{"id":4303,"date":"2014-12-12T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2015-01-15T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T15:13:22","slug":"bokeh-background-friday-freebie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"Bokeh Background – Friday Freebie"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this time of year there’s the potential for bokeh shots all over the place. With the right lens, twinkling Christmas lights can make great bokeh photos and that’s exactly what I used to create this Friday Freebie background \/ texture.<\/p>\n

\"Bokeh-SNOWQUEEN-SAMPLE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Full download instructions are below but you can also
\nDownload the\u00a0Bokeh Background Here<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once downloaded just open the bokeh image and your\u00a0photo. Copy and paste the bokeh onto your photo and use Free Transform (CTRL+T) to make the bokeh fill the image. Next you’ll need to blend the two images together. For this shot I changed the Layer Blending Mode from Normal to Screen but as all the blending modes create a different look try them all.<\/p>\n

The bokeh will most likely need masking or erasing away to reveal your main subject. Another thing to try is duplicating the bokeh layer to deepen the effect.<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>\"Bokeh-SNOWQUEEN-B4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you create a photo using the Friday Freebie then let me (and everyone else) know by leaving the link in the comments below.<\/p>\n

Usage rules<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The image is copyright Gavin Hoey 2014. Use is limited to any personal but non-commercial <\/a>purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original image without my permission.<\/p>\n

Download instructions<\/span>
\n<\/strong>1. Click on the correct download link below (no sign up is needed)
\n<\/em>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B_Mmmm3K1utNZHVCSldJS2REMzQ&authuser=0<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Click the Download <\/strong>button\u00a0\"download_icon\"<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The download should start automatically<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0No support is provided with the Friday Freebies. If you need help Google <\/a>or YouTube <\/a>the question and you\u2019ll almost certainly find the answer \":-)\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this time of year there’s the potential for bokeh shots all over the place. With the right lens, twinkling Christmas lights can make great bokeh photos and that’s exactly what I used to create this Friday Freebie background \/ texture. Full download instructions are below but you can also Download the\u00a0Bokeh Background Here Once … Continue reading Bokeh Background – Friday Freebie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[41,23,25,35,85,34,24,63],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friday-freebie","tag-background","tag-featured","tag-freebie","tag-friday-freebie-2","tag-layer","tag-photoshop","tag-spotlight","tag-texture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4310,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/4310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}