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Beyond Patreon (Tutorial Ideas?)
Well, so far, so good with the switch to Non-Patreon Texturelabs :)Just as a reminder, repeat billing here has been turned off, so you shouldn't see any charges from Patreon. I'll wait until the end of this month to actually unpublished the Patreon page - in case there's any funny business with Patreon, I want to be able to access my dashboard here!I'm excited for the future and am already looking forward to 2024. My goal is to keep Texturelabs thriving with new free textures and tutorials as the core of the project. Extra empha...
Just about to push the new site live...
Hi everyone, been a long day of dotting I's and crossing T's - now it's a matter of crossing my fingers and hoping everything works with the new site...However, I did want to send you a quick note before the month ends (in about 20 minutes here!)Payments on Patreon are turned off, and it's set to not accept any new members, but I'm not deactivating the whole thing quite yet. First, I figured I'll make sure it all works.Plus a few more details I'll send out to you early next week!There are still exactly 30 Patrons who...
Thank you!! (And a word of safety advice)
Hey everyone,Getting close to the end of the month and I just wanted to send out a quick video with a huge THANK YOU for being part of the Texturelabs Patreon! As you likely know, at the end of this month, the project will shift entirely off of Patreon. It's a bittersweet moment - however, as mentioned in the video, it’s not goodbye - just a goodbye to the Patreon platform.I'll follow up at the end of the week before pulling the Patreon circuit breaker, but here's what to anticipate as the month wraps up this Friday, Dec 1st: Bill...
Last month of Texturelabs Patreon!!
Happy Halloween!!!A couple fun things to share with you guys, but first - November starts tomorrow... Yikes, the last month of Patreon!!!UPDATE ON THE MOVE OFF OF PATREONI created a long Q&A post with all of the details of the switch off of Patreon. It’s a bit wordy by Texturelabs standards, but I wanted to make sure there was a place where everything was spelled out for anyone with questions.Here’s the main thing - THANK YOU!!! I really cannot express enough gratitude for your support of the Texturelabs project. There is NO WAY I could hav...
New Things on New Texturelabs!
Hey everyone,Some cool items to share with you as the month wraps up!I’m gonna throw caution into the wind and see if I can deliver them to you via a secret Patreon-only version of the updated website:https://staging2.texturelabs.org/It's currently password-protected, but I’ve created a login for all active Patrons (as of Thursday, Sept 28th at 2PM PST) using the following: Email: the email address associated with your Patreon account Password: your email address before the “@domain.com” partNOTE: I imported all Patreon users on Thu...
August Update - 3 more months on Patreon!
Hey everyone, hope you're well! It turned out August was the month that I finally caught THE BUG...First-time Covid-getter here, so it pretty much wiped two weeks off right the face of the Earth! Feeling better now and I did my best to catch up on messages, but apologies if you reached out to me and it slipped through the cracks. The brain fog is clearing up and I’m around now :)Outside of that, I’m really looking forward to getting back to textures and tutorials. However, first I've gotta get everything sorted out to finalize the b...
July 2023 - Automatic Texturelabs!
Hey everyone,Hope you had a fantastic July. A few Texturelabs creations that I’m excited to share. I’ve been continuing to go through the techniques/tutorials catalog with the goal of jam-packing each of them into a template, plugin, preset for tight deadlines.This month - PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS! I love building these things - they’re like simple little machines, where the goal is to achieve an adaptable result using the most clever techniques I can muster. I’ll attach each of these at the bottom of this post.1) GLOW STATE: Photoshop ActionA...
June 2023: Two Brand New Texturelabs Tools - Patreon Bonus!
Hey everyone, Wrapping up the month with a couple of brand new goods for you to check out!Texturelabs Distressor for PhotoshopAs you might know, I’ve been trying to convert many of the Texturelabs tutorials into more accessible templates. While revisiting the old pre-2020 GrungeStamp tutorial, a bunch of new ideas started sparking. The result, I’m excited to announce, is the Texturelabs Distressor Photoshop Plugin!I love this thing so far. With just a few sliders and switches, you can create endless custom weathered grungy looks - from subt...
