Liquify 'Pin Edges' not working

[rebeccal11099218]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create my own marble pattern by following the below YouTube tutorial.

Photoshop Texture | How to Make Agate (or Liquid Marble ) Design - YouTube

I created a new page mesuring 52 cm width and 72 cm height.

I chose my two grey tone colours and had a white backdrop colour then went to

FILTER > RENDER > FIBRES which create the below look

I then went to FILTER > LIQUIFY and this message popped up on the screen ....

When the liquify page popped up I noticed the 'pin edges' was'nt highlighted giving me the option to tick it.

I then tried to create the marble effect by following the advice of the tutorial I posted above but my laptop was being extremely slow and when I tried to drag the large circle liquify tool over the image the image wouldn't change and it dragged the image down revealing the background as I couldn't get the pin edges to work.

Can anyone help me with this? Is it simply because my image is too big? Those are the dimensions of the repeat wallpaper pattern I'm trying to create so I thought I would just create it to the exact size. As it's 300dpi could/should I just make the image smaller for the pin edges to appear or is it another issue and nothing to do with image size?

Thank you so much!

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi there,

Could you please try changing the Image mode to RGB by going to Image > Image Mode and let us know if it helps?

Regards,
Sahil

[jane-e]

If you converted from RGB into CMYK already on this untitled document, then you might want to undo to get back to RGB or start again. Converting is a one time process, and you don’t want to convert a second time.

[rebeccal11099218]

I never use RGB I only ever use CMYK as all my designs are printed out onto paper...

[jane-e]

rebeccal11099218  wrote

I never use RGB

Hi Rebecca,

Liquify is one of a number of filters that require RGB. The alert is telling you that you can't use it in CMYK.

Jane

[audreyleejohnson]

I am having the same issue, but my image is RGB. The pin edges option is grey and not able to be selected. Any ideas what else I might try?