Now to add the bokeh effect, we can do that using the “effects” panel at the bottom by increasing the value of the “light Bokeh” slider. You can also increase the amount of blur to see a little bit better. In this case, we want all of the background to be out of focus, so we need to move the focus area outside of the canvas. You can move the first lines to expand the focus area, and you can also move the dashed lines to add a transition. In the tilt-shift filter, anything inside the first two main lines will be in focus and anything in between will be blurred. Now go to filter > blur gallery > tilt-shift. 3 – Add Blur Using The Tilt-Shift Filterīefore we apply the blur filter, right-click on the duplicated layer and then choose “convert to smart object”. Then click on Ctrl/cmd + D to deselect, and now we have the subject separated from the background and we are ready to add blur. Next, in “output” on the right side, change it to “duplicate layer” and then click on ok. Here you can let Photoshop automatically fill the selection with information from the background, and it also doesn’t have to be perfect because the background is going to be blurred anyway. Now click on Q again to get back to the selection, make sure your background image layer is selected, then go to edit > content-aware fill. Now you can switch to the brush tool and then you can paint on top of any area that is missing. In this case, I’m going to expand the layer mask by 20px, click on ok, and if you click on Q, you’ll be able to see the expanded area better. So we’re going to be using the selection from the layer mask, and to do that ctrl/cmd click on the layer mask of the subject layer to load it as a selection. Now that we have the subject separated on a new layer, we need to remove it from the background image layer so that we don’t get a halo effect around the subject when we add blur, This will apply the changes to the layer mask 2 – Remove The Subject From The Background Once your selection is ready, go to the bottom and then change the output to “layer mask”, and click on ok Now, if you want to restore an area back, you can switch to the brush tool, and then use alt/option the switch between the “plus” + to add and “minus” – to remove. You can select the refine edge brush tool, and use it to refine your layer mask and improve any missing areas like the hair. In this case, the view is on overlay and you can also control the opacity of the backdrop using the opacity slider, If you hold alt or option and click on the layer mask, you’ll be able to see your layer mask in detail, and you can also refine your selection more by clicking on the “select and mask” button.įrom here, you can use the refine edge brush tool to enhance your layer mask. Once you have a selection of the subject active, click on the layer mask icon to add a layer mask and hide the background. Start by duplicating the background image by clicking on ctrl/Cmd + J and now to select the subject, we can use the “select subject” feature in Photoshop. We’re going to do this in two steps, the first step is to separate the subject from the background so that we don’t have a halo effect when we add blur to the background.
#Bokeh overlay for photoshop download#
If you want to follow along with this tutorial using this image, you can download it from the tutorial resources section above So to get the best results from this tutorial, make sure you have an image with low light and it has some light in the background just like the image we have today
#Bokeh overlay for photoshop how to#
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to make fake Bokeh in Photoshop that looks realistic using 2 simple steps. Creating fake bokeh in photoshop is s very straightforward process if you have the right image to work with
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