New Tutorial Alert! + Summer Plans...
Hey everyone,Alright, finally wrapped up this new tutorial! That was a nasty bug going around - I think my voice is still a little rough in the video, but what can you do?EXPAND YOUR MIND with Psychedelic Radial Displacement in After Effects!I hope the After Effects users enjoy this one. Of particular interest is the focus on using the Red/Green Channels. This video highlights just one path you can take, but getting control over those channels opens up all kind of interesting possibilities.VIEW ON TEXTURELABSVIEW ON YOUTUBEI’ll attach the pro...
May 2023: 101 New Textures + Next up...
Hey everyone,Hope you’re looking forward to the summer! Here’s the latest from the lab:Very soon: Next-Level Displacement Maps - AE Tutorial!I was aiming to have this tutorial wrapped up for this update, but I caught a bug this month though that knocked out my voice and threw off my whole flow! I’m just about clear now and I think I can get this one recorded and cut next week - keep an eye out...ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NEW TEXTURES!It turned out to be a great reason to really focus on the textures this month - I don’t think I’ve ever hit ...
April 2023: Illustration Tutorial Prerelease, Gradient Maps and more!
Hope you’ve had a great month of April! New tutorial alert, gradient maps, new textures, and all the rest below….NEW PRERELEASE TUTORIAL:The ultimate Photoshop challenge - creating detailed, convincing illustrations with no tablet and only general drawing skills!We'll take a crack at it with a tool that's long been the weapon of choice for illustrators with a refined skill set: the Smudge Tool. The key for us mortals is getting set up with the right brush... Let me know what you think!View on TexturelabsView on YoutubeSCI-FI TONES G...
March 2023 Wrap-up + Instant Custom Neon!!
Hey everyone,Hope the month of March wrapped up nicely for you. Here's the latest at the lab!1) NEW!! Texturelabs Neon Yard: Action for PhotoshopI’ve been putting some energy into building out a few more Texturelabs Tools that will show up on the next round of updates to the site. This one is pretty fun! A Photoshop Action to generate custom neon sign and shape elements:My goal was to create an easy-to-use action for great results without churning out tons of confusing layers and folders. Let me know if you give it a test drive and have a...
New Prerelease - Animated Ink Bleed!
Hey everyone, Just finished uploading a new one!ADVANCED BLEEDING INK in AFTER EFFECTSWe’re diving back into CC Time Blend FX, the “Secret Effect of After Effects”, which continues to be both the most confusing and the most awesome effect in After Effects! So confusing/awesome that you have to jump through a few hoops just to use it.VIEW ON YOUTUBEVIEW ON TEXTURELABSI love this application of the effect though. It’s a video that’s been on my list for a very long time. This technique actually came before, and was the original inspirati...
February 2022 Wrap-Up: Vintage Ink and More...
Hey everyone, hope you're well! Couple quick updates:NEW TEXTURES - BEHIND THE SCENES - CMYK ULTRACHROME UPDATEQuality over quantity this month... 14 new textures, and I gotta say, these are some of my favorites so far. A few HIGHLIGHTS:Grunge 296: One of several super detailed vintage screen print texturesGrunge 301: A general grunge for subtle printed inky distressInkPaint 370: Works great as a hand-painted mask.BEHIND THE SCENES: Screen Print TexturesHere's what I'm most excited about: In keeping with the Vintage T Shirt theme th...
New Tutorial Prerelease: VINTAGE TEES in Photoshop!
Hey everyone,First, thank you for the feedback and messages on the longer-term shift off of Patreon. Lots of valuable ideas - much appreciated!New tutorial prerelease alertA variation on some of the techniques from the Halftone and Vector-Style tutorials, with 1980’s Vintage T-shirts in mind. (Thanks to Luke for the inspiration)VIEW ON TEXTURELABSVIEW ON YOUTUBESame process, applied for print-style graphics :My favorite part of making this video - I had found a pretty awesome 80’s synth track for the intro, but it needed some guitar shreddi...
