It took me 25 years to figure this out in Photoshop!

[@DennisBLee]

this is the coolest thing i've ever seen done in photoshop, and i've been using it every day for 15 years

[@AyyyyyyyyyLmao]

That's because you only learn this after 25 years.

[@bhraandan]

@@AyyyyyyyyyLmao 😂

[@velvetbees]

20 years here. I have rarely used the Photoshop stock filters. It's like the programmers knew what they were doing when they added them.

[@simonbolzdotcom]

In case you can't get it to work like in the video, check for the file settings for the displacement map. Under Preferences > File Handling the checkbox for "Disable Compression of PSD and PSB Files" needs to be checked. And "Maximize PSD and PSB File Compability" needs to be "Always". Then it worked like a charm for me. Thanks so much for the tutorial! Bringing PS to another level.

[@МаринаГерасимова-ь2т]

Thank u a lot!!!

[@inktrooper.]

Holy Shit! I've been trying to do this for ten years! Can't believe This channel is as underappreciated as it is!

[@Texturelabs]

Awesome thanks Humberto!

[@pixelandbracket]

Holy magic.

[@brandoncueto]

This is just gold. I have been messing with Photoshop for more than 10 years it never even occured to me you could do something like this. Now this is a Photoshop channel.

[@khirobakh6835]

You need 15 years more to figure out things like this lol

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

OK

[@PrinceWesterburg]

I got 29 years on PhotoShop but I use 3D software to do this - there's an image feedback an displacement trick you can do in most 3D software that does stuff like this, I use it for creating animated planet atmospheres.

[@joshgunn2941]

How on God’s green earth do you figure this stuff out jaja. So cool.

[@Texturelabs]

Haha... I definitely get obsessed with a certain filter, like displace, then just keep messing with it endlessly...

[@joshgunn2941]

@@Texturelabs I love it ! I just recently learned how to use displacement a little bit for textures and I love what can be achieved with it.

[@animation01boy]

hahaha same thought never imagined he would arrive till here with all the steps involved

[@aditisingh6762]

You need 25 years practise

[@Ocer.]

Haha i think you made a type when writing "haha" xD

[@Leroy1]

I've never actually been more convinved to subscribe to a channel in my life. Very good and useful videos.

[@Texturelabs]

Very cool, that's a nice compliment!

[@Jung2-samanhudisound]

same here, never seen technique like this, very creative, i hit like button when he asking, and subscribed at the end of video, need to watch other video from his channel

[@Jung2-samanhudisound]

@@Texturelabs Thanks for this tutorial, very pleasant to see and hear

[@andrespoch1]

MIND BLOWING, this is SO GOOD. Been trying for ages to find a good way to do watercolor and this is perfect.

[@Texturelabs]

Haha right on... I seriously have been trying to figure it out for years too!

[@poprip]

I've been using photoshop for 25 years as well, and this tutorial made me so excited! It's been years since I've been that excited about a new technique in Photoshop! Your channel and website are a treasure trove!!

[@IsabelA-hp9yt]

Can I just say that this channel is everything I have ever been searching up and could never find? Thank you!

[@TakeNoteMusic]

How in the world did you figure this out? Simply incredible use of the general math and concepts behind each function in PS to create something totally unique. Hats off.

[@narfman11]

This is the most sophisticated tutorial on Photoshop graphics that one can find on KZbin.

[@bigogle]

This vid was just algorithmed to me. The noise part of the displace layer *really* makes this! Beautiful discovery.

[@santospoland]

Thank you for stacking the command sequence on-screen, finally someone is doing this. It took me years to find someone who does this! I just subscribed. If this video is any indication I can't wait for what else you can show us. Very cool and you know that what you did is just crazy - it's too good!

[@lukasengqvist]

I'm a teacher for some years, and wanted to say Love the way you teach… great examples packed with some deep learning of principles in a tight tutorial that is accessible to a wide level of users. Will share with students and other teachers :) Great work keep it up (spent the evening do a marathon of 8 in a row :) )

[@Texturelabs]

Very nice to hear that from a teacher, thank you!

