[cant make threshold adjustment on blurred text]

On 7/4/2022 at 7:27 AM, NotMyFault said:

Thanks for sharing the link.

you can achieve this effect in Photo by adding 3 filters / adjustments to the text layer in masking position:

1. gaussian blur filter, set radius to taste
2. Curves adjustment, select alpha channel, drag right node to the left
3. ripple distortion filter, set radius to taste, and click with mouse to the point where you want the center to be

Hope that  you have all the bits and pieces to get this working for you.

thank you so much for your help!

[cant make threshold adjustment on blurred text]

17 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

Unfortunately this will not work In this case.

• the pixel layer with text has probably been created by applying Gaussian blur (destructively).
• the blur leads to all pixels becoming blurred, but only on alpha channel. The color is pure black for all pixels in that layer. (Both black text, and all invisible pixels with full transparency)
• the threshold adjustment works on color only, not on alpha. So it has no effect on the text layer at all.
• when on top, the lower layer will produce 100% alpha for all pixel in the canvas, thus the TH will start to work.

The main question to @artist01 is what you want to achieve by your workflow, why blur and then use threshold? If you can explain what you want, we can show other ways to achieve this.

you could use a levels adjustment, select alpha channel, reduce white level. This will bring more pixels to full opacity, but keep the fully transparent. It depends on the radius of Gaussian blur if the result is what you want.

i wanted to recreate the effect on this video 

 

[cant make threshold adjustment on blurred text]

Hello, i have encountered the problem that i can't do text properly one by one with the treshhold ajustment. If i put a blur filter on a black text and then put treshhold on it, nothing happens. If I set the treshhold ajustment layer to the top, the desired effect is created, but then the entire image including the text contains treshhold. For what reason should this not work with the text individually.