Here's my original image, a simple photo of some water: If that sort of makes sense to you, great! If not, don't worry, it will by the time we're done this tutorial. Think of a displacement map as Photoshop moving pixels from "dis place to dis place". In fact, they're really quite simple.Īs we'll see in this Photoshop tutorial, a displacement map is really nothing more than a separate, black and white version of your image which Photoshop uses to figure out how to reshape your shadows so that they appear to be following the natural textures and depths of the background behind them, just like what a real shadow would do. Displacement maps are what the pros use to add realism to images, but don't let that scare you away. With a little help though, we can turn those plain, uninteresting drop shadows into something much more realistic looking by "mapping" our shadows onto the image using what's called a displacement map.
It's fine for basic shadow effects, like making text appear to be raised slightly off the background on a web page, but if you're after something more photo realistic, the drop shadow on its own doesn't cut it. Let's face it, Photoshop's built-in drop shadow effect has it's limitations.
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