Today our smartphone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most modern cell phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on an LG K12 + . To start, find out how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your LG K12 +. After that, we are going to see how to use bokeh mode on an LG K12 + using a third party application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your LG K12 +
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological development of our mobile phones, they are now competing 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 manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is why we are going to see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on an LG K12 + thanks to two techniques: during the photo shoot and after taking the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your LG K12 + quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available by default on your smartphone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your LG K12 +:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the parameters which 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 with the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once configured, all you have to do is take the picture.
To get a nice bokeh effect on your LG K12 +, the procedure may be different, depending on your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the intensity of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photograph 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. To do this, you will have to use certain functions of your LG K12 + by post production . There are two methods 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 photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your LG K12 +:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the snapshot by pressing » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to an image of your LG K12 + 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 "
- Choose the kind of blurry 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 an LG K12 + using an application
It is likely that you will not have access to the features presented above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. If this is your situation, in this case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your LG K12 +. A multitude 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 many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find among others:
- 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 LG K12 +. 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 absolute master of the LG K12 +, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: LG K12 +.
