Liquify or something...help!

Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
edited January 27, 2013 in Technique
The lady on the right doesn't like her hips in this photo...she would like it shrinking. :)

I have tried messing with the liquify stuff in CS6 but struggle with it. Anyone prepared to show me how it's done, by tutorial or written instructions? I can't seem to follow the instructions I have seen on some tutorials, so if you know of a good one, I'd live to see it.

8419108773_d6f312ba81_b.jpg
_TS_0136 by CTS.Studio1, on Flickr

Link to full size...don't worry about the background, I can deal with that. :)

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  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2013
    It may be worthwhile to learn the liquify tool, but the simpler way to solve
    the problem is to use any selection tool (pen, lasso, quick mask) and carve
    out a section of that hip. Then, clone from the area beside the hip into
    that selection making sure to bring in that horizontal line where the two
    background materials meet. By cloning in an area of a selection, you will
    clone only in that area.

    I did this too quick and dirty to get a smooth edge, but it shows results
    of the surgery:

    i-GmMhnjV-XL.jpg

    The advantage is that you can make several different versions very easily
    to show the lady just how much weight she can lose.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2013
    TonyCooper wrote: »
    It may be worthwhile to learn the liquify tool, but the simpler way to solve
    the problem is to use any selection tool (pen, lasso, quick mask) and carve
    out a section of that hip. Then, clone from the area beside the hip into
    that selection making sure to bring in that horizontal line where the two
    background materials meet. By cloning in an area of a selection, you will
    clone only in that area.

    I did this too quick and dirty to get a smooth edge, but it shows results
    of the surgery:

    i-GmMhnjV-XL.jpg

    The advantage is that you can make several different versions very easily
    to show the lady just how much weight she can lose.

    Thank you Tony. I will try that. In the meantime I did have another go with Liquify...

    8420733494_01b1bec2d0_c.jpg
    27-1-2013 John and Family 1 by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

    Any good?
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