Did you ever spend ages setting up a picture, then wait hours for it to render in your favourite software, only to find when it comes out the other end that it's not quite how you wanted it? It's not an absolute disaster, so you don't want to wait another 6 hours for it to render, but it's still enough of a niggle to make you want to change it.   Photoshop's Liquify filter is the easy answer! I was first introduced to it in ImagineFX, where it appeared on the Q & A page for digital artists who wanted to change facial expressions when the work was more or less complete. You could always try to paint your changes over the top of your picture, but this saves a lot of time and can give some interesting and varied results. We'll use the image above as a starting point. Having rendered it out, We'll change her facial profile to make her look a little more emotional, and change and body shape slightly so it's a little less realistic.
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Likewise
with the elements of the body you want to change.
The picture below shows the image before and after tweaking in the Liquify filter in Photoshop. The changes are relatively minor, but make a difference to the overall feel of the picture. I've only used it for gentle editing of selected details in this case, but you could use it to make drastic changes, or to add unusual warp effects to a picture.
The finished image is here. This tutorial is also available as a video (no sound) here. If you've any questions about this tutorial, please email me. Be sure to visit: seedydeedee's Renderosity Homepage seedydeedee's Renderosity Gallery seedydeedee's Renderosity Freestuff seedydeedee's Renderosity Tutorials copied, printed, or reproduced in any manner without written permission.  Specializing
in 3D character portraits in the fantasy / sci-fi / horror genre,
Deedee was first attracted to the idea of creating 3D artwork back
in 2004 when she first started posting art online. Having tried
many of the low end hobbyist packages in the past few years, her
preferences are Carrara 6 for modelling, Vue 6 for landscapes and
Poser 7 for figure posing and animation. Her influences include
vampires, bad 80s horror and fantasy films, heavy metal and the
works of Poe, Lovecraft & their
contemporaries. |
Open
up the Liquify window by clicking on Filter > Liquify.
Then
select the Zoom tool on the left hand side toolbar, and zoom in on
the area you want to change.
Next,select
the Forward Warp Tool from the left hand side toolbar.
On
the right hand side, you have options that allow you to change the
size, density and pressure of the brush, along with other options.
Select a few different sizes and play around with them on the
screen until you see the effect they have on your image.
 March 17, 2008
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