In this article our smartphone 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 SLR cameras. This is how most modern 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 are going to find out today how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei P Smart . First of all we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Huawei P Smart. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on a Huawei P Smart through a third-party application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect using the features of your Huawei P Smart
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our 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 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 are going to see in this first part the handling of the bokeh effect on a Huawei P Smart thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after having taken the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Huawei P Smart easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background that is originally on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Find out how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Huawei P Smart:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. 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 thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.
It may happen that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Huawei P Smart, the procedure is different, because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur strength you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the picture as soon as 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. In this context, you will have to use certain functions of your Huawei P Smart by post production . Two solutions will 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. In this case, if you took the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Huawei P Smart:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Display the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the snapshot by pressing » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect on an image of your Huawei P Smart that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, there is another approach:
- 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 type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a Huawei P Smart with an application
Sometimes it happens that you do not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your situation, you will then have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei P Smart. 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 in particular:
- 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Huawei P Smart. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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