Displacement file psd download

Where it says Document, click on the tab and choose New. Name this file Displace road or whatever you want and click OK. Clicking on the Document tab to select New to create a new document for a displacement map. This creates a new document with the layer named Alpha 1. Before you save this document out as a grayscale PSD Photoshop file.

This will allow the edges of the road marking vector shape to hug the contours of the road, rather than have a jagged edge.

Convert this image to Grayscale and save it out as Displace road. Close this document. This dialog box appears directly after selecting New in the previous step. A grayscale displacement map of the road image. Go back to the original document where we are still in the Channels panel and the blue channel is still highlighted. Click on the RGB layer, to bring back the image to colour. In the Layers Panel I normally have this nested beside the channels panel click on the square to the left of the layer thumbnail to bring back the visibility of the road vector shape that I had drawn before making the displacement map.

See image below. A small dialog box appears. The amount of distortion that you apply will depend on the values that you enter in the Horizontal and Vertical scale boxes. It defaults to 10 in each box. These values represent percentages. The higher the values the greater the distortion. Experiment to see the desired effect that you want.

When you convert your layers to Smart Objects , any adjustments that you make can be done easily and non-destructively. For this image, I chose 55 in the Horizontal scale and 80 for the Vertical one. I wanted more distortion on the road marking so that it would match the worn look of the road. At this point your image may look a bit odd, follow the next step to make it look more blended and realistic.

Close-up of the road marking after the displacement map and final tweaks have been applied. I added Gaussian Blur of 4px to get rid of the ever so slightly pixelated edge on the shape. This is a Photoshop file which also has both layers from the creation process. Therefore you can change the settings in order to experiment with different variations of the displacement map. If you are looking for other water photo textures make sure to check out our Free Water Textures Library you can use for free for private AND your commercial projects!

Your email address will not be published. By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Also, you can grab a second image or graphic to place on the background. This is optional though because you can also use a type layer to add some text, or create a design using the Shape tool, etc.

The choice is yours. Open your background image in Photoshop. You can see this by going to the menu Image and then clicking on the Mode sub-menu.

Go to the Channels panel. Click the eye icon to activate and deactivate each one of the channels and find the one that has more contrast. To make a new document out of this channel, right-click on it and choose Duplicate Channel.

This will open a dialogue box where you can choose the destination. Change this to New from the drop-down menu. This way it will open as a separate file. Name it Displacement Map. Then accept the settings, and this greyscale image that comes from the channel you chose will open in a new tab. This is an optional step. If this is the case then you can add the extra contrast now. The amount of contrast is also a personal choice depending on your taste and the desired effect.

Now you need to blur your displacement map just a little. Open the Filters menu and choose Blur , Gaussian Blur. This will open a dialogue box where you can set the amount of blur you want. Remember that the desired result is a realistic integration of the elements.

This is again a matter of choice depending on the look you want to achieve, as well as the size and resolution of your photo. There is a preview window for you to check how the gaussian blur is affecting the photo. If you named it during Step 3 then just save as it is. You can call it what you like actually, but I recommend this name because this way it will be easy to find in the next part of the process.

You can now close the displacement map and go back to your original photo. Here you can add whatever it is you want to integrate into your composite: some text, a logo, or a second image.