Displacement Maps / textures for Photoshop, PSP, Photo-Paint and others

100s of displacement maps for glass effects, bump maps, textures, distortions, commercial use, Price: $ 7.95 each for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements (all versions), PSP and others

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Date updated: May 2nd, 2013

 

The displacement sets are all for commercial use, all royalty-free, use to create items for sale. The displacement maps are for countless applications and are all in PSD format (you can also just convert the PSD files to PNG JPG or TIFF if you wish) - all Price: $ 7.95 each. All the sets are by graphicxtras.com (Andrew Buckle).

 

The displacement maps are basic files but these files can be used in many of the Photoshop filters such as displace and also glass and others. You can use the PSD displacement maps in Photoshop to create distorted effects, displacements, painted effects and much more. The PSD files can also be quickly converted to other formats such as TIFF and PNG and used as bump maps or surface effects in many other applications. You can also use the Photoshop displacement maps in filters such as third party tools such as KPT

 

Free displacement map samplers

displacements

 

  1. Displacement maps Free demo

Photoshop Filters

Displace filter

You can use the PSD files in the displace filter. Access the displace filter via the filter menu. The filter is pretty old and appears not to have been updated for many years (other than to allow for the filter to work in CS6) - the interface and filter technique has been unchanged for ages. It doesn't even feature a preview image so the displacements are very much trial and error. The filter works in a two dialog approach: settings followed by another dialog for the selected displacement map. The filter allows for the setting of the scale of the displacement as well as how to apply the displacement map (stretch to fit or tile) as well as how to fill the undefined areas of the image. After clicking OK, you are then allowed to select the displacement map PSD file and apply that.

 

You can re-apply the displacement map multiple times via the filter repeat command. This is generally only effective when using smaller values of scale. Low scaling values result in a very subtle distortion.

 

displacement map pose

 

This filter works well with scripting as you can create scripts with a randomized element, creating effects that match painting. Instead of applying 1, 1 for the scaling, using scripting this can be repeated over and over with subtle changes to the numbers to result in all number of different displacement map end effects.

Glass filter / displacement maps

Quite a powerful filter that can be accessed via the distort glass filter command. The glass filter also uses the displacement maps. The glass filter has changed with the times and is now part of the filter gallery - you can set the distortion, smoothness, texture (displacement map) as well as scaling (though sadly not horizontal and vertical separately) and inverted. The glass filter can be applied multiple times within the same filter gallery and with different displacement maps and different settings of scale and smoothness. You can also combine other filter effects with the glass and the filters can be modified and re-ordered. Another useful feature with CS5 is that you can use the displacement map / glass filter as a smart filter - allowing for a more flexible application of the displacement maps.

 

glass displacement maps

 

Displacement map video tutorials

Displacements video

 

Andrew Buckle, Abneil Software Ltd, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom. (+44) 622 688 375

From Monica Bota

Wonderful designs, absolutely love them! Amazing selection to choose from. Highly recommended. It's a real pleasure to browse the site and there's always something new and a pleasant surprise. Also, easy to navigate. Thanks Andrew. Hope you never stop creating

 

From Iryne Cummins of Pixlwrks Studio)

I LOVE YOUR STUFF!!! I have the craziest uses for all of this -- I'm a jewelry Designer, and using the shapes, layers and strokes to design jewelry has been phenomenal! I going to write to Photoshop User and tell everyone to buy your stuff

 

From Ann Brown (annbrownphotography.com)

"Thank you for having enough time on your hands to sit and create all these lovelies, Andrew. There are zillions of them and they are very affordable. I'm sure I will find many uses for them"

 

From Carol Goodell Bingham Farms, Michigan, USA Member: MacGroup Detroit/NAPP:

"From my perspective, using tools from Abneil Software Ltd/tools . for Photoshop ® leads me to places and designs I would never have arrived at without them. The path itself is exciting and allows my artist's soul to play freely and happily."