STEP THREE: Duplicate the Liquified layer (Layer 1)and apply Liquify again holding down the Shift key. As in step one, hold down the Option/Alt key, drag Layer 1 to the new layer icon in the Layers palette to create a new duplicate layer and name it (e.g. Layer 2). Hold down the Shift key, go to the Image menu, scroll down to Liquify and click OK . Holding down the Shift key while accessing Liquify will re-apply the mesh settings you saved in step two. Repeat this step a few times until you have about 5 layers (frames).

STEP FOUR (Photoshop 6): Time to set up the animation. If you are working in Photoshop Elements, skip to step four (Photoshop Elements)on the next page. In Photoshop 6, click on the Jump to ImageReady button that is at the bottom of the toolbox. This will launch your image in ImageReady.

Once in ImageReady, click on the Animation palette's flyout menu ()and select Make Frames from Layers . Next, you’ll duplicate frames so that your animation loops correctly. Holding down the Option/Alt key, click and drag frame 4 to the gray area to right of frame 5 to duplicate it (frame 6). Do the same thing with frames 3 and 2. You should end up with 8 frames. Since this animation is going to loop, there is no need to duplicate the first frame. Preview your animation by pressing the play button in the Animation palette or go to the File menu and scroll to Preview In to preview in a browser. Previewing your animation will allow you to see if any adjustments need to be made. If it animates too fast, you can adjust the frame delay by clicking on the pop up menu under each frame. Selecting all of the frames by Shift- clicking will allow you to set the same frame delay for all of the frames and therefore keep a consistent flow in our animation.

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