Through this guide our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life quite simply and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how the majority of modern phones 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 find out in this article how to use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A53 . First find out how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Oppo A53. And then, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on an Oppo A53 with a third party application.

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Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Oppo A53

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our 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 photo to contrast with the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on an Oppo A53 by using two techniques: during the taking of the photo and after having taken the snapshot.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A53 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background that is standard on your mobile phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Oppo A53:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters which appear at the bottom of the screen.
  • Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.

It may happen that to get a nice bokeh effect on your Oppo A53, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your smartphone.
  • Select the "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Take the picture when the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.

How to put a bokeh effect in post-production

From time to time, you may want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. In this context, you will have to use certain features of your Oppo A53 by post production . There are two possibilities 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 Oppo A53:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
  • Go to 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 clicking on » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Oppo A53 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 functionality» Mosaic "
  • Select  the type of blur 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 obtained.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A53 with an application

It is plausible that you will not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your situation then you are going to have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A53. A multitude of applications exist, 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 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Oppo A53. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Oppo A53, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A53.