Introduction: Creating a Realistic 3D Flag in PhotoShop!!!
This instructible will teach you how to make a realistic looking flag, but not only can this effect be used for flags It can be used for almost anything
Step 1: First Things First!
get your self a picture of some fabric and a picture fo a flag, you can use mine if you like.
Step 2: Put Both Images Into Photoshop
Open your fabric and your flag image and then apply gaussian blur to your fabric picture
(Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) and experiment with the radius to hide the detail of the fabric, keeping only the folds.
Step 3: SAVE!
Save your image as a PSD file (File > Save as). I saved mine as fabric.psd
make sure you save as a PSD or the next few steps wont work out.
Step 4: Next Up: the Flag Image
Start working on your flag image. Apply the displacement map filter to your flag with your fabric photo, mine is the fabric.psd file. (Filter > Distort > Displace)
use the same settings as i have done in the picture.
Step 5: Take a Look So Far
this is what i have got, maybe have a rest have a cuppa' and a biccy
Step 6: Adding the Wavyness
Go back to your fabric picture and select the whole thing with your marquee tool or simply by using ctrl+a, copy (ctrl+c), paste it (ctrl+v) onto your flag picture and change the layer mode to "Hard Light".
yeah.. Hard.
Step 7: Your Finished!
take a look at your artwork.. remember this effect can be used with allmost any picture try doing one of a friends face or make a wavy house!
vote for me to win, and i'll give you a cookie.

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- TomasP58 made it!
- Da CunhaT made it!
- mohamedB39 made it!
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38 Comments
6 years ago
thanks
7 years ago on Introduction
can you do a custom flag ?
9 years ago on Introduction
Filipinos
10 years ago on Introduction
Bosnian Flag
13 years ago on Step 7
Imagine making a comic with that idea, people would respect the art work.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
cept it wouldn't be art, it would be something that photoshop has done for you
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Still art :3
10 years ago on Introduction
My software is adobe photoshop CS5 ,and i can't do the step 4 ,can anyone help?
11 years ago on Introduction
Albanian Flag
12 years ago on Introduction
I don't have the programs for this, but can someone do this to my avatar icon, please?
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Here you go
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Wow! Thanks!
12 years ago on Introduction
Hello!
After I saw this instructable I thought I'd give it a go and experiment with a whole variety of textures that I downloaded off Google.
Here's a preview of what I did:
This is a very neat trick, even my mum who has more photoshop know-how than me marvelled a it.
Thanks!
12 years ago on Introduction
Thanks!
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
One more.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
I made a couple more:
12 years ago on Step 7
'You're finished' is what it should say. Sorry, I couldn't resist!
13 years ago on Introduction
thanks my friend! here is mine, the greek flag
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
That's the scottish flag, the upper-left hand corner of the greek flag, and the greek naval jack...
Look here
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
That's only the upper left-hand corner of the Greek flag.