Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And the manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations giving the possibility of competing with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern phones have the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Motorola Moto G42 . First we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Motorola Moto G42. After that, find out how to use bokeh mode on a Motorola Moto G42 using a specific application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Motorola Moto G42
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change of our phones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less than put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this act seems simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part the handling of the bokeh effect on a Motorola Moto G42 using two techniques: during the photo taking and after having taken the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G42 in a simple and quick way, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available by default on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You won't need to do any photo editing. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Motorola Moto G42:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings 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 thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.
It may happen that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G42, the procedure is 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 photograph as soon as the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to add a bokeh effect in post production
It may happen from time to time that you want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. In this context, you will have to use certain features of your Motorola Moto G42 by post production . Two alternatives may 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 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 Motorola Moto G42:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- 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 photo by clicking on » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Motorola Moto G42 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen a little 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 functionality» Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select 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 a Motorola Moto G42 with an application
It is plausible that you do not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your case, in this specific case you will have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G42. A multitude 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 a lot of features 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 Motorola Moto G42. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Motorola Moto G42, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Motorola G42.
