Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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DISPLACEMENT MAP (continued)
The Displace filter applies the displacement map to
wrap one image precisely over the other, forcing the
top layer to reflect the contours of the base layer.
Other Photoshop filters such as Conté Crayon, Glass,
Lighting Effects, and Texturizer also load other
images or textures to produce their effects. However,
not all of these filters load the second image in the
same way. The Displace filter specifically distorts an
image based on the different values of gray in the
displacement map image. The greater the contrast in
the gray values, the more texture appears in the
blended image.
This technique works best if both original images are
the same size and resolution. If you are using two
separate images, start by resizing both photos to
match. If the images are not the same size, the
Displace filter either resizes or tiles the map,
depending on the settings you select in the Displace
dialog box. Stretch To Fit resizes the map, whereas
the Tile option repeats the map, creating a pattern.
The shape and text are repositioned on the
image.
( Click the eye icon for the Background layer
to deselect it.
) Click the panel menu button ( ) and select
Merge Visible to combine and rasterize all
the added layers.
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q Click the eye icon for the Background layer
to make it visible.
w Click Filter.
e Click Distort.
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r Click Displace.
t In the Displace dialog box, type a value such
as 10 to 30 in both the Horizontal Scale and
Vertical Scale fields.
Note: The scale is the amount the filter shifts
the selected pixels to make them wrap to the
contours of the base image, based on the
brightness values in the displacement map. A
low-to-middle value generally creates a more
realistic result for this task.
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y Click Stretch To Fit ( changes to ).
u Click Repeat Edge Pixels ( changes to ).
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i Click OK.