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This is an easy tutorial which teaches you to convert a 2D flag into a 3D flag in a fabric texture!!!....Although this is a simple tutorial but is somewhat lengthy!!!

The basic effect of the tutorial is shown below!!!


2D Flag(Before the effect!!!)










2D flag converted into a 3D flag!!!(After the effect!!!)










The prerequisites for this effects are
1.Photoshop Creative Suite(Preferably CS3 Xtended or above)
2.Flag image(The image shown first!!!)
3.Satin Texture like the one shown below!!!(you may use this one itself!!!)



4.Generally prefer the fabric texture larger in size than that of the Flag image!!!

Now lets see the procedure for creating the effect!!!


Step 1:
Start your Photoshop application and open the Fabric texture and the Flag image.


Step 2:
Select your flag image and follow this
Image---->Image Size(alt+ctrl+i)

note the pixel dimension of the Flag image.
in my example my flag image pixel dimension is 639px x 426px.

Step 3:
Repeat the same procedure for fabric image also and set the pixel dimension's width to the width of the flag image.Here in my example i set it to 639px.The height of the fabric image will proportionately change, don't worry about that we'll adjust that later!!!...

Click on the below image to have a better idea!!!



Step 4:
After changing the image size of the fabric image, now we need to remove the color from the fabric texture!!...so we must desaturate it first!
For desaturating follow the below give procedure having selected the fabric layer!!!

Image------>Adjustments------>Desaturate(Shft+Ctrl+U)

now your fabric image is desaturated!!!


Step 5:
Now we are going to adjust the height of the fabric...Actually we are going to crop the fabric to the height of the flag image!!!...To do that we select the crop tool in the tool bar having selected the fabric image and in the top of your photoshop window you can see the set width and height values!!...set them to the size of your flag image!!!
Then drag the crop selection from one end to the other end as shown!!!

Click on the image to get better idea!!!


Hit return after selecting the fabric image using crop tool!!!...

Step 6:
Now Save this fabric image with .pdd or .psd format!!!

File----->Save As----->(Format:-psd or pdd)

Step 7:
Select the Flag image and following steps
Filter---->Distort----->Displace
Settings-
Horizontal Scale:10
Vertical Scale :10
Stretch To Fit
Wrap Around

Step 8:
Now it'll ask for a PSD file!!....select the file which you hav saved in step 6.
Your flag image must be some what distorted!!!...

Step 9:
Now drag the fabric layer onto the flag image layer!!!...
and change the Blending option of the fabric layer to Hard Light

Now you must have the image in the similar manner!!! as shown below!!!
Click on the image to have a clear overview!!!


Step 10:
Now you are almost ready!!!....All you need to do is adjust the Levels of the resultant flag image!!!...



Your 3D-Flag is ready now!!!...Please leave comments so that it would be helpful for the other tutorials!!!!

Resultant Image!!! looks like this