Golf  Ball  Magic  in  Photoshop  Elements  -­‐  Wrap  3D  text  with  surface  texture  This  video  is  a  lesson  on  how  to  wrap  your  name  on  a  golf  ball  with  3D  surface  texture.  It  is  meant  to  be  a  lesson  on  how  to  use  many  of  the  tools  in  Photoshop  Elements  so  please  don't  comment  on  how  I  took  so  long  to  do  something  very  simple.  Follow  the  steps  and  have  fun:  

1. Open a golf ball photo (Microsoft Clipart is a good place to start to look). 2. Make a circle selection around the ball using the elliptical marquee and holding the

alt/opt shift key. 3. Once you have the ball selected press ctrl/cmd J to make a new layer with just the

ball. 4. Click on the new layer (layer 1) and select 'convert to black and white' from the

Enhance menu. Select Infrared from the options. 5. Make the ball high contrast using ->Enhance ->Highlights and Shadows. 6. Make only layer 1 visible and 'save as' displacement map. Save it on your desktop so

it is easy to find. 7. Turn off layer 1 and make the original background layer visible. 8. Using the text tool and a bright color, type your name in the middle of the golf ball

using a thick font like 'stencil'. 9. Make another circular selection around your name using the elliptical marquee tool.

Using alt/opt shift will help. 10. From the Filter menu, choose ->Distort ->Spherize. Use 72. (when asked to simplify

layer, choose 'yes') 11. Ctrl/cmd D to get rid of the marching ants. 12. From the Filter menu, choose ->Distort ->Diplace. Use 4 or play with the depth by

changing the numbers, then point to the file named displacement map you saved on your desktop.

13. Change the blending mode on your text layer to 'Multiply'. 14. Ctrl/cmd click on your text layer. Marching ants will appear in the shape of your

name. 15. Press ctrl/cmd-shift-I to make an inverse of your selection. 16. Click on layer 1 (your high contrast golf ball layer). 17. Press the delete key. 18. Change the opacity of your text layer to 80. 19. Save out as a jpeg or png file. 20. Done.