Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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In a tutorial from a few years ago I demonstrated how to add a distressed effect by applying a vector texture using path operations. In this tutorial though we'll be going over a more efficient method that utilizes inverse masking.

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