Liquify a photo online
Picstea's Liquify lets you reshape a photo with a brush, like Photoshop: open the photo, choose Filter → Liquify…, pick a tool and paint. Push pixels, twirl them, shrink or grow areas, and undo any spot with Reconstruct. It's free and runs entirely in your browser.
Open the editor — free, no sign-up
Liquify a photo in four steps
- Open the editor and drop your photo on the page; duplicate the layer (Cmd/Ctrl+J) to keep the original.
- Choose Filter → Liquify…. The photo opens in Liquify's own preview.
- Pick a tool, set the brush size with [ and ], and paint. Watch the preview as you go.
- Press OK to apply, then export with File → Export As….
The tools
- Forward Warp — pushes pixels in the direction you drag: smooth a line, lift a corner, nudge a curve.
- Twirl Clockwise and Twirl Counterclockwise — rotate pixels under the brush, for swirls and creative effects.
- Pucker — pulls pixels towards the centre of the brush, making an area smaller.
- Bloat — pushes pixels away from the centre, making an area larger.
- Reconstruct — paints the original back, gradually. Smooth evens out bumpy distortions.
Tips
- Use a large, soft brush and several light strokes; small brushes make ripples.
- Liquify only the active layer. For a smaller area, select it first so the rest of the photo can't move.
- Every other filter is in the filters guide and on the photo filters page.
Limitations
There is no face-aware Liquify and no freeze or thaw masks. Liquify changes pixels directly, so it can't be used as a smart filter. Images can be up to 36 megapixels.
How-to guides
- Blur a photo background
- Make a background transparent
- Add text to a photo
- Make a photo black and white
- Sharpen an image
Related tools
- Online photo editor
- PSD editor
- PNG editor
- JPEG editor
- WebP editor
- Image resizer
- Image compressor
- Photo filters
- Image converter
Questions
- Is it the same as Photoshop's Liquify?
- It works the same way for the main tools: Forward Warp (push), Twirl Clockwise and Counterclockwise, Pucker, Bloat, Reconstruct and Smooth, with a brush you size with [ and ]. Photoshop's face-aware sliders and freeze masks are not available.
- Can I change the liquify later?
- Not after pressing OK — Liquify changes the pixels and can't be a smart filter. Duplicate the layer first (Cmd/Ctrl+J) to keep the original, or undo.
- Does it work on text or shapes?
- Liquify works on pixel layers. Rasterize a text or shape layer first (right-click the layer in the Layers panel).
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No. Liquify runs in your browser. Picstea has no server that receives images.