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Dec 24th 2002#83217 Report
Member since: Nov 29th 2002
Posts: 69
Hello:
I´ve been reading a tutorial on displace, but I can´t understand how they achieve that. It´s the logo with the shirt. How can I do that?

http://www.gurusnetwork.com/tutorials/photoshop/displace6.html

Thanks in advance for anyone who helps.
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Dec 24th 2002#83219 Report
Member since: Apr 20th 2002
Posts: 3000
This part is pretty self-explanitory:

Each case represents a layered Photoshop file with at minimum two layers: the irregular base shape and the image that needs to conform to it. I like to duplicate the base shape into a new RGB file; I then apply the Gaussian Blur filter to the red and green channels. Don't obliterate them, just knock the edge off the detail. Settings of 2-5 work fine for little, low res files. The next step is optional, but it works well for me: apply the Filter>Other>Offset filter to shift the red and green channels in opposite directions from each other. For example, shift the red channel 4 pixels up 5 pixels left; shift the green channel 3 pixels down, 5 pixels right. Numbers aren't critical, and they can be equal or unequal. Remembering that the blue channel will have no effect, you may either leave it alone or fill it with white or black or whatever. Then as always save it as a .PSD file.


And then just select the area in which you want the displacement filter to affect. Filter->Distort->Displace, change the settings around to your likings (this part would probably be trial and error), and click OK to open your .psd file you saved earlier as the displacement map.
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Dec 25th 2002#83304 Report
Member since: Nov 29th 2002
Posts: 69
I still can´t get it. If you´d like I can send you my results. There has gotta be a step missing. Or some info that isn´t clear cause I follow the instructions and can´t get the results.

Help.
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Dec 28th 2002#83569 Report
Member since: Nov 29th 2002
Posts: 69
I found a really good tutorial on the displacement maps. This one solved my problem,
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/dispmap/dispmap.htm
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Dec 28th 2002#83584 Report
Member since: Nov 26th 2001
Posts: 2586
Cool I will check that out as well. I tried what you said and I got the same thing. It distorts the image as well. =\ But it sounds like you found it....
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Dec 28th 2002#83585 Report
Member since: Mar 18th 2001
Posts: 1501
Do you guys know about MarkZebra's excellent tutorial for using displacement mapping within animations?

Try it, and be impressed....
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