In this article our smartphone allows to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the majority of recent phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows as 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 guide how to use the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P30 . First we will see how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your HUAWEI P30. After that, find out how to use the bokeh mode on a HUAWEI P30 with a third party application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your HUAWEI P30
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 does the bokeh effect correspond to? 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 act seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P30 using two ways: while taking a photo and after taking the image.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a picture
To use the bokeh effect on your HUAWEI P30 quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available on your mobile phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Find out how to use the bokeh effect directly on your HUAWEI P30:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the configurations that appear 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 which is located on the right side of your screen.
- Select the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once configured, you just have to take the snapshot.
It sometimes happens that to have a successful bokeh effect on your HUAWEI P30, the procedure is different, because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the power of the blur 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
From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. For this, you will have to use certain functions of your HUAWEI P30 in post production . Two solutions may 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 seen. So, 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 P30:
- 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 snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your HUAWEI P30 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, there is another step:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blurry 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 snapshot.
Using the bokeh effect on a HUAWEI P30 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 ever your case, then you are going to have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your HUAWEI P30. A multitude of applications are available to you, and among them, we recommend 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 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 P30. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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