Displacement Map?

I was asked by a local youth sports team to fix a team photo. Two of the team members are in the photo but not wearing their jerseys and I was asked to PS the jerseys onto them.

I have the photographers .tiff file. I want to be able to put the jerseys onto them (easy enough with clone tool / healing brush) but still retain the folds that are on the target(s) t-shirt. Is this possible? I’ve never used displacement map techniques, but from what I am finding on the ‘net, it seems like this might be the way to go. Problem is I’ve tried a couple of different tutes and nothing has worked yet. Is there something else? Have I done it wrong?

Russell Brown has a excellent video tutorial on his web site that is exactly what you need. Check out
http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html and view the tutorial entitled "Liquefy Alert."

Russell Brown has a excellent video tutorial on his web site that is exactly what you need. Check out
http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html and view the tutorial entitled "Liquefy Alert."

I thought I’d have a look at that. Then I saw the PSD file has an HQX extension. What is that when it’s on a Mac?

I thought I’d have a look at that. Then I saw the PSD file has an HQX extension. What is that when it’s on a Mac?

3B wrote:

I was asked by a local youth sports team to fix a team photo. Two of the team members are in the photo but not wearing their jerseys and I was asked to PS the jerseys onto them.

I have the photographers .tiff file. I want to be able to put the jerseys onto them (easy enough with clone tool / healing brush) but still retain the folds that are on the target(s) t-shirt. Is this possible? I’ve never used displacement map techniques, but from what I am finding on the ‘net, it seems like this might be the way to go. Problem is I’ve tried a couple of different tutes and nothing has worked yet. Is there something else? Have I done it wrong?

Russell Brown has a excellent video tutorial on his web site that is exactly what you need. Check out
http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html and view the tutorial entitled "Liquefy Alert." It is a demonstration of taking a flat image and putting it on a wrinkling, windblown flag. The flat image takes on the exact curves, shadows and texture of the underlying flag.
Substitute a baseball jersey and an underlying T-shirt and you’ve got the process.
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Tom

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I don’t quite understand all the ins and outs of displacement maps but got interested in the topic a while back and have been collecting a page of links to every site I come across with tutorials/explanations on the topic for when I finally have to time to dive in.
You can get to this page of links at:

http://www.pacificsites.net/~dglaser/art/PhotoShopTips/PSTip sSpec2D.html
Have fun! Dale