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How to Create a Bokeh Background in Photoshop CS6

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This tutorial will show how can you create a bokeh background using a new feature in Photoshop CS6 – Field Blur.

Open any picture where you like the colors. Do not worry about the quality or the subject of the picture. Bokeh effect will wash away any imperfections and also the subject will be unrecognizable. So the picture choice should be solely on the color preferences.

Now go to Filter > Blur > Field Blur. There adjust the amount of blur to rather high.

Now locate the Blur effects from the right side of the Photoshop. There raise the Light Bokeh to rather high. Then move to Light range and there try to move the white and black slider together. Also, different picture equals to different results, so try playing around with those values.

You can also add some color on your bokeh, but that is purely optional.  Now press Ok from the upper bar to apply the bokeh.

And that is how you make a bokeh background from scratch thanks to Photoshop CS6 new feature – the Field Blur.

New Feature – How to Use Field Blur in Photoshop CS6

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Photoshop CS6 came out with couple of new blur effects, one of which is the Field Blur. This tutorial will show you how to use that effect.

Open a picture you’d wish to adjust.

Locate the Field Blur from Filter > Blur > Field Blur and click on it.

Now you will see your picture completely blurred with one circle in the middle of it. With that circle, you can adjust the blur on your picture. You can adjust the blur strength by dragging on the white bar or move the blurred are by dragging from the center of the circle. You can also adjust the blur strength from the Blur toolbar.

You can also add more circles and set different blur levels to all of them. Set one of them to 0 blur and the other points to some blur.

To accept the changes, just click on the upper bar Ok button.

And now you know how to use the Field Blur in Photoshop CS6.