Important News - The End Is Near!! (+ new textures)
Hey everyone! Ok. Announcement. A big change to the project. In 4 to 6 months, I'm gonna be moving the project off of Patreon. That's tough to announce; there are a lot of things to love here on Patreon, which I’ll mention. But it’s all about sustainability. I’m ALL-IN on keeping Texturelabs alive and thriving... but I do need to adapt to survive!It's a ways out so I’m still working out the exact details. But it’s a big announcement and I felt I should let you know ASAP. I truly value you guys and I want to convey the “w...
Prerelease - The Analog Monitor in After Effects!
Hey everyone,Well I set myself the deadline to get this tutorial wrapped this week.. right down to the wire (you know the feeling), but it’s done!This thing was a beast. It’s a great After Effects project though - a fairly straightforward project in Photoshop, but in After Effects I’d label this as advanced. But that's when things get interesting!VIEW ON YOUTUBEVIEW ON TEXTURELABSNote: Part of the reason this took so long was that I wanted to build out an epic template with a bunch of bonus features. Makes the whole thing easy. Even i...
Ultrachrome Update + Next Up...
Hey everyone, I hope your year is off to a great start! Things got a little hectic here in Northern California, where the weather came down with a vengeance over the last few weeks. 4 days without power plus a few blackouts.... Can't complain though - no leaks, no damage to the house, I count us pretty lucky.Figured I'd send out a quick update though since it's been tricky to stay on a strict schedule. Two pieces:ULTRACHROME UPDATE:I hope you've enjoyed messing around with the new plugin. I did find one issue that I've fixed...
2022 Texturelabs Gift Basket for you!
Hey everyone - Hope your year is wrapping up nicely!It’s been an awesome year here at the Texturelabs headquarters (aka my house) and you guys have been a HUGE part of that. So, I send my most sincere thanks for supporting the project, for the kind words, interesting questions and messages, fantastic suggestions and feedback, and all the awesome artwork you’ve sent my way.If I caught you in time before you clock out for the year, I’ve got a few cool things bundled together - a little Texturelabs Gift Basket if you will. Everything is atta...
Retro-Futuristic Photoshop Monitor FX + November 2022 Wrap-Up!
Hey everyone - wrapping up the month another new one!We haven’t exhausted HARD MIX yet…In this tutorial, we’ll use that sneaky blend mode to send Photoshop into the future. Or is it the past? Maybe some alternate timeline….VIEW ON YOUTUBEVIEW ON TEXTURELABSCheck out the extra pattern set (attached below) to create all kinds of extra styles:NOVEMBER WRAP-UPAN IMPORTANT THANK YOUIf by chance you were looking to surf Texturelabs on November 10th around 11PM GMT, you may have been greeted with the old “Error 404” page. Turns out, we did...
New Tutorial Prerelease - Keeping It Simple (sorta!)
Hey everyone - just uploaded a new one that'll go to the public feed next week!It started off as a pretty straightforward Channel Effects video, but I decided to take it a little further... So in this video, I'm aiming to push the envelope on two things:-Manipulating the RGB channels to generate color out of nowhere, and-Generating a live glowing text effect with a Drop Shadow hack that took me WAY TOO LONG to figure out!Check it out on the Texturelabs site:https://texturelabs.org/tutorials/two-essential-photoshop-techniques/Or on Youtu...
OCTOBER 2022 Wrap-up / 70 NEW TEXTURES!
Hey everyone - Hope you’re well and gearing up for a great Halloween!I was excited to get back in the zone for a MEGA TEXTURE MONTH…. 70 new elements just uploaded to the site. I put extra focus on generating elements that I’ve gotten requests for. I love hearing what you guys find useful - the goal is to expand on the best stuff, fill in the gaps where we need 'em, and experiment with new ideas. Definitely shoot me a message when you have an idea or need and I’ll do my best.A particularly active month on Patreon - WELCOME and thank...
New After Effects Pre-Release... DRIPPING BLOOD!!
