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Displacement Maps

 

Here we will examine one of the many uses of the Displacement Map

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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  2. MIA said on — May 18, 2008 @ 7:44 pm

    thanks!
    helps a lot!
    explanation is clear and usable!

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  4. Jim said on — September 22, 2009 @ 11:30 pm

    finally! an easy to understand tutorial on how to use a displacement map,,thanks

  5. Leroy layne said on — January 24, 2011 @ 11:58 am

    Great and helpfull tutorial……………………….

  6. denz_cm said on — March 11, 2011 @ 11:52 pm

    Thanks Corey! All your tutorials are excellent especially since you’re teaching non-destructive techniques versus other tutors that doesn’t. So far you’re the best tutor on this web site I’ve watched. Also thanks for making this free, really, really helps a lot more people.

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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