43 Sets of Free Bokeh Effects Photoshop Brushes
Bokeh backgrounds remain very popular among graphic designers and photographers. By adding bokeh backgrounds and effects in your photos or in your designs, you are able to draw the attention of viewers to the main focus of the photo or designs. You can use these Bokeh backgrounds brushes to easily create wonderful graphics in Photoshop and other image editing software like Gimp.
But what is bokeh? Maybe you have seen many bokeh effects in photos and designs but you just do not know what they are called. Bokehs are the sparkling and glittery quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image. Bokehs are products of a low (big) aperture of the lens or a zoom lens. technically, bokeh simply means “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”.
There are thousands of bokeh backgrounds brushes out there but I am sure, finding the right bokeh effects for your photos and designs are quite time-consuming. In this post, we put together 43 sets of free bokeh backgrounds brushes that you can use in your photo editing or in making textures and backgrounds.
CREATE BOKEH BACKGROUNDS WITH THESE PS BRUSHES
To download the set of bokeh backgrounds brushes that you want, simply click on the title of the entry. Make sure to check out the other brushes in each author’s collection as there are usually more useful brushes and other free graphics resources that you can find by doing so. Have fun using them!
HIGH-QUALITY BOKEH PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES
Here is a collection of bokeh backgrounds brushes you can use for free in your next photo editing projects and more.
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Free High-Quality Bokeh Photoshop Brushes Volume 2
A set consisting of 10 high-quality bokeh backgrounds brushes which are easy to use, customize and can be applied in various projects.
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15 High-Quality Bokeh Photoshop Brushes
A set of bokeh Photoshop brushes in three varying sizes, with 5 brushes for each size. Enjoy!
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BOKEH PHOTOSHOP AND GIMP BRUSHES
There are 28 various bokeh backgrounds brushes in this set useful for painting your own backgrounds and textures. The set includes single bokeh brushes as well as some that are already put together in groups. Includes circles, polygons, with some blurry and some not.
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VARIOUS SHAPES BOKEH BRUSHES FOR PHOTOSHOP
This pack of high-resolution brushes features different bokeh shapes–hearts, stars, hexagons, circular bubble-like shapes, etc. These are useful for creating backgrounds and textures you can use in your projects.
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STAR BOKEH BRUSHES
A set of 7 high-quality brushes composed of star-shaped bokehs. These bokeh backgrounds brushes are very useful in making your own textures and digital papers.
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24 Abstract Bokeh Brushes
Easily add bokeh to your photos with these free bokeh backgrounds brushes! These high-res brushes are available in sizes up to 5000px for Photoshop CS6 users and 2500px for CS5 and lower. JPG version with color data is also available!
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92 Bokeh Brushes
A free set of 92 bokeh backgrounds brushes all in one single ABR file.
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12 Large Bokeh Brushes
These large bokeh backgrounds brushes make it easy for you to add light-leak-like bokeh to your photos and come in both 2500px Photoshop bokeh brushes and JPEG images for your convenience. The JPEG images are colorized for you and it lets you add bokeh to your photos easily.
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BOKEH LIGHTS BRUSHES
A set of bokeh lights brushes you can use to create your own bokeh effect in Photoshop.
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BOKEH, SPARKLE, GLITTER AND SHIMMER BRUSHES
There are a total of 35 high-resolution brushes in this set in different styles and shapes. All brushes have a resolution of over 2000px.
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GLITZ AND SPARKLES BOKEH BRUSHES
A set of 45 brushes with various lighting effects including bokeh, glitter, shine, light rays and other glittering effects. These brushes are for Photoshop 7 and above (including Elements).
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BOKEH PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES
There are 10 brushes in different bokeh shapes in this set. You can use them for adding bokeh and other interesting effects in your photos in Photoshop.
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BOKEH BRUSHES
There are six dynamic brushes in this set, each with a resolution of approximately 900 pixels wide. These were created in CS3.
