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:
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The dodge really helps to make the peaks pop!
Nice addition.
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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.
Thats funny - it only made sense to me if the fold was up, too.
-Rob A>
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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.
Nothing beats reality
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