Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life quite simply 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 have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we will see in this article how to use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A72 . First of all, we will see how to take a picture with the bokeh effect, using the native features of your Oppo A72. After that, find out how to use bokeh mode on Oppo A72 with a third party application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Oppo A72

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our smartphones, they are now able to compete 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 contrast with the foreground.

Although this act seems simple to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is the reason why we will see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on an Oppo A72 