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Even if we were flawless, the camera wouldn’t always capture us that way. There’s a lot you can do in Adobe Photoshop to get rid of blemishes, but to lose a double chin or a few pounds, a heavy-duty tool is in order. Enter Liquify, a sort of program-within-a-program available in Adobe Photoshop Elements, and, in a more robust form, in Photoshop itself. With it you can do all the retouching and transformation you want using brushes. Used subtly, it can make you look younger and fitter. Used heavily, it can make you look like a wacky cartoon. Both are good.
1. She looks like she’s been working out, but I think a bigger bicep will put a smile on her face. We’ll add both with Liquify in Photoshop Elements 4.0. All the same tools are present in Photoshop itself and use the same shortcut keys. First, duplicate your background layer by going to Layer > Duplicate Layer. Then open Liquify by going to Filter > Distort > Liquify. In Photoshop, just go to Filter > Liquify.
2. Meet Liquify. Elements’ interface, above, has fewer options than Photoshop. Tools are on the left (mouseover to see shortcuts), and Options are on the right. One note: Brush size is still measured in pixels, but rather than choosing a hard or soft brush edge, you control the brush’s “density” in Liquify. It’s essentially the same; the higher the number, the harder the edge.
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