: Create a multicolor background I'm a novice photoshop user, i stumbled upon the designs of the awesome mike of creativemints, and i noticed how his backgrounds are really beautiful and smooth,

@Holmes874

You can also use a very large and soft paint brush to paint big blobs of color on top of a dark blue background and then blur it to achieve a soft gradient look. In your example image, this is most likely the technique.


Set your background to dark blue
Use a large paint brush (Shortcut: B) with hardness set to 0% (you can make brushes small/larger using the [ and ] keys, and softer/harder using SHIFT + [ or ])
On the background layer, paint big blobs of pink, teal and alternate
green blues around the canvas
To achieve a very soft 'gradient' look, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with the Radius set to around 50px.


Here's an image I created with this technique.

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@Lengel450

Well, if you are serious about PS let me introduce you to your new best friend, the Gradient.

There are many ways of achieving a gradient and I'm gonna show you the one I prefer.


Create a layer and fill it with white.
Right click on it and select Blending Options
Click and check Gradient overlay.
Click on the color picker and select two or more colors and an angle.
To get that effect you can use Blur under the Filter tab.

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