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This tutorial demonstrates how to project your name onto a curtain. You will find the curtain image Here. Unzip the file and open the Blue curtain psd file.psd onto Photoshop’s workspace. Keep the unzipped original handy, as you will be retrieving it later. 
Alternative displacement map lessons can be found here! - Here - And Here.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then set the Foreground colour swatch solid white.  Lesson.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Horizontal Type Tool - lesson, and set the following attributes.
Apply the type of your choice, then left-click the following Commit any current edits tick icon. 
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Now, from the toolbar, activate the Move Tool. 
And hover your cursor over the type, then left-click, and drag it to a central position.
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From the top menu, choose Layer then choose Rasterise then Type.
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Then (from the top menu) choose Filter then choose Distort then choose Displace, and set the following attributes.
Then click OK.
In the subsequent Choose a displacement map dialogue box, click Look in: then locate and left-click to highlight the original Blue curtain psd file.psd file. When you see it displayed in the File name tab, click Open.
Your text will immediately take on a curved appearance. This is because the original curtain is acting as a displacement map, and your type is following its contour.
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From the Layers palette, left-click to activate (highlight) the type layer, Layer 1.
Then change the layer’s Mode from Normal to Overlay.  Lesson.
Your type will immediately change to the following - however, experiment with different Blend Modes, to see how they effect your text.
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From the top menu, choose Layers then choose Flatten Image.
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To apply a flare, from the top menu, choose Filter then Render then Lens Flare and set the following attributes - or choose your own. Lesson - beginning with Chapter 6.
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Click OK, and your projected name is complete, and ready to save.
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