Hey everyone,Just in time for Halloween… we’re back in After Effects for a HORRIFIC new tutorial - a disturbingly realistic dripping blood effect!It’ll be released on the public feed next week, but you can check out the prerelease vid and project file now.View on the Texturelabs pageOr directly on YouTubeDon’t miss the project file (attached below and on the Texturelabs tutorial page), which includes a couple of BONUS looks!More on the way this month! Thank you and I hope this finds you well :)Cheers,Brady
August 2022 - The Latest
Hey everyone,Thanks so much for the positive feedback on the InDesign screen - I was really excited to share that with you guys and your feedback means a lot! A quick monthly wrap-up:NEW TEXTURESI devoted most of my "texture-time" to creating a handful of new collage images. The original ones were a big hit, and and think these will be a nice addition.I created 6, but I think I'm only going to post 5 to the public site. As this comic-book style collage came together, it felt like it might be a little iffy in terms of copyright.It...
Drop Shadow SUPER HACK Tutorial + The Rings of Power Hair Brush!!???
Hi everyone - New Photoshop tutorial prerelease!I love it when this happens… I recently took on a project that required REALLY pushing the boundaries of layer style effects and ended up having a few Photoshop revelations.Here's one... the live adjustable cast shadow!It’s a simple, classic graphic style, but I found that when you actually have control over a cast shadow, you can use it to create all kinds of interesting effects.Am I the only one who didn’t realize you could do this!? Anxious to hear what you guys think!VIEW ON TEXTUREL...
New tutorial pre-release... Putting DIFFERENCE to work!
Hey everyone - New tutorial for ya!Recently, this image popped up on my TV, which I really loved:Such a powerful image, relying entirely on a single treatment.Scrubbing through Instagram and taking a close look at @prentlers awesome work:It occurred to me - completely different style, but I think I’m seeing the same blending mode.What could possibly be the connection between these two images? Difference Blend Mode.So in this video, a quick breakdown of how this thing functions and how we can put it to creative use!View on texturelabs: https:/...
The Latest - July 2022
Hey everyone, hope your July's wrapping up with a nice weekend!Quick monthly texture update…After spending a lot of time looking at movie posters this month, it seemed like the library needed some next-level cinematic fog textures! I ordered a new fog machine, did a lot of experimenting, and found that shooting with a remote strobe finally got me the results I was looking for.I ended up shooting just over 200 images then narrowed it down and dialed in the 10 best - each one with a slightly different feel.A few more textures in the NEWEST ...
New Tutorial Prerelease... The Movie Poster!
Hey everyone, new tutorial alert!The one’s been a long time in the making - the big budget, Hollywood, larger than life movie poster!VIEW ON YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/RFyhea5xBpYVIEW ON TEXTURELABS:https://texturelabs.org/tutorials/the-movie-poster-in-9-steps/I know a few of you here on Patreon are the real magicians behind the Marvel and Star Wars posters. As you know, it’s a complicated format! But I had a lot of fun creating a streamlined, finite approach to capturing some movie-magic spirit. If you’re a pro in the print industry and ha...
The Latest - JUNE 2022
Me again with the monthly texture report... 50 NEW TEXTURES!Everything has just finished uploading. Lot’s of awesome new stuff to experiment this month. As always, a huge thank you for your support of the project. Let’s check out some highlights…All of the above textures and then some in the NEWEST section of the site.Let me know if there are any specific images or any techniques you’re interested in the details on. If you’ve had a chance to check out the new FIRE TUTORIAL, I hope it was of some interest!More Texturelabs on the way in...
New Tutorial Prerelease - After Effects FIRE!!!
Hey everyone,Hope your month is wrapping us nicely! I’ve got a BUNCH of great new textures that I’m processing and will send out shortly… In the meantime, new tutorial ready to go and I’m excited to share!We’re back in AE for a new spin on a classic effect… FIRE!!! It’s a pretty flexible setup in After Effects - once you get a feel for the project, it allows you to generate fire out of just about anything. Download the project file for the 4k version!VIEW ON YOUTUBEVIEW ON TEXTURELABS (Project file at bottom of page)If you have an...