[@blakeschwier]

I don't know if I could love this more... WOW THANK YOU!

[@petrilampela]

I've been using Photoshop almost daily since 1996 when there weren't even LAYERS on the freaking app and I'm just continuously blown away by these tutorials. THANK YOU!!!

[@trollenz]

Photoshop 2.0 on a floppy disk... Just the fact having a colour scan of a photo on your computer was mind blowing by then... Good old times.

[@light8697]

I do 3d modelling, and i love reconstruct the original texture, your channel is a blessing, thanks

[@UnDo75]

Dude! seriously one of the best and clever custom effect I ever saw! Im a motion graphic artist who use After Effects and i'll try to transfert the concept to After Effect by stacking a displacement effect, but I can always use this technic in Photoshop and make a image sequence. Thanks for your work!

[@dannyweerasethakul2559]

Next time I get an order for photographic edition I'll sign the work with your name for giving you all the credit of it...AMAZING

[@sweplifes]

I Can't stress this enough, your tutorials are so freaking awesome. I'm thankful to find a 25 yrs of experience master in photoshop so glad and willing to share all the secrets that take quite a few years to master. Thanks once again for all your amazing tutorials.

[@Texturelabs]

You got it man... Appreciate the comment, that's really cool.

[@tajmccall]

I've been using photoshop for 20 years and just stumbled on your channel. Instantly did the patreon deal. Love the psd files for a quick reminder. Some of the best tutorials i have ever seen. Thank you!

[@humanrich]

When you added the drop shadow with 0 opacity: wtf are you doing. When you explained it: *claps*

[@chrisbedwards]

You can't teach that level of PS greatness. The man simply has a gift.

[@gavlang]

I still don't get it. Why can't he just raster the text layer?

[@StillOnTrack]

@@gavlang I think because he didn't need a "Rasterize Layer" command, but a "Rasterize Layer Style" command which only happens of you have a style to rasterize. If that's the case then it might work with other styles set to 0% opacity as well.

[@arceyominyin]

Every time I think I know enough about photoshop to call myself an expert, I come across people like this... Fine, take my subscribe sir... you've earned it...

[@Alexmaystudio]

I’ve been a Retoucher for 13 years and would never have thought to try doing something like this. Kudos!

[@himanshusindhu6505]

Man that's not the skill, that's LOVE ❤, the real love for photoshop and graphics designing.

[@LMBECIL]

just pressed the record action button and started feeling nervous, holy cow, respects on how much flow you have working on this!

[@michaeloliverriley3569]

OMG stacking the steps in clear n precise manner is the best out of all the tutorial adobe videos ive watched! thanks, so many times i have had to go back n back n back on yooutube to catch what is said and done! you rule man!

[@Taterfried]

Set at half speed and you can actually follow along.

[@teamjackedsolutions8465]

When Brady said "it's all original techniques that you won't find anywhere else", I thought to myself, that really is the truest statement. Thanks Brady, I appreciate your work and willingness to teach.

[@lurid_phaesporia]

This is pure alchemy

[@trollenz]

I'm not in the field anymore, but 25 years is about the time I've started to use Photoshop as well... This action is state of the art, it is truly mind-blowing. Thanks, wonderful channel.

[@paullangford6360]

I'm near to tears ♥

[@juangomezw]

Dude! watching your videos is like experiencing photoshop for the first time again!! Thanks for the knowledge shared!!

[@purplehelm8853]

Where has your channel been my whole entire life?? +Subscribed

[@michaelmccrory2220]

What wizardry is this... How on earth do you think, how does your mind work, if I do this, then add that and then click here, alter those. How ever you dream and create these techniques, they are brilliant! 👍

[@Texturelabs]

Ha, appreciate that! It's a surprising amount of staring at the screen waiting for light bulbs to show up....

