How To Create Distressed Ink Bleed Text Effect in Photoshop

[@shashankshekhar3791]

The Gaussian blur + Threshold was all I was here for. Game changer thanks

[@LouisMoss]

Easy win

[@emersonmc1232]

You can also get a similar effect on Illustrator using the Image Trace tool

[@claucorderoc]

@@emersonmc1232 how can i do this on procreate? thank you!

[@arkreatives]

What's your Insta @ bro? Love to checkout ur work!🇮🇳❤️

[@nickax5342]

hugely underrated guy this is. he teaches us techniques which big guys use but never tell the secret. behind. mad respect sir 📈

[@ohIear]

blkmarkt hating you for this rn

[@DustinWilkie]

This comment is way underrated.

[@tsuki2000]

lmaooo

[@pimgamerz]

So I basically bought trash machine for nothing😂

[@ohIear]

Pim Bokhorst they literally sold you a tool that already exists lol

[@schrodingerscat5595]

@@ohIear lol that's it, now I'm excited for InkLab dropping so that Louis makes another tutorial about it ahah

[@tonybarzuna]

Bruv...i’ve been looking for this effect for like a week😭 thank u king

[@juliannakristen3203]

SAME MAN.

[@designhappens8444]

7:08 what you can do to lower that is to go back to the dialog box of the displace filter (with those options you said they "don;t really matter" ) and type the exact number of pixels of the distortion horizontal or vertical. So as you see this dialog box is much more important for this technique and is much easier to control your distortion from there than to search for the perfect picture

[@skrobert6737]

Hey great tutorial, really helpful! One thing I did notice while doing this is that there is an easier way to do that step where you make it transparent - you can go into the smart object's layer style and play around with the 'Blend If' sliders until the white bg disappears.

[@alexash5029]

thank you so much that was a life saver!!

[@cassbaldry4282]

THANK YOU for making this a tutorial. I've been trying to recreate this effect & turns out it's super easy. You're a legend :)

[@eenn0090]

thank you amigo, very generous of you! btw, love you accent 😊

[@katjabischof9266]

YOU'RE A KING, this was such a dope tutorial to follow, thankyou sm!

[@odb1612]

highly appreciate your work, your tutorials are exactly what is so hard to find

[@yakisobro]

Bro this is clean I've learned a lot from watching your tutorials, thanks 🤝

[@elishawinckel1782]

the banter made the tutorial extra spicy. great tutorial thanks!

[@keltstrogner3429]

Great video man. Cheers from Seattle USA

[@LouisMoss]

Cheers man! 💫

[@pauline4075]

8:53 hihi, gorgeous tutorial! But i am having trouble inverting it the second time. I got all layers correctly selected and everything looks exactly the same. When pressing cmd+I the second time it just goes back to where I was before pressing it the first time.

[@danielaneli_]

You have to deselect the whole object not just the layer. Invert it like in the video and then deselect the layer and the object by going to Select -> Deselect and then click on the mask and invert again.

[@beyondgirl178]

bless I was struggling

[@ryanryan2805]

I got lost with the transparency part. this is exactly what I wanted to learn but felt like it was so niche I just searched general vintage tutorials and stumbled on this. awesome tutorial.

[@SnireOner]

inverse the selection

[@joetowsey2898]

Keep up the good work Louis 👏

[@patrickpetrelli535]

this is what ive been searching for SO LONG. LOVE U M8 THANK U SO MUCH

[@danisentinella]

Louis, you are amaaaazing! Thank you so fuc*ing much for this tutorial. It took ages for me to find a tutorial that I truly understand about this style. Thank you so much. ♥️

[@Tanyxdsg]

Thank you so much! It is very helpful and amazing!!!

[@heyslody]

So easy to follow and you explained everything very clearly, thank you!

[@sciencecharity]

i was laughing much harder than i should’ve at prince andrew & the conservative party

[@SachieKikuchi]

Prince Andrews 🤣 Yup, subscribed, mate.

[@samfrodo]

absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@LouisMoss]

Glad it was helpful 🙏🏼

[@amandalimardi]

THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL!! It was helpful and very easy to follow :)

[@zxramadeit]

Your tutorials are so good, keep it up! Ilike this channel, new subscriber

[@r-e-s-o-n-a-n-t]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank ya, Boss

[@HoofCreaition]

By the way, making a selection of the black and white image could be done by command-clicking in the channels panel. Also a good place to store selections you can reuse later. That was how we did it before there were layers in Photoshop (yes, I am old). Very nice tutorial!

