Folding without really folding

[Sigurd]

If you are trying to do it as a nondestructive layer I think you've done a great job. The only small nit pick is that you might have a floating creaseline at the bottom of the folds and maybe play with some highlights as well as shadows. That would be really really finicky though and might not be worth the effort.

My comment above was really based on this tutorial for Photoshop.

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/folds-and-creases.html

Its very thorough and very good but it does deform the image.


Sigurd

[RPMiller]

If you are trying to do it as a nondestructive layer I think you've done a great job. The only small nit pick is that you might have a floating creaseline at the bottom of the folds and maybe play with some highlights as well as shadows. That would be really really finicky though and might not be worth the effort.

My comment above was really based on this tutorial for Photoshop.

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/folds-and-creases.html

Its very thorough and very good but it does deform the image.


Sigurd

That is a great tutorial. I'll have to incorporate some of those ideas. I was with him until the end when he started touching the actual map layer. I'm trying to do this without manipulating the actual map itself which is where the challenge is.

[torstan]

That's a great trick! Of course I'm not even slightly biased by the choice of map

It took me a while to figure out the direction of the creases. I thought for a long time that the central crease was a valley crease - so that when the map was folded the image would be inside. However I now realise it's the other way round - which makes sense of some of the other shadows that were confusing me. While I was figuring it out I noticed that the drop shadows on the right hand side are out - they should be under the peaked folds. I'm also with the others - a light dodge along the creases would help a little. Here's a quick shot:

[RobA]

Torstan-

The dodge really helps to make the peaks pop!

Nice addition.

-Rob A>

[RPMiller]

Agreed! That definitely helped. Although, your initial assumption was actually correct. I wanted the image to be folded inside. I'll have to keep that in mind when I try this again.

[RobA]

Thats funny - it only made sense to me if the fold was up, too.

-Rob A>

[keithcurtis]

I usually take a real piece of paper and fold or wrinkle it however I want the map to look. I photograph it in high contrast light and place it on a layer above the map and set it to Overlay or Multiply depending on the effect desired. It creates an effect like these.

[RobA]

Nothing beats reality

[RPMiller]

I usually take a real piece of paper and fold or wrinkle it however I want the map to look. I photograph it in high contrast light and place it on a layer above the map and set it to Overlay or Multiply depending on the effect desired. It creates an effect like these.

Would you be able to post up those images of the overlay layers for others to use? I think that would be a great addition to the Resources Forum.