Having a 'Mirror' option when using Split Warp feature

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September 10, 2026
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It would be great/useful to have a ‘mirror’ option for the warp/split warp tool. I often need to retouch bottles to amend the shape to a specific mould/drawing for visuals, and it’s really fiddly having to change each side individually and try to match by eye.

It would be so much easier to have an automated warp which mirrored the manipulation in real time as you work. No more guess work or setting up a load of guides (which is still hit and miss!).

Thanks

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I came across this video quite recently and discovered there was more to Split Warp than I realised.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

I am not sure if I am missing something here, but what exactly are you warping?

If it was a workpath then you could very easily mirror it. You could probably do it with an Action, but if not, I expect Stephen might know how to do it with a script. (Sorry for putting you on the spot there Stephen, but you shouldn’t be so clever!) ;-)

[EDIT] BTW I live in Marlborough with grape vines for as far as you can see in every direction, and I have photographed a lot of wine and beer bottles. Are you doing the photography?

bnjmngrnAuthor

Participant

Wow - that’s a lovely place to live! :)

No - these are stock images generally. My need is to ‘warp’ the profile of the bottle as shown on the uploaded image in another reply. Bottles can differ in height, shoulder height, width etc, so it’s nice to try and show a client a visual on a bottle as close as we can get to the one they will be using.

My issue is if I’m using the warp tool to lower the shoulders or widen the bottle (without distorting the neck etc) I find it really fiddly to get the warp symmetrical on both sides of the bottle.

I’ll check out the video link you posted to see if there’s anything there!

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

So, adding the Symmetry Tool with Warp:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/effects-filters/artistic-stylize-filters/reshape-and-distort-images-with-transform-warp.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/paint-symmetry.html

bnjmngrnAuthor

Participant

Okay - slightly crude example, but you can see the bottle file (which is layered so the glass is a separate element/layer), and an example outline of how I might need to change the profile/shape to fit a certain type of bottle to show concepts to clients – as you’d be surprised how many different ones there are across glass manufacturers! (Lowering shoulders, tapering bottle etc are common edits I need to do.)

So it would be so much easier to split the warp down the middle and whatever edit I make to one side of the bottle, it automatically mirrors on the other side to keep the edit symmetrical?

Does that help to illustrate what I mean? :)

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Ah, I see – the bottle-image has already been »symmetrised« (though it does not appear to be exactly in the horizontal center, which might make the issue easier).

In that case an option for a mirroring deformation would make sense but I am not sure if Warp or Puppet Warp would suffice or Liquify might not be better suited.

Chris 486

Community Expert

I agree with @c.pfaffenbichler . It sounds like there is an idea here. Maybe submit some screenshots to help show us what you are thinking of?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

I am not sure I fully understand.

When one edits a photograph of a bottle the two sides are often not actually mirror-identical so mirroring the transformation of one side on the other side might not produce anything close to a meaningful result.

Or do you have an AI-feature in mind that identifies the corresponding parts on each side and levels them out and then enable the further fine-tuning?

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