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How to create tangled backgrounds effects in Photoshop

How to create a tangled / smeary / weird background in Photoshop CC 2019 2018 etc ?
https://youtu.be/nSmCrGikoOQ

The video shows how to take multiple applies of the mezzotint filter combined with crystallize and stamp (filter gallery) combined with oil paint and levels adjustment that you can create all kinds of unusual tangled designs. The video shows additional ways of manipulating the designs such as using find edges and threshold adjustment as well as coloring the design. You can then use the artwork via the CC library, use it as a background, use it as a texture, use it as an overlay, use it with type, use it with 3D effects and more

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