[@Milkjiest]

I dont do much graphic design in photoshop, but I paint a lot on it. Watch me now incorporate this technique to every new painting I do 😭

[@urbanchili]

I have no words! I been doing this with brushes, but never got the effect I wanted, for 20 years!

[@ZsH85]

finally a watercolour effect they should make this as a filter or brush

[@Bgamer011]

My goodness, i realized i need to explore filters way more now. This have me chills, amazing video

[@jumparoundjon]

Your tutorials are definitely the best on KZbin for how to work with type in PS. I'm a photographer, and (obviously) use PS for my photography editing work. But I also design t-shirts as a side gig, and I've always struggled to do much with manipulating text in PS until I happened upon your tutorials. I was pretty much resigned to having to pony up for a sub for Illustrator, but I'm pretty sure everything I could want to do is covered in your excellent videos. I'm going to sub to your Patreon instead, because your tutorials really are priceless (even if I have to watch them at quarter-speed to be able to follow what you're doing!) Anyway, keep up the good work and thanks for all the hard work you put into this.

[@amandaharrisaltice5582]

LOL... what sorcery is this.... You are a Photoshop Magician. Thanks for sharing!! Super rad effect.

[@TheKuldi]

This is some hight level wizardry right here

[@edwincarlcapalla]

BRUH, I work with photoshop almost everyday and finding these kinds of tutorials makes my giddy. Thank you!

[@State7Studio]

You are a real genius man! I always loved coming up with new ways to make popular effect, i even have some crazy techniques on some tuts on my channel. Thanks for sharing your techniques man❤️.

[@Texturelabs]

No problem.... Just checked out your channel, totally! That advanced glow is rad.

[@MisterWorx]

omg! I used to use displacement maps all the time back in the 90's. Now I see where I can start using 'em again!

[@cagrdemirors5155]

Teacher: dont worry guys the exam will be easy Exam:

[@РАВИЛЬХАКИМОВ-з2ы]

A very elegant solution. You are the master.

[@Texturelabs]

Thanks for the kind words, always something new to learn and figure out here...

[@SHADOWEDINSHRED]

I was stuck on this for a little bit, so i'm just letting anyone know who ran into this issue (because I was listening to the video and not watching). At 5:35 he says to change the Output Level don't change the Input Level. I changed the Input Level at first and was left with a really ugly and contrasty look. After using the Output Level it worked out perfectly.

[@CascadoFaboo]

God bless you for this comment.

[@sergio1991M]

I can almost tell you have experience with 3d, everything is so procedural, so thoughtful, and so ingenious. I've been using photoshop for 12 years now but I rarely came across something this interesting. How you juggle every effect and filter so intuitively is beyond me. Gold mine. Subscribed and a big huge thanks for sharing this knowledge.

[@yvonneyoung6691]

THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL I'VE EVER SEEN ANY WHERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WATCHING THIS FOR FREE. Thank you so much for your work！

[@ekimguneykose8730]

There is a a lot of stuff and features waiting to be discovered in photoshop. the possibilities are endless. Thank you for this.

[@maxruebensal]

Insane tutorial! Now someone has to translate that into after effects and make a video effect out of it :D

[@rickdalessandro882]

I've been using PS for over 25 years and have tried to figure this out with a big fat fail... Your video is amazing. Your delivery and instruction are superb! I thoght I knew it all!! Thanks to you I know a little bit more... I'm humbled! Thanks so much!!!! I liked and subed...

[@Sparrowlicious-01]

Meanwhile as a traditional artist who likes watercolor: this bleeding is the one thing I fear *cries forever*

[@ardd.c.8113]

Use those tears for optimal bleeding effects

[@bakedpotato9120]

I really love how you approach and teach stuff about photoshop. You do things out of curiosity, and BAMMM, you get to discover cool stuff!!! That's really impressive‼

[@procrasti86]

Give me 50 years and I won't come up with anything remotely as cool as this

[@Doffu]

Absolutely Boss! I've discovered some weird trick of my own over the last decades but nothing like this!

