Displacement Effect?

[Aniki]

Hey guys, I want to make my sigs better, but I never knew how to do some things, like this cool effect:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/338/hulkf.png
I'm talking about the displacement effect, around the outline of Hulk. If someone knows how to, tell me please :P

[jango]

When I've done stuff like that I've used a decent font (from somewhere like 1001freefonts.com (http://www.1001freefonts.com/)), and taken a direct copy of the main picture and applied effects/renders to it (masking out any areas I want to exclude). If you've got a decent alpha or blur effect tool then you can do all sorts of cool things either manually or applying an effect automatically. Using shadow to blend awkward crops can be helpful too ofc, esp when you break up a lot of graphics and/or text .. I never worry about how many layers I have, just if it works or not hehe.

.. that's my two penny's worth anyways ..

[LemonRising]

Well I found this tutorial: Displacement Effect Tutorial Francesco Mugnai (http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2009/11/displacement-effect-tutorial/)

Haven't tried it myself, but hopefully it helps you : D

[Charlotte]

Sometimes it depend on software that you use.

if you use photoshop then download this tutorial Computer Arts - Displacement effects (http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d__and__photoshop/displacement_effects)

if you use gimp then check this Gimp Tutorial - Displacement Water Reflection Tutorial | Gimp Tutorials Wisdom (http://www.gimp.wisdomplug.com/category/Effects/gimp-tutorial---displacement-water-reflection-tutorial/)