: Does anyone know how to create this type of complex gradient background? I was looking online and found this really lovely photo of a gradient background, and I wanted to know how to replicate

@Miguel516

Instead of using gradient you can use brush tool also for this type of effect that would be easy i think.

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@Nimeshi706

As @Ryan says, you were on the right track with gradient mesh, but they take a bit of figuring out. In the below image, the top one is the image from your question and below it is a version that I recreated with a gradient mesh. It's not exactly the same, but this only took a couple of minutes and could be made more similar with a bit of work. The bottom version shows the gradient mesh that I used. The two points that i have circled in red are set to the lightest colour in the background, all the other mesh points are set to the darker colour. After that it's just a case of moving the points and the handles around until you like what you see.

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@Miguel516

Made this in 2 minutes in Photoshop.
-Black background layer
-New layer on top
-Choose your blue color
-Select your brush tool and choose the soft edge round brush
-Turn the flow and opacity way down (10% each), enable the airbrush option and start stacking the color.
-You may choose a lighter blue to get more highlights in the center of the blue
:)

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