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One of the most powerful yet underused additions to Photoshop in recent years is
the Liquify filter. In essence, it allows you to smear and smudge your
images around like silly putty, making photo manipulation a breeze. Savvy
users know, however, that you can also use the filter's special tools to create
convincing abstracts and plasma effects in record-breaking time. Here's
how...
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Step 1: Create a new 500px by 500px document
with a white background (the size doesn't matter too much, but higher
resolutions generally give better results). Press SHIFT + D on the
keyboard to reset the foreground and background colours to white / black
respectively. Then choose Filter > Render > Clouds from the
menu to add some clouds to the background layer. |
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Step 2: Now for the fun part! Select
Filter > Liquify from the menu to load up the liquify dialog. Take a
moment to familiarize yourself with the interface - there are lots of
options which I will let you work out for yourself. Once you are ready, take
a large brush and start smudging the clouds around. The more you move
the mouse, the greater the distortion, so go nuts! When you are happy
with the results, press the OK button to render the changes. |
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Step 3: Looking good! All good
abstracts need a little colour, though, so go back to the menu and choose
Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Now all you have to do is click
the colourize checkbox and vary the Hue setting until you find a colour of
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Variations: This technique may look rather
simple but it is, in fact, extremely flexible. If clouds aren't
exactly your taste, try a multi coloured texture and see where that takes
you... or even try a photo! So go nuts, experiment as much as you
like, and have fun impressing your friends with tons of trendy abstract
designs.
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- Tutorial written by Man1c M0g
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You could also try applying one of the distort filters after the Liquify step for some interesting effects.
Thanks for the tutorial.
photofixer |
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