Today our mobile phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most recent phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to make a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we will find out today how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor 20s . First of all, we will see how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Honor 20s. After that, learn how to use the bokeh mode on an Honor 20s through a third-party application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Honor 20s
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. But what is the use of the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on an Honor 20s using two ways: during the photo shooting and after having taken the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Honor 20s quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is integrated into your phone as standard. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor 20s:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options that appear at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects is displayed. On some Android versions you will need to press the effects icon on the right side of your screen.
- Choose the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.
To have a nice bokeh effect on your Honor 20s, the procedure may be different, because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the picture as soon as 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. To do this, you will need to use certain features of your Honor 20s in post production . Two methods will be available to you:
The first of the alternatives only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just seen. So, in the event that you took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Honor 20s:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Display the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Press the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the image by clicking on » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Honor 20s that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, another approach exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Choose manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on an Honor 20s thanks to an application
Sometimes you may not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your situation, in this specific case you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Honor 20s. A very large number 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 for example:
- 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Honor 20s. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Honor 20s, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor 20s.
