nikolaristic5888 thanks

[@alicetin313]

Eyvallah

[@howtoliveonearthYT]

So if you don't want to affect the background, can you make the model a selection and bring that selection to a new layer where the liquify will only affect the model and not the background?

[@phlearn]

you can definitely make the model a selection and bring that selection to a new layer where the Liquify will only affect the model and not the background. ☺

[@MichaelKantormusic]

Yup. Using Ps more and more instead of Lightroom. The comment at the end of the video was subtle but well taken. You should let people post their “versions” of this with liquify. Lol wink wink.

[@tracywells775]

Can you use the liquify tool in the iPhone app? If so I can not find it

[@haqitabrutal98]

i'm trying to figure out what were you thinking when u're laughing before the with great power comes with great responsibility quote.

[@terricleary7497]

Don't forget there is a preview check box in the bottom right of the Liquify filter window. You can easily see before & after without having to worry that you may accidentally do a restore if you used the option Aaron used in the video

[@kostyachiqurov5408]

Love

[@zaiddagamseh]

Why are you so cute? Thank you so much !

[@robgrant7683]

Hmmm. Why did he double-click on the Background Layer making it a regular layer before changing it to a Smart Object when he could have just right clicked on the Background Layer and immediately selected Convert to Smart Object? Is there a difference between making a Smart Object from a regular layer as opposed to the original Background Layer?

[@fionanokelly]

I always saw you working with your Wacom tablet. What happened to that?

[@Achilleas_1996]

for some reason when i turn the photo to a smart object the liquify option gets disabled

[@fazlehaque9717]

Hey Aaron, when I am turning the layer into smart object and then options + liquify. The image just don't load it 😶😶🙁

[@aishaharris1180]

Is there a tool that can be used to liquify a body part in a music video?

[@BloodcaatKing99]

I want to see a tutorial on photoshop iPad pro

[@Khaos768]

I just realized Photoshop has a huge bug! If you liquify a smart object and then flip or rotate it, the "liquification" does not flip or rotate with it!!

[@gildho95]

Tu n'as plus ta Wacom ????

[@TaiNguyen-hh5hf]

saulgood man ? :))

[@sallysmith7031]

Why can't I liquify after converting to smart object?

[@judiarevalo8580]

heeeeeeelp!!! My "twirl, bloat, pucker" don't work AT ALL! I've reseted preferences and all and it doesn't do anything :( all the others modify the image but not that one :(

[@kevo1414]

On my liquify window undo option (CTRL + Z) doesn't work. Can you help me with this?

[@nancycroisant8141]

MY TOOLS ARE GRAYED OUT IN LIQUIFY AND ALL MY FILTERS. Do you have any idea how to fix it? All the tools are missing in the filters.

[@rahmat1532]

I have the same problem too. in the end, I didn't convert the layer to a smart object so I can use the liquify tool.

[@cfr1205]

Aaron, can you re-do a tutorial on using the Liquify Tool for PS 2024? My PS is current, but the tool does not at all work fluidly (Is that a word?) like your tutorial in your 30 days of PS, and I wouldn't be surprised if functionality has changed. The forward warp tool does not act like your video from four years ago. In the current version the tool is hardly visible, and there is no visible result until you hit okay. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I've checked all my settings from the right side, but it seems to hardly make a difference. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@cfr1205]

Aaron, I just noticed that the Liquify tool performs just like your Day 12 PS tutorial ... in the Beta version. Why would the effects be different? Curious.

[@phlearn]

@@cfr1205 sorry to hear you're having trouble with this! The Forward Warp tool might have changed its behavior slightly. Try experimenting with different brush sizes, pressures, and angles to see how they affect the warping. Consider using the Freeze Mask tool to protect areas you don't want to be affected by the warping. We will add this on our list of to do tutorials! That way we can give you a more in-depth walkthrough so the updated tool.

[@cfr1205]

@@phlearn Thank you, Aaron. I will do just that. But, in the meantime, the Beta version of PS is giving me the results I need. Thanks for your response. Much appreciated.