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PART III SHARING YOUR WORK
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Photoshop is the right application for compositing your pat- tern onto a photograph of the target object or space. Tools you may employ to make this look as realistic as possible include the Transformation Tools, Blending Modes, and Displacement Mapping.
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To put your pattern onto an actual 3D object, you need some specialty inkjet papers: either labels with stick-back, printable canvass that you can then sew,or inkjet transfer pa- per for ironing onto a fabric of your choice. Print out full sheets of these and then make templates for pasting onto board or found object. Make a small change purse or hankerchief by us- ing the fabric-based options.
Sara provided details about how this car got its pattern: Displacement maps work when you want to make it look like a flat pattern is realistically pro- jected onto a multidimensional surface. There are six essential steps:
1. Using the image you want to apply the pattern to, view the separate chan- nels and decide which one has the most contrast.
2. Right click that channel, choose Duplicate Channel, save as “map.psd,” choose New from the Destination Docu- ment, and save the newly created file to the desktop.
3. Go back to the original photograph and view it in full color with all levels. Drag the pattern into a new layer in the same file (make sure it is on top of the photograph).
4. With the pattern layer selected, Click>Filters>Distort>Displace.
5. Mask or erase the areas where you do not want the pattern.
6. Choose a blend mode to make the pattern look the most realistic, and viola!
The patterns and eventual real world applications of the projects completed by Ms Rafferty’s students. Top row: AlexTrifiletti. Second row: Audrey Eckel; Christian Ort
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CHAPTER 7: PROJECT IDEAS
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