I have been given images with an effect that I'm not familiar with. Does anyone know how to get these dimensional lines? It looks like stretch pixels, but it holds some of the shadows and contour information as well. I would appreciate any ideas.
I think the filter that comes closest would be Wind (Filter > Stylize > Wind...).
The filter moves the pixels only left or right, so what I did was the following:
Make a selection in the image
Make a copy of that selection by using Ctrl (Windows) / Command (macOS) + J or by going to Layer > New > Layer Via Copy
Convert that new layer to a Smart Object (right-click to the right of the layer name and select Convert to Smart Object or go to Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object)
Double-click on the Smart Object to open the PSB file
Rotate the contents of the PSB file 90° Clockwise
Go to Filter > Stylize > Wind.. and set the Method to Blast and the Direction to From the Left
Save the PSB file and go back to the original file
Rotate the Smart Object to -90° to put it back in its original position
Not tried it. I remeber this effect being all over the internet a few years ago. I found it intriguing, and looked into how it was done, but only to satisfy my curiosity. I remebered the term, searched for it, and linked to the earliest hit that had some meat.
I was thinking Stylize > Extrude, but I can't get exactly the same look.
It looks a bit like a zoomed right in Adobe Audition sound wave, layered. The biggest problem with that is that the resolution would be limited to screen grabbed size
You could always make a brush preset.
Draw a long vertical black line and define as a new brush preset
Set size jitter to 100% and minimum diameter to somewhere between 20% and 50%
In fact leave size jitter to 0% and just use Roundness jitter. That will keep the shorter lines the same width.
Increase spacing till you get the gaps between each stroke.
Set foreground background jitter to 100% and set the colours you want.
If you want to go crazy, use Hue Jitter
Use multiple layers with longer strokes at the back, and place a black to transparent gradient between each layer to provide depth. I'm sure you get the idea.