

Painting with the Thaw Mask tool unfreezes them. Frozen areas are covered by a red mask that you paint using the Freeze Mask tool. By freezing areas of the preview image, you protect those areas from changes. You can freeze areas that you don’t want to modify or thaw frozen areas to make them editable again.

Always select a brush size that’s slightly bigger than you think you need, and change the brush size often. Sets the width of the brush you’ll use to adjust the image. Once in the Liquify panel, set some brush options.Select the layer you want to edit, and open the Liquify panel by choosing Filter>Liquify from Photoshop’s top menu bar.Use them sparingly, and don’t let Liquify’s mad powers lure you to the dark side! Before we begin, let me add a disclaimer – these aren’t techniques I recommend for everyday use. While it’s true there’s no end to the fun that can be had adjusting your buddy’s face or physique in post, the Liquify filter can also be used to nudge, exaggerate, or diminish selected features of underwater photos for surprisingly realistic results.

The fashion industry has long laid claim to Photoshop’s Liquify filter as its staple of image manipulation, but like many tools in post, it can be used for either good or evil.
