Color warping effect help needed

[testwork590]

Hello,

Does anyone know where to find a tutorial on how to make the following effect?

Stretching/warping pixels in controlled patterns.



I've tried using displacement maps but really no luck yet.

I am looking for (if any exists) alternative ways to doing this.

Thank you.

 

[Tom Mann]

Displacement maps would have been my first guess, as well. Why don't you post a summary of what you did, along with settings and copies of the starting, displacement map, and result files.

Tom M

 

[IamSam]

Liquify tool maybe?

 

[Argos]

Maybe some low opacity oil painting filter too seeing the background.

 

[Paul]

Bloat and liquify tools.

 

[Tom Mann]

It this close to what you are looking for?




If so, I used the displacement tool twice: once vertically, and a second time horizontally. My displacement patterns were simply some soft edged rectangles. Obviously, it will have to be tweaked considerably to be appropriate for your starting image.

Tom M

 

[testwork590]

Hey Tom and everyone else who replied,

Thank you for all your input so far.

What I am really interested in achieving is the following:



These stretched pixels which create these line patterns.

I tried the following settings with the displacement filter:



With a simple displacement map of just black



Resulted in

to

So now 'm wondering how to get those lines to create shapes.

In the example I showed at the top, the lines seem to be somehow contained inside trapezoids etc.

Thanks!

It this close to what you are looking for?

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If so, I used the displacement tool twice: once vertically, and a second time horizontally. My displacement patterns were simply some soft edged rectangles. Obviously, it will have to be tweaked considerably to be appropriate for your starting image.

Tom M