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

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The Choose a
Displacement Map
dialog box appears.
o Navigate to select the
displacement image
you saved earlier.
p Click Open.
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The shape is distorted and blends
into the Background layer,
wrapping around the contours in
the background image.
j Click the blend mode drop-down
menu and select Multiply.
k Click Opacity and drag to the left
to reduce the layer opacity to fit
your image.
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Important!
Photoshop cannot recognize a
displacement map image with
layers. Be sure to flatten any image
you plan to use as the
displacement map before saving it
as a Photoshop (.psd) file.
Try This!
You can convert the photo to a
black-and-white image using the
Adjustments panel. Use the sliders
to control the amount of dark and
light areas for the contours of the
displacement map. Flatten the
image before saving it as the
displacement Photoshop file.
More Options!
You can place any vector art or
another image onto the background
image. However, when you use the
File ➪ Place command, the artwork
automatically converts into a Smart
Object. Make sure you have placed
the file in the proper location before
applying the Distort filter, which
rasterizes the vector layer.
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