In this article our phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the vast majority of recent phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to make a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor 6X . To begin with, we will discover how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Honor 6X. Then, we will see how to use the bokeh mode on an Honor 6X using a third party application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Honor 6X
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our phones, they are now competing with them. However, what exactly is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.
Although this act seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our phone. This is the reason why we will see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on an Honor 6X using two ways: during taking the photo and after taking the image.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a picture
To use the bokeh effect on your Honor 6X easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. We present here how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor 6X:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon which is located on the right side of your screen.
- Select 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.
To have a successful bokeh effect on your Honor 6X, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity 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 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. For this, you will have to use certain features of your Honor 6X in post production . Two procedures may be 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 seen. So, if you've ever taken the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Honor 6X:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Display the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the photo by clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Honor 6X that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, another approach 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.
- Select manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the photo.
Using the bokeh effect on an Honor 6X using an application
There may be times when you may not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your phone. In the event that this is your situation, you will then have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Honor 6X. A multitude of applications exist, and among them, we recommend 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 in particular:
- 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Honor 6X. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Honor 6X, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor 6X.
