Today our telephone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how most recent cell phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will see today how to use the bokeh effect on an LG K40S . First of all we will find out how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your LG K40S. Then, learn how to use bokeh mode on an LG K40S with a third-party application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your LG K40S
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our mobile 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 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 functionality on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to see in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on an LG K40S using two ways: during taking a photo and after taking the image.
How to use the bokeh mode when taking an image
To use the bokeh effect on your LG K40S quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is built-in on your mobile phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . So you won't need any post-production handling. We present here how to use the bokeh effect directly on your LG K40S:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options 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.
- Choose 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.
It is possible that to have a successful bokeh effect on your LG K40S, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the intensity of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the picture as soon as the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to add a bokeh effect in post production
There may sometimes 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 LG K40S by post production . Two alternatives will be 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. In this case, 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 LG K40S:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Go to the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Press the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the photo by pressing » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your LG K40S that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, another approach exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
- Choose the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
- Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the photo.
Use the bokeh effect on an LG K40S with an app
It sometimes happens that you do not have access to the functions seen above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your situation, in this case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your LG K40S. 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 among others:
- 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your LG K40S. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the LG K40S, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: LG K40S.
