Complex screen replacements in Photoshop - Curved screen

Question

I'm delivering a layered Photoshop file to a client of a product with a curved/bent screen on a digital device that is rendered out of Cinema 4D / Redshift.  They want the ability to easily swap the screen out in the future without having to go back into the 3D software.  Is there any way to build a setup in Photoshop that would allow this kind of flexibility to easily swap out the screen for a new image and have it respect the bend, and lighting and shading of the original?

c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted Answer

Short answer: Yes.

Slightly longer answer: One can use a transformed, warped, … Smart Object in combination with clipping masked Adjustment Layers or Layers with the corresponding Blend Modes for the lighting/shading and then place new content in the Smart Object. (If the new content has exactly the same size and dimensions as the existing one can also use »Replace Contents« instead of having to open the SO.)

c.pfaffenbichler · Answer

If you want more specific advice please post a sample image and some replacement screens.

You may not get the exact same results you would get from rendering the results anew each time but I would expect a decent result can be achieved.

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