Today our mobile phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life quite simply and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how the majority of modern cell phones have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is why we will see in this article how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor 7 . To begin, discover how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Honor 7. And then, discover how to use the bokeh mode on an Honor 7 thanks to a third-party application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Honor 7
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our mobile 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 perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our phone. This is why we will discover in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on an Honor 7 thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after having taken the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Honor 7 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 the moment you take the shot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor 7:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the parameters which 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 which is located on the right side of your screen.
- Select 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.
It sometimes happens that to obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Honor 7, the procedure is different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the intensity of the blur you want thanks to 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
From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. In this context, you will need to use certain features of your Honor 7 by post production . Two solutions may 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 discovered. In this case, in the event that you took the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Honor 7:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Display the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Adjust 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 Honor 7 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, 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 "
- Choose the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
- Select manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on an Honor 7 with an application
It is plausible that you do not have access to the functions presented above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If ever this is your case, then you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Honor 7. A multitude of applications exist, and among them, we recommend the app » DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very quick and easy to use. It has many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find for example:
- The option 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 Honor 7. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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