Threshold Failing

[underwatersubmarine]

Have been trying to duplicate the INK BLEED tutorial. Nothing seems to get threshold working. I have tried rebooting and applying as an EFFECTS LAYER as well as from the EFFECTS panel.

[simonasd]

Hi there! To achieve an ink bleed effect, the Blur and Threshold effects must sample both the black and white colors in your project - meaning the effects need to be used on an Effects layer that is ungrouped and above both your text and background in the layer hierarchy.

[underwatersubmarine]

sorry - i think i'm having the same conversation in two places.
is there really no way to apply stacked effects to groups or even individual layers? seems sub-par.