Through this guide our phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And the brands have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of reflex cameras. This is how the majority of recent phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photograph. That is why we are going to see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor Magic4 pro . First of all we will find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the integrated features of your Honor Magic4 pro. And then, find out how to use bokeh mode on an Honor Magic4 pro using a specific application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect using the features of your Honor Magic4 pro
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of 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 than put a blur effect on the background of the photo to bring out the subject well in the foreground.
Although this act seems simple to perform, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is why we will see in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on an Honor Magic 4 pro in two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Honor Magic4 pro in a simple and fast way, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available as standard on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do any photo editing. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor Magic4 pro:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will need to press the effects icon 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 picture.
It may happen that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Honor Magic4 pro, 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 blur intensity you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the photo once 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. In this context, you will have to use certain functions of your Honor Magic4 pro by 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 ever took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Honor Magic4 pro:
- 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.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the image by clicking on » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Honor Magic4 pro that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, there is another procedure:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on an Honor Magic4 pro using an application
It may happen that you do not have access to the functions presented above because of the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your case, then you will have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Honor Magic4 pro. 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 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Honor Magic4 pro. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.
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