[@andresitovo5641]

new here, just wanted to shoutout this man for the new ace up my sleeve. good looking Louis cheers

[@LouisMoss]

my g

[@gijswaggeveld1103]

hahah prince andrew ;) nice tutorial man! Thanks

[@liliteo6018]

love it!! unconventional and so cooooool

[@lucymurray5478]

So incredibly useful!! thank you so much Louis!!!

[@LouisMoss]

AY, thank you!

[@Asanfilms]

man I don't know how to thank you. You have no IDEAA\

[@LouisMoss]

Just subscribe ;) Happy I could help!

[@Gaajuto]

Great tutorial ! thank you

[@mattlarsen]

Great tutorial. Thanks for the tips!

[@josesorto-guevara3626]

Much love as always! Thanks! from USA!

[@p2mthedirector]

Great Tutorial

[@jamcordan]

Great tutorial mate!

[@vivvygipe9605]

Thanks for this tutorial dude!

[@_nicholaspearson]

Ace work again bro 👏🏻

[@RickingtingPro]

Great work bro!! I learned a lot! great pace! (Very fast for beginners - Like me) but to the point!! nice!

[@martindrake81]

Great tutorial thank you. Really helped with my project :)

[@Sharpener00]

Thanks! Awesome tutorial

[@xxalwaysjosh]

one day when i get to make a living off of designs i'm gonna have this man and this man alone to thank

[@deddykhasrian3148]

Thanks! very nice work!

[@Maree-clurr]

Really good tutorial - i think it's really important to explain why your doing things and you did just that! - thank you :)

[@DanielaAlarconilustracion]

thank you so much for this

[@jdouguspsa]

this was exactly what i was looking for thank u

[@Farflung.Studio]

Wooow so good!

[@T3ddy96]

Haha love the thumbnail CITY SODA CLUB!

[@LouisMoss]

Xx

[@jshep9176]

cheers bro, super helpful. Liked and subscribed!

[@LouisMoss]

Nice one, Cheers!

[@user-sn5li8ho1z]

Thank youu! I would reeally appreciate a video explaining the workflow using this technique:)

[@LEYGSL]

This tutorial was the one! Thanks

[@raymondpcowie101]

Of course, you can also click on the text tool, then put your cursor between any two letters, hold down alt and use the arrow keys to bring individual letters closer or further apart...

[@TheKantraxx]

Thanks for this tutorial! Super useful

[@withloveharlow]

sick.! Thanks so much

[@EX0DVS]

this is a great tutorial but im having issue on one thing. >press Ctrl + I to invert. no issue >invert the image again. it wont do it. i keep pressing Ctrl + I and it doesnt change anything

[@LouisMoss]

Make sure the right layers/masks are selected when inverting? Might be that

[@rachelletraveller2920]

I'm having the same issue, followed everything step by step but that is the last step and it is so annoying lol

[@danielaneli_]

@@rachelletraveller2920 You have to deselect the whole object not just the layer. Invert it like in the video and then deselect the layer and the object by going to Select -> Deselect and then click on the mask and invert again.

[@riottkicks2258]

the shade towards the conservatives made me subscribe lmfaooo

[@julias1211]

Ur a genius thank u sooo much

[@googleuser6357]

Is there any way to apply the threshold adjustment to just one layer? When I click on "clip to layer" it is supposed to apply the adjustment only to the layer below it, but instead the effect is completely removed for all the layers.

[@amatullah4819]

having the same problem rn

[@haqimdanial]

Found a solution. Erase the threshold layer on the area you don’t want to be thresholded.

[@sophiabaligad8877]

Hi I'm not too familiar with working with masks, could I just do select the black text with the color range tool and do layer>create new layer from selection?

[@edouardfrid2637]

What's the name of the font did you use please ?

[@chrispysaid]

He said "drop a little threshold on" for those of you wondering what he did after blurring Also important and not made very clear: you want to save the gritty displacement map as a .PSD file

[@leonardborch2913]

thanks so much for the .PSD file tip

[@LOVEYOURSla]

WHERE CAN I FIND THE FONT

[@Lawdhavemercyyy]

Dafont

[@hoangvuong9747]

you can make rough effect with shorter steps by using displace grunge texture or something else

[@coletonwiseman]

why whever I do this the threshold doesnt pop up even when i pick it imi so confused

[@rodlamagie94]

Why when I threshold the text, it turns pixelized? Yours so smooth and clean

[@mitchowk]

you need to have a background for it to work, not just transparent :)

[@victoria7251]

i can do everything but the last step lmao i cant for the life of me get this thing to invert like yours

[@gereon5601]

I have the same problem

[@sodabio261]

same here, can't make it transparent

[@aceastro]

Lmao me rn

[@danielaneli_]

You have to deselect the whole object not just the layer. Invert it like in the video and then deselect the layer and the object by going to Select -> Deselect and then click on the mask and invert again.

