bending objects

[helene massimino]

We have a group photo where everyone is smiling but one person. Is there any way with Photoshop 7 to arc the mouth up? We've had similiar projects where we wanted to arc other objects -rose stems, eyebrows, etc. We've done it with type, but can't seem to find the right method for objects without cutting and pasting, etc.

[JasonSmith]

Make a selection around the mouth using your rectangular maquee.

Then go to filter>liquify. You should be able to bend it into shape - among other things!

you may want to duplicate the layer first.

[Neil Keller]

Careful now! If you don't do this very carefully, it will look funny. Since we are so familiar with faces -- we use them as the primary way of identifying each other -- people will spot anomalies in the retouching pretty quickly.

Neil