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 to compete with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how most recent phones have the bokeh effect. Allows so much 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 see today how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor 8C . First of all, find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Honor 8C. And then we will find out how to use the bokeh mode on an Honor 8C with a specific application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Honor 8C
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. But what is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the photo to bring out the subject well in the foreground.
Although this act seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why you will discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on an Honor 8C using two techniques: during the photo shooting and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Honor 8C quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor 8C:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the configurations displayed 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 with the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is capture the snapshot.
It may happen that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Honor 8C, 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 option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photograph as soon as the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to add 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 functions of your Honor 8C in 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 photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Honor 8C:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Go to 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 pressing » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Honor 8C that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, another step is:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the image.
Using the bokeh effect on an Honor 8C with an application
It is likely that you do not have access to the functions presented above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. If ever this is your case, then you will need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Honor 8C. 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 many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find among others:
- The possibility 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 Honor 8C. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of Honor 8C, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor 8C.
