Help: How do I deform an image to fit onto another?

[Jamesgray92]

Hi

I'm just starting a new project and I've become a little stuck. What I'd like to do with photoshop is to bend this (or another more suitable image) of a running track to fit:

a) the extrusion of the 3D type below or;
b) the road of the mountain pass

How would I go about doing this; is it something to do with creating paths and then warping it onto the path? I don't know quite where to start.

Thanks in advance! much appreciated

James

 

[ibclare]

I don't think paths would help. Seems to me that all you have to use is the transform command and distort or warp it. Be careful with transformations; if you do too much of it; you can distort the pixels and mess up the sharpness, etc.