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Chinese Brush Painting

Added: Jul 07, 2005 Rating:

Level: Experienced Software: n/a

1		Open the image for editing. Highly detailed photographs will work best.

2		Save the image as (Shift+Ctrl+S) a Photoshop document (*.PSD).

3		Duplicate the current layer and change the blending mode of the new layer to Difference.

4		With the top layer selected, use the Displace tool (Filter> Distort> Displace) to apply the following properties: Horizontal Scale: For a 3 megapixel image, use 100. Lower or increase the scale according to your image size. Vertical Scale: For a 3 megapixel image, use 100. Lower or increase the scale according to your image size. Displacement Map: Stretch To Fit Undefined Areas: Wrap Around Displace File: Choose the file you've saved in step 2

5		Invert (Ctrl+I) the current layer. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this Photoshop technique was applied.