Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the majority of recent phones have the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we are going to find out today how to use the bokeh effect on a Blackview BV5100 . First we will find out how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Blackview BV5100. Then, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a Blackview BV5100 using a third party application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Blackview BV5100
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our phones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what does the bokeh effect correspond to? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the photo to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on a Blackview BV5100 thanks to two techniques: during the photo shooting and after taking the image.
How to use the bokeh mode when taking an image
To use the bokeh effect on your Blackview BV5100 easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your mobile phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Blackview BV5100:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings that appear at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will need to tap on 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 sometimes happens that to obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Blackview BV5100, the procedure is different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Select the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur strength you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the photograph when the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to put a bokeh effect in post production
There may sometimes be times when you want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. In this context, you will have to use certain features of your Blackview BV5100 by post production . There are two methods available to you:
The first of the methods only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. So, if you took the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Blackview BV5100:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Blackview BV5100 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, another procedure exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
- Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a Blackview BV5100 using an app
It is likely that you will not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. In the event that this is your situation, you must in this specific case download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Blackview BV5100. A multitude of applications are available to you, and among them, we recommend the app " DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very quick and easy to use. It has a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find in particular:
- The option of select 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 BV5100. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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