In this article our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern smartphones are equipped with 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 find out in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 6 SE . First we will see how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Huawei Nova 6 SE. And then, we are going to see how to use the bokeh mode on a Huawei Nova 6 SE with a third party application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Huawei Nova 6 SE

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our smartphones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what does the bokeh effect correspond to? 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 action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why we will see in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 6 SE thanks to two ways: during the photo shooting and after taking the image.

How to use bokeh mode when taking an image

To use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 6 SE easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is integrated by default on your smartphone. This mode will be used the moment you take the shot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. We present here how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Huawei Nova 6 SE:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters 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 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 Huawei Nova 6 SE, 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 intensity of the blur  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 put 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 Nova 6 SE by post production . Two solutions will be 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. In this case, in the event that you took the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Huawei Nova 6 SE:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
  • Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
  • Press the option "  Change background effect   ».
  • Select the type of effect   vague.
  • Adjust blur intensity .
  • Save the image by pressing » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Huawei Nova 6 SE 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.
  • Press on " Edit  »Then on the function» Mosaic "
  • Select  the type of blur effect that you want to add.
  • Select manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
  • Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
  • Save the image.

Using the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 6 SE with an application

It may happen that you do not have access to the functions presented above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your situation, you will need in this specific case download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 6 SE. A multitude of applications exist, and among them, we suggest 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 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 Huawei Nova 6 SE. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Huawei Nova 6 SE, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 6 SE.