[@afroboy256]

thank you

[@Ahaaaa_]

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHH

[@keto9423]

Thank you!

[@blndpgnstd]

best font for this?

[@LouisMoss]

Druk!

[@TheHannahbanna123]

King!

[@andrewgalaviz9453]

For those of you who might be on procreate you can Gaussian blur then use the select tool to fill the text as you desire then overlay a texture on top of the text layer :)

[@kylemclaughlin8582]

got a new sub lad

[@marferreira5939]

hi! great job Loulou, heres one of my issues... im importing an illustration as a smart object from AI and im not quite getting the effect, it shows the gaussian but when im applying threshold it seems nothing is going on there...any idea why that might be?

[@mitchowk]

you need to have a background for it to work, not just transparent :)

[@Anophis]

nice stuff man

[@cordexAE]

this is fucking awesome dude omg

[@CoachKolton]

Every time I put the adjustment threshold on, nothing happens or the text itself disappears.

[@TeerdKrepp]

ty!

[@MrLuca323]

Thank u so much Luis, it's awesome but can u re-upload the first texture for the displace map, (it was deleted from unsplash) thanks.

[@hectorges]

Could you upload the first one texture in google drive? it is not available now :(

[@ravialhafiidh]

si jelas tuh caranya, si paham bgt paham

[@sofnadra3476]

Ay me cuesta un montón entender este ajajjaja entre no saber ingles y que tampoco se tanto de Photoshop.. pero igual está buenísimo!

[@sampassim]

8:51 when I try to invert the mask again it just removes the text

[@camilledb4026]

Hey! Amazing tutorial, very clear! One question tho, when I try to do it, I have a problem at distort -> displace: when I choose an image I saved as a psd, PS is displaying an error message "this document wasnt done on PS, impossible to import"... Anyone knows to solution to that? Thanks!!!!!

[@fridasnote]

i'm trying to do this on an edit i'm working on except when i try selecting the text and treshold it tresholds my entire work? idk what to do abt this

[@ttttonio]

do you know how i would be able to change the color after the threshold if possible???

[@Sl33pyfox3s]

When I put on the threshold adjustment, my type gets ragged/pixelated edges instead of smooth like yours. any idea of what im doing wrong?

[@murria683]

i love you louis

[@bloodyharprecords4910]

Liked and subscribed. Great content! Wheres that file(;

[@sashamugs]

let's start off by writing something dirty, *writes prince andrew* hahahahah

[@jordanweston9670]

How are you able to go back to your gaussian blur and edit it so easily ?

[@LouisMoss]

Double click on the text ‘Gaussian blur’ on your layer and it will pop up

[@jordanweston9670]

@@LouisMoss thanks heaps man :)!

[@itsblkworld]

Can we have a tutorial on how to cut scanned stuff for next content? Just like how you do to your post on Instagram (a pict of label)

[@arneverlinde5910]

When i go to filter I dont see a button with distort on it...what's up with that? :)

[@7barsofchocolate]

banger video

[@angelocristobal8065]

thanks for the tutorial bro! i really helpful, keep it up! hope you notice me. I'm from philippines and learning some cool graphic arts.

[@jennifernkana2845]

idk if photoshop has updated since then, but my photoshop isn’t doing what his does when he does the threshold thing? it just keeps on being so blurry? how did he do that?

[@mitchowk]

you need to have a background for it to work, not just transparent :)

[@motomiless]

What’s the font u used? Is it on type kit?

[@LouisMoss]

Druk, Don't think it is

[@motomiless]

Louis Moss is there a way to download it? Maybe link it in the description?

[@veins9128]

@@motomiless its a paid font you can find it if you search druk font

[@miamarie5181]

www.onlinewebfonts.com/download/2206d6cc490084998d531e8c1b2cbb4a thats where i downloaded this font from

[@shorecery]

Any reason why my text is staying blurred even when I add the threshold? My bg is thresholding but not my text... Tried clipping the threshold layer to the text and still got nothing.

[@LouisMoss]

Is the threshold later above the text layer?

[@finalskater]

you need to have a background image for the threshold to apply!

[@whothennow24]

How come gausian blur + threshold doesn't work on lines, like frame lines? I have thin lines I'm trying to put this ink-bleed effect on, but the threshold slider doesn't change a thing.

[@LouisMoss]

Maybe its too thin? Also try making it a smart object first - Hope that helps!