Through this guide our smartphone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most modern cell phones have the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we will see today how to use the bokeh effect on an Honor V30 . First, find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Honor V30. And then learn how to use bokeh mode on an Honor V30 with a specific app.

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Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Honor V30

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. But what is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the photo to contrast with the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on an Honor V30 by using two techniques: during taking the photo and after taking the photo.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo

To use the bokeh effect on your Honor V30 quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background that is on your phone originally. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Find out how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Honor V30:

  • 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 which is located on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want thanks to 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 V30, the procedure is different, because of your Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your smartphone.
  • Select the "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Take the photograph when 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. To do this, you will need to use certain features of your Honor V30 by post production . Two procedures may be available to you:

The first of the solutions only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just seen. So, if you have ever taken a photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Honor V30:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
  • Go to the photo 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 V30 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, 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 "
  • Select  the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
  • Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
  • Save the photo.

Use the bokeh effect on an Honor V30 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 phone. In the event that this is your case, you will therefore need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Honor V30. A multitude 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 in particular:

  • 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 V30. 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 the king of the Honor V30, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Honor V30.