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How can I make a depression effect on an image?

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November 2, 2020
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I am making a poster for Veterans Day. I have an image of a pair of hands palms up, slightly cupped. I have another image of a Flag. I want to place the flag in the cupped hands, and have the flag appear as if it is laying within those cupped hands. The best way I know to describe my desired effect is if you think of a "reversed bloat" using the Distort Filter, but I can't seem to find that. Does that make sense? Any suggestions? PSD attached. I'm using PSE 2020 on a Windows 10 platform.

Veterans_Day_poster.zip

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Correct answer hatstead

You can do this by using a displacement map:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/displace-filter/displacement-map.html

https://www.colesclassroom.com/using-the-displacement-map-in-photoshop/

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Perhaps use a displacement map. Take a look at this thread for ideas.

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You can also use the Filters>Distort>Liquify> Pucker and Bloat tools. But, that involves more guessing on how to distort the flag.

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You can do this by using a displacement map:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/displace-filter/displacement-map.html

https://www.colesclassroom.com/using-the-displacement-map-in-photoshop/