: How to make this 3D photo wall effect in Photoshop? How can I create a photo wall effect similar to this with Photoshop CS6? I tried with Warp, but it looks so bad and it's nowhere near

@Jamie315

You could also do it like this.



So I have bunch of layers that form the grid of images.





To give it flexibility, I put them into a Smart Object



Then from the top menu Edit > Free Transform ( ...or Windows: Ctrl+T Mac: Cmd+T )

In the Free Transform toolbar at the top, click Warp modes icon



On the left side, from the warp dropdown, select Bulge.



Add minus value to the bend, and you're pretty much done.

Make sure the orientation is correct, by clicking the Warp orientation icon on the left side of Bend.


...at this point it looks like this


You can also add horizontal distortion, if you want to.

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@Debbie163

Joonas's answer is on the money, but another method is to use Distort > Displace:

The input is another .psd that acts as a displacement map. The red channel controls horizontal distortion, and green controls vertical. Neutral gray means no movement, white = up/left, black = down/right. By setting a couple of gradients across the channels you can get pretty close:

Input Displacement map:



Input Grid:



Output:



If you're willing to use Imagemagick, I recommend it. As in this question, it has a cylindrical distortion that matches what you need perfectly.

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@Murray976

The warp is the only way you're going to get this effect. Edit -> Transform -> Warp on the image layer.

For example starting with this:



You can end up with a result like the following, using only the warp tool, you just need to get the wrap points right. Also you might need to add a dark shadow in the centre at the bend.

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