Through this guide our smartphone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how most recent phones 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 photo. This is the reason why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y5 . First we will find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Huawei Y5. After that, we will find out how to use the bokeh mode on a Huawei Y5 using a specific application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Huawei Y5
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our phones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what is the use of the bokeh effect? 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 manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why you will discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y5 using two ways: during taking a photo and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Y5 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background that is originally on your smartphone. This mode will be used the moment you take the shot . So you won't need any post-production handling. We present here how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Huawei Y5:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings 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 set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.
It sometimes happens that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Huawei Y5, the procedure is 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 blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photo once the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to add a bokeh effect in post production
There may 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 Y5 by post production . There are two methods available to you:
The first of the solutions only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. 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 Y5:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Display 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 pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Huawei Y5 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, 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 function» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Choose 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.
Using the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y5 using an application
It is likely that you will not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your situation, in this specific case you will have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Y5. A very large number of applications are available to you, 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 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 Y5. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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