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BOKETTE BOKEH PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES
Another set of bokeh Photoshop brushes great for creating textures and backgrounds.
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HEART BOKEH BRUSHES
This pack contains three high-resolution heart-shaped bokeh brushes. Each brush has a resolution of 2500 pixels.
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6 HIGH-RESOLUTION BOKEH BRUSHES
A pack of 6 bokeh brushes created using Photoshop CS5. This should work as well with earlier versions of the program as well as with GIMP 2.8.
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BOKEH BRUSH SET
Here, you will find five round brushes with different core opacity levels. One of the brushes is blurred.
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TINY BOKEH BRUSHES
This pack of brushes contains 10 bokeh backgrounds with a resolution of between 758-1068 pixels.
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32 BOKEH EFFECT BRUSHES
There are 32 total brushes in this set consisting of different bokeh styles and shapes. These are perfect for backgrounds and textures.
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BOKEH BRUSH
A bokeh brush for creating light effects in Photoshop. This brush was created in Photoshop CS2.
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BOKEH PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES
There are six bokeh brushes in this set you can use for creating light effects in Photoshop. For best results, you can change the brush tip shape as well as the shape dynamics, size jitter, and scattering.
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BOKEH BRUSHES
More bokeh brushes featuring scattered squares, x-es, and floral shaped b0kehs.
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BOKEH BRUSHES FOR PHOTOSHOP
Here are five free bokeh brushes made using Photoshop CS5.
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BOKEH PAINTING BRUSHES
There are 8 free brushes in this set featuring different bokeh styles. These were created in Photoshop CS5.
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BOKEH EFFECT BRUSHES
This set contains four shapes: circles, squares, hearts, and arrow. These shapes are divided into 15 presets (between 3-5 each).
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PRETTY BOKEH BRUSHES
A set of beautiful bokeh brushes in various shapes: hearts, stars, rounded.
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BOKEH BRUSH PACK
There are a total of 42 brushes in this set consisting of various bokeh shapes with different opacity levels. These are perfect for creating backgrounds and textures in Photoshop.
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DELUXE BOKEH SET
These brushes have varying sizes and include heart and circle shapes as well as groups.
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BOKEH AND LIGHT BRUSHES
A set of 25 bokeh effect Photoshop brushes and light brushes for your graphic designs and photo editing.
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10 BOKEH BRUSHES
If you need to add some bokeh to your pictures and make them look even more amazing, here are 10 different brushes (some have special colors effect, and different opacity levels) in this set for.
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REAL BOKEH BRUSHES
This set consists of 10 bokeh brushes with different styles and settings.
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BRUSHES BOKEH
Another set of bokeh effect brushes you can download for free.
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LIGHT BOKEH AND NEON HEART
Here is another brush set containing three heart-shaped light bokeh effects. These are great for making backgrounds and textures.
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KIND OF BOKEH
This set contains 12 brushes useful for creating bokeh backgrounds. Each brush has a unique bokeh scattering.
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6 BOKEH BRUSHES BY PEACHES
A pack of 6 gorgeous bokeh brushes for creating textures and backgrounds.
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BOKEH LIGHTING BRUSHES
This set consists of 24 bokeh brushes featuring various shapes and styles.
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LARGE BOKEH BRUSHES
There are 10 really high-resolution bokeh brushes in this set created using stock photos.
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TEXTURED BOKEH BRUSHES
these brushes are useful for creating realistic bokeh effects in your photographs.
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BOKEH BY CLOAKS
This set contains 12 bokeh background brushes.
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BOKEH BRUSHES SET
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10 BOKEH BRUSHES FOR GIMP
These brushes are for GIMP but these also work with some versions of Photoshop. The brushes simulate the effect of tiny unfocused pinpoints of light or “bokeh”.
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VARIOUS SHAPES BOKEH BRUSHES
All brushes have a resolution of 2500 pixels. This set contains bokeh brushes in different shapes, 9, 7,6, 5 blade aperture, heart, dollar sign, square, triangle, etc.
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