After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Make sure you have black and white for the background and foreground colors.
After that change the Blend Mode to Overlay.Īdd a new layer and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Fill the background layer with a very dark grey ( #181818).Īdd another layer and fill it with a gradient using dark yellow, red and blue for the colors. Open Photoshop and create a new document, I'm using 2560x1440 pixels so I can use it as wallpaper. We will use the brush engine, patterns, blend modes and basic filters to achieve this effect.
So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a digital bokeh effect with hexagons. The effect has become quite popular so I decided to upgrade a little bit the effect. Then I mixed it with some gradient colors blended all together. In 2008 I came up with a technique using the Brush Tool in Photoshop to create a digital bokeh effect.