In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to add a bokeh overlay to an image in Photoshop

Elements Needed:

1. An image where you want to add the bokeh
   2. A bokeh overlay

STEP ONE

• Open both images in Photoshop

• With the move tool, grab the overlay and slide it towards your image tab, once it opens release it on top of the image

• This will create a separate layer for the overlay image

• Change the blending mode of the overlay layer to “Screen”

STEP TWO

• Move the overlay around until you find where it looks better on the image

• Reduce the opacity to taste, in this case I reduced it to 55%

STEP THREE

• Add a layer mask to the Overlay layer

• With a soft black brush paint over the areas of the overlay where you wish to remove it.

OPTIONAL STEP

• If you want to add more bokeh, duplicate the overlay layer and move it around to cover more of the picture. To duplicate the laye right click on it and select “duplicate” from the drop down menu.

• Delete the layer mask by right clicking over it and selecting “delete layer mask”

• Add a new layer mask and repeat step three.

Please let me know if you have any questions!