In this article 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 that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the vast majority of recent cell phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photo. This is why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 5i . First we will see how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Huawei Nova 5i. After that learn how to use bokeh mode on Huawei Nova 5i using third party app.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Huawei Nova 5i
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 use of the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is why you will discover in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 5i by using two techniques: during the photo shooting and after taking the image.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a picture
To quickly and easily use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 5i, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available by default on your mobile 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 Huawei Nova 5i:
- 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 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 configured, you just have to capture the snapshot.
It sometimes happens that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 5i, the procedure is different, because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur strength you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the picture when the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to put a bokeh effect in post production
There may sometimes be times when you 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 Nova 5i by post production . There are two methods available to you:
The first of the methods only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. So, 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 Huawei Nova 5i:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- 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 Huawei Nova 5i 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 be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 5i using an application
It is plausible that you do not have access to the functions presented above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your case, you will need to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 5i. 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 fast 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 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 Huawei Nova 5i. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Huawei Nova 5i, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 5i.
