Today our phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most recent cell phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI Mate 20 X . First we will find out how to take a picture with the bokeh effect using the built-in features of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. And then we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a HUAWEI Mate 20 X using a third-party application. .
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X
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 exactly is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to accomplish, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is why we will see in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI Mate 20 X thanks to two techniques: during the photo shooting and after taking the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X in a quick and easy way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background that is standard on your smartphone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Find out how to use the bokeh effect directly on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will need to tap on 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 picture.
To have a successful bokeh effect on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X, 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 using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photograph once 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 X by post production . Two alternatives will 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. In this case, if you have ever taken the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your HUAWEI Mate 20 X:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Go to 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 snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X 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 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 snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI Mate 20 X using an app
It is likely that you do not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your case, you must therefore download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. A very large number of applications are available to you, and among them, we suggest 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 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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