forgot a technique

[billz]

I would like to layer two photos and have the top layer take on the shape of the background. Specifically the background is wrinkled paper and I want the top layer to look wrinkled. Seems I saw this once and forgot how to do it. Is it a blending mode??

Thanks .... any help is appreciated.

Bill Z

[Wendy]

Hi Bill ...


I think the technique you are looking for is Displacement Map:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cb/displace.html

This one is written for Photoshop but it should give you the basics. Do let us know how you go on with it ... displacement maps really are magic to use :)


Wendy

[lindajay]

This sounded like fun, so I tried it, but didn't get far. I know the tutorial was written for Photoshop, and am wondering if it will work at all for PSE. First off -- how can I "rasterize" the top layer? And secondly, it mentions "layer behavior" (it says to select Multiply or Overlay as layer behavior).

[billz]

That's pretty interesting! You can get some very different effects by changing the amount of blur in the original .psd file, and then by adjusting the opacity.

I didn't have a problem with the layer/rasterize/type issue as I was only trying to layer a map on top of wrinkled paper background and no type was involved. No idea how I'd rasterize something though, or even why I'd want to. I understood "layer behavior" to be what I refer to as blending modes (the drop down box in the layers palette.)

Anyway you've given me something to work with here ... Thanks!!

billz

[Wendy]

Bill ... Glad you are having fun with it :) ... Rasterizing text, put very simply, changes the layer from a text layer to an image layer ... it means you can do other things with it. In this instance once you rasterize your text you can use it as a bitmap.

Linda ... To rasterize a layer just do Layer>Simplify Layer and Layer behaviour simply means the Layer Mode at the top of the Layers palette. If you get stuck just post again and one of us will talk you through it.


Wendy

[lindajay]

Billz and Wendy -- thanks for those pointers. I can't wait to get home from work today and give it a try. It looks like it could be so much fun!
--Linda

[Wendy]

Linda ...

If you want to show us the results and you don't have your own webspace then you can always use:

http://www.pixentral.com/index.php


Wendy

[billz]

Here's my first shot at it Wendy and Linda. As I rework it, the background will change and I'll probably add a drop shadow, but this is exactly what I was trying to acheive.

This was also my first posting on Pixentral ... in the future I'll resize the image to something better suited for the web.

Thanks for your good advice.

Bill Z

[Wendy]

Bill,

You forgot to give us the link to your image :( ...


:)

wendy

[billz]

Sorry ... this time with the link ;-)

www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1a6ospu5oQ8w4yKLlYDmXrVY63TKT

[Wendy]

Bill,

That is great ... with a little drop shadow it will look very realistic :) congratulations on doing it so well!!!

Your link didn't quite work right so I have added a new link to your image:

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pic=1a6ospu5oQ8w4yKLlYDmXrVY63TKT


Wendy