Today our phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how the vast majority of modern cell phones have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P smart 2019 . First, we will see how to take a picture with the bokeh effect using the built-in features of your HUAWEI P smart 2019. And then, we will see how to use the bokeh mode on a HUAWEI P smart 2019 with a third-party application .

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your HUAWEI P smart 2019

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in 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 photo to contrast with the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we will see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P smart 2019 thanks to two ways: 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 P smart 2019 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background that is originally on your mobile phone. 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 HUAWEI P smart 2019:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters displayed at the bottom of the screen.
  • Automatically, a list of effects is displayed. On some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once configured, all you have to do is capture the photo.

It is possible that to have a nice bokeh effect on your HUAWEI P smart 2019, the procedure is different due to the fact that you are on another 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 photo once 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 have to use certain functions of your HUAWEI P smart 2019 by post production . There are two methods 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 discovered. 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 P smart 2019:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
  • 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 image by pressing » Apply "

If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your HUAWEI P smart 2019 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 "
  • Select  the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
  • Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P smart 2019 with an application

It is plausible that you will not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your situation, in this specific case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your HUAWEI P smart 2019. A very large number 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 for example:

  • 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 HUAWEI P smart 2019. You can suddenly play with bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.

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