In this article our mobile phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern smartphones have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we will see in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Motorola Moto G9 . First of all we will see how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Motorola Moto G9. And then we are going to see how to use bokeh mode on a Motorola Moto G9 thanks to a third party application.

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Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Motorola Moto G9

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our smartphones, they are now competing 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 photo to bring out the subject well in the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Motorola Moto G9 using two ways: while taking the picture and after taking the picture.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G9 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available on your mobile phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Motorola Moto G9:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the configurations 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.
  • Select the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once configured, all you have to do is take the snapshot.

To get a nice bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G9, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your phone.
  • Select the "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using 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

From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. For this, you will have to use certain features of your Motorola Moto G9 by post production . Two possibilities will be available to you:

The first of the alternatives 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 Motorola Moto G9:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Display 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 image by pressing » Apply "

In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Motorola Moto G9 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, another approach exists:

  • Open the application  Gallery .
  • Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
  • Press on " Edit  »Then on the function» Mosaic "
  • Select  the type of blur 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 achieved.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on a Motorola Moto G9 with an application

It may happen that you do not have access to the functions presented above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your situation, then you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Motorola Moto G9. 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 a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find in particular:

  • 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Motorola Moto G9. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Motorola Moto G9, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Motorola G9.