Today our mobile phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And the brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations giving the possibility of competing with the photo quality of reflex cameras. This is how most recent mobile phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will discover in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 9 . First of all, we will find out how to take a shot with the bokeh effect using the built-in features of your Huawei Nova 9. After that, we will see how to use bokeh mode on a Huawei Nova 9 using a third-party application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Huawei Nova 9
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change of our mobile phones, these come today to compete with them. But what is 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 action seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality 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 9 in two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the shot.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 9 in an easy and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is by default on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do any photo editing. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Huawei Nova 9:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon 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.
It sometimes happens that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 9, the procedure is different due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want thanks to 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
It may happen from time to time that 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 Huawei Nova 9 by post production . Two alternatives 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 took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Huawei Nova 9:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Go to 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 snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Huawei Nova 9 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 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 obtained.
- Save the snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Nova 9 using an application
It sometimes happens that you do not have access to the functions presented above because of the Android version installed on your smartphone. If this is your case, then you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Nova 9. 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 many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find among others:
- 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Huawei Nova 9. You can suddenly play on the 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 9, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 9.
