Today our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how most modern phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Also allows you to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photo. That's why we'll see today how to use the bokeh effect on a Blackview A100 . First, find out how to take an image with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Blackview A100. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on a Blackview A100 using a third-party application.

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Take a photo with the bokeh effect using the features of your Blackview A100

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our phones, they are now able to compete with them. Nevertheless, what is the use of the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less than put a blur effect on the background of the image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our phone. This is why in this first section we are going to discover the use of the bokeh effect on a Blackview A100 using two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the image.

How to use the bokeh mode when taking an image

To use the bokeh effect on your Blackview A100 easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available as standard on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Find out how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Blackview A100:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the options that appear at the bottom of the screen.
  • Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will need to press the effects icon which is located on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want with the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.

It may happen that to obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Blackview A100, the approach is different because of your Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your smartphone.
  • Choose the mode "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Take the photo once the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.

How to add a bokeh effect in post production

There may be times when you want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. To do this, you will need to use certain features of your Blackview A100 by post production . Two procedures will be available to you:

The first of the alternatives only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode which we have just discovered. In this case, if you ever took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Blackview A100:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Display the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
  • Press the option "  Change background effect   ».
  • Choose the type of effect   vague.
  • Set blur intensity .
  • Save the image by clicking on » Apply "

In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Blackview A100 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen a little above, there is another approach:

  • Open the application  Gallery .
  • Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
  • Press on " Edit  »Then on the function» Mosaic "
  • Choose  the type of blur effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
  • Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on a Blackview A100 using an application

It is plausible that you do not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your situation, then you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Blackview A100. A multitude of applications are available to you, and among them, we suggest the app » DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very fast and easy to use. It has many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find for example:

  • The possibility of choose the focus area (circular blur, linear blur, blur on a personalized area, or on an area in contact with the finger). The brush size is adjustable.
  • The provision of several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Blackview A100. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.

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