Ripple effect - non circular

[zaphodikus]

I'm looking for a ripple effect, like the reflection effect plugin I guess, but not a reflection at all.

I'm wanting to make a piece of paper look just slightly real and wavy, just a tiny bit. there used to be a plugin but that was like a decade ago and deadlinks to an external site.

I'm looking for a gently wave, perhaps like a flag effect, but super slight just enough to make a piece of old paper look a bit realistic. Is making a bigger image and using reflection, then trimming it down again the best bet?

[Pixey]

Well, there is a tutorial on a waving flag:

 

 

 

Also, there is a neat Water Reflection Plugin:

 

 

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Have a look at Sine Wave Distort