Adobe Photoshop Tutorials: Texture Wrapping
In this tutorial I'll show
you how to wrap a texture around a real object,
such as a person. The same effect can be applied
to beveled text, 3d models, and other objects
with depth that cannot be effectively wrapped
by simply covering them with a texture image.
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Preparation:
You will need to first gather an image you wish to wrap
and a texture you want to wrap it with. It is good if you
can find a seamless texture to use, but not completely
necessary. For this tutorial I will be using the the photo
and snake skin texture seen to the left. My texture is
not seamless, but it is large enough to cover the area
of my object that I wish to wrap (the woman's face), so
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 Open your image and set it up like mine is with the object
on top and texture below it. We are going to need to make
a displacement map so Photoshop knows the contours of the
object we are going to map. Go to Image>Duplicate,
check the Duplicate Merged Layers Only box and hit OK.
Next, go Image>Mode>Grayscale to convert your
new image to grayscale.
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 Now you need to blur your image a little so the distortions
will be less extreme. Go Filter>Blur>Gaussian
Blur and use a radius of 2 pixels. Save the
image as "facemap.psd" by going File>Save
As. Remember where you save it.
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 Close the gray image and go back to your original one.
Move the texture layer above the object by going to the
Layers Palette and dragging Layer 2 above Layer 1. Ctrl+click
(Mac: Cmd+click) on Layer 2 to load it as a selection.
Go to Filter>Distort>Displace. Choose 10%
Horizontal and 10% Vertical Scale, Stretch
to Fit, and Repeat Edge Pixels. Click OK.
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 Find your "facemap.psd" file in the window that pops up
and click Open. Your texture is now distorted to
effectively wrap your object.
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 Now you need to select the area of your image that you
wish to apply the texture to. There are many ways to accomplish
this. The Example image is fairly difficult to select,
so I will use a quick mask to select the woman's face.
Hit the Quick Mask button ( ) then select the Air Brush Tool ( ). Zoom into your image to make it easier to work with my
hitting Ctrl++ (Cmd++) 2 or 3 times. Hide the top
texture layer (Layer 2) and click Layer 1 in the Layer
Palette. Make sure the Foreground color is set to black
(it should already be) and begin air brushing the area
you want to wrap (the woman's face). You will need to switch
to smaller brushes to get into tight areas. Make sure to
only color in the skin areas and not the woman's eyes,
mouth, etc. The filled in areas will turn red.
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 Click the Standard Mode button ( ) to create a selection. Click on the texture layer (Layer
2) in the Layers Palette and hit Delete. The only
area of the texture that will be left is the part that
is over the area you just masked. You should now be looking
at the exquisite being to the left.
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 Deselect you selection by hitting Ctrl+B (Cmd+B)
Go to the Layers Palette and change the Blending Mode to Soft
Light. For different objects, different modes may look
better. Feel free to experiment with them. You might way
to also play with the Opacity level to decrease the strength
of the texture. I chose 90%. That's it. You now
have yourself a lovely Snake Girl!
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Tutorial provided
by: Spoono.com
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