[@thewhiskeyjack12]

Hey, Brady, this looks so cool! But I seem to be missing something 😅I now rebuilt this action 4 times, (even reinstalled photoshop in English lol ) trying to copy every step exactly as you showed. And yet I never get these watery and runny textures. First time running the action it looks pretty similar to your first round. Then I get ever darker ink blobs which at some point turn completely black, with only some of the color shining through at the edges. Any idea where I mess up?

[@Texturelabs]

Ah that sounds really frustrating! I definitely want to try to help get it working... thinking the problem could be one of two things: The Levels adjustment at 5:30 should be what makes each application of the effect a little bit lighter. Check that part (you can always double click the step in the action panel to edit it) and make sure it's the Black Output level that gets set to 30, and not the Black Input level. Otherwise, the action also uses the Darken blending mode in a bunch of places... I think if any of those were set to Multiply instead of Darken, it would probably create the same problem you're running into. I hope it's one of those two things, but if not, send me an email - address is in the About section of the channel - and I'll help solve it!

[@thewhiskeyjack12]

@@Texturelabs Yessss!! It was the level-adjustment. As suspected, the problem was sitting 30 cm in front of the screen lol Thanks a lot for your help and please keep up the awesomeness. You're teaching some beautiful sorcery here ❤️

[@Q_20]

Wow. Just wow.

[@_J_P]

Yeah, all I can say is thank YOU, thanks youtube algorithm 😍

[@Sanguivore]

As someone who's been using Photoshop for most of my life, you just absolutely blew my mind. This is astrounding!

[@CraigKeene]

In the amount of time it took to set the “action”, I learned to speak fluent Cantonese. Way to dig deep! Thanks for sharing. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@patriciaaiken]

hahahahahaha, excellent

[@HDZ274]

This is definitely what 25 years of Photoshop experience looks like. Bravo, you are insane.

[@tonickmoss]

This blew my mind honestly. I have been using photoshop for about same time, (20 years) The final result is so realistic its ridiculous.!

[@johanperjus616]

This is insane, I would NEVER have guessed that was all digital, looks so authentic and analog ... Why Adobe hasen’t hired you as an PS Evangelist yet is beyond me ...

[@imagicarealm]

Excellent video! I've been playing with PS for 25 years too and this never occurred to me either! Well done! Great teaching method too, very clear and concise!

[@rofluke]

Been using Photoshop for many many years and this just blew my mind. Bravo sir

[@kerenskiykerenskiy6159]

Sir, your channel is a wonderful example of useful knowledge...my respect to you

[@widhidewangga]

This is crazy! What a genius man. This could be an Adobe Photoshop Masterclass channel

[@marshahilton200]

I love how you write out what you are doing in detail off to the side! Very helpful for newbies like me

[@Texturelabs]

Ah that's good to hear! Always hesitant to cloud up the screen, but it even helps me to try to make it super linear

[@austinpeete]

wow.... this might be one of the most comprehensive lessons on photoshop i've ever had

[@TheHotdogcheese]

and i thought i dig enough photoshop features, but this, this is the dark alley

[@vitorenes]

Been using PS since 1995. This is one of the most amazing effects I've seen. Subbed, liked and I will share the heck out of it. You're my new PS hero.

[@pottergeist]

25yrs to figured this out?? You coul've just watched this video dude!

[@jollyvivi]

This is the only PS tutorial channel in which I get right in the very first attempt !! You are the best :-) The list of commands that you put on the screen is really helpful !

[@cms4Lena]

Thank you! You are sincere and handsome person. I have learned from you this trick in 25 minutes, which lasted from you 25 years. This can be animated as well. You deserve Adobe Oscar! Thus you made the world better.

[@Texturelabs]

Ha nice, thank you!

[@klam_art]

I can't believe how easy it is to replicate that effect you discovered. Just wow! Thank you so much!

[@poetcurious]

Ok, so every flyer I design from today onwards will have bleeding text! Thank you! I LOVE this effect and it’s so persuasive as a genuine ink bleed! Bravo!! 👏👏👏

[@CAT-2323]

This reminds me of a video game speed run trick. So detailed and precise that it’s impressive it was ever discovered.

[@michelefumagalli81]

Super useful, also this tutorial has made me more confident with stuff like setting repeatable actions. I've benn messing around also with the displacement map to see what kind of effects were possibile. I found that we can cut in half and mirror the clouds in the displacement map to have a Rorschach like effect. Also you can make stuff like letters appear in the bleed by filling the object that we want to make appear in neutral gray and by adding an internal black glow (add noise after).

[@pnbart54]

this chap is good. he has a niche. not too fast not too slow and not over excited. and none of the fantasy stuff of maidens kissing oversized wolves under a blood red moon. one of the top explainers out there. and generous with his resources.

[@JeremyWWWWW]

Well, I've been using Photoshop since before it had layers. No kidding. I've come up with more than a few custom effects over the years, but nothing like this. Your use of min and max to smooth detail is brilliant.

[@SSHK237]

Oh Man!!! Why haven't I watched this before? This is incredibaly smart! I cab well understand the final result as I worked with color inks and enjoyed the magic of spreading and bleeding of colors in my illustrations in the 70s! KZbin must think of awarding the 'Most Smart Guru' ... you deserve it Brady!!

[@unattended129]

The real-world applications of this are just unreal. So amazing.

[@bjcronje]

This is really nifty and looks beautiful when animated

[@PaulSmithVPS]

I rarely ever see something that is this level of sheer amazingness! Congrats, and thanks for sharing. WOW.

[@anassy204]

You have blown my mind, Mr. Brady.. Thank you

[@Cxntrxl]

my god ive been using this program for 3 and a half years (not as long as some of you other guys) and ive wanted do do this sorta thing for so long. you're certainly a genius my friend!

[@marshallalmeidaArt]

I have older versions of PS and I was still able to make this action work in CS5 and CS6! Very cool!

[@bensellick31]

That's completely insane. It's like you're redoing the steps nature does, inside the program. incredible.

[@luckyfriend007]

ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED CHANNEL. PERIOD.

[@187designz]

this channel is pure GOLD!!!! another great tut! thank you!!!

[@anewdifferent3320]

Insane technique...love it

[@pepemapache]

Been using photoshop for 25 years as well and I did a similar effect using displacement maps, noise and gaussian blur, but this has a much better result. Thank you for posting this

[@sybillesterk402]

Wow. First time in a VERY long time that I see a tutorial and think, yeah, this is great. Most tutorials are directed at beginners or mid level users, this is a whole new level. Thanks!

[@srbhanja]

This is the most beautiful Photoshop tutorial i have ever seen. Water color Simulation of Photoshop looks 99.9% natural. Thank you for sharing this secret thesis. This can be a PHD subject for a mathemeatics student.

[@albertsitoe7340]

Um sir you are a God! As an educator, I think that this content is pure gold!

[@sikliztailbunch]

I work with photoshop occasionally since I am a 3D artist. So it´s not my main tool but part of the toolbox for more than 20 years now and when I saw the title I genuinely didn´t expect something as cool as this. Kudos for the patience to come up with this. And thanks a lot for giving it away for free! I haven´t discovered you earlier but this video was an instant sub :-)

[@Texturelabs]

Thank you! Cool ya this kind of approach came from working in 3d, where you gotta figure everything out with a more calculated approach. Appreciate it!

[@Landeville]

I have used photoshop for 20 years (10 professionally) and my mind Is totally blown! Displacement map on clouds, Who could have guessed.

[@Texturelabs]

Very cool... That's the nice thing about all of us experimenting with photoshop right? Somebody's gotta try everything!