Through this guide, our phone allows us to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most recent smartphones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we are going to find out today how to use the bokeh effect on a OnePlus 8T . First we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your OnePlus 8T. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on a OnePlus 8T using a specific app.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your OnePlus 8T
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our smartphones, they are now competing with them. However, what is the bokeh effect for? 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 necessarily easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we will discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a OnePlus 8T thanks to two ways: during the photo shooting and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your OnePlus 8T easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is on your mobile phone by default. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your OnePlus 8T:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the options displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will need 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 capture the photo.
It may be that to get a nice bokeh effect on your OnePlus 8T, the procedure is different due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- 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 need to use certain functions of your OnePlus 8T in post production . Two solutions may be available to you:
The first of the alternatives only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode that we have just seen. 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 OnePlus 8T:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Display the photo 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 case you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your OnePlus 8T 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.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on a OnePlus 8T using an application
It may happen that you do not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your case, then you will need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your OnePlus 8T. A very large number 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 in particular:
- 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 OnePlus 8T. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the OnePlus 8T, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus 8T.
