Today our mobile phone 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 SLR cameras. This is how most recent 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 photograph. This is the reason why we will find out today how to use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y6 . First of all, find out how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Huawei Y6. After that, find out how to use bokeh mode on a Huawei Y6 using a specific application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Huawei Y6
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 is the bokeh effect for? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why you will discover in this first part how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y6 thanks to two techniques: during the photo taking and after taking the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Y6 quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background that is standard on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here is below how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Huawei Y6:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the parameters displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will need 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 configured, all you have to do is capture the snapshot.
To have a nice bokeh effect on your Huawei Y6, the procedure may be different, depending on your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Select the option 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
From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. To do this, you will need to use certain functions of your Huawei Y6 in post production . There are two possibilities 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 Y6:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Press the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the photo by clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Huawei Y6 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, another procedure exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press 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.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the photo.
Use the bokeh effect on a Huawei Y6 using an application
It is plausible that you will not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your phone. In the event that this is your situation, then you will need to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Huawei Y6. A very large number of applications exist, 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 possibility 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 Y6. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Huawei Y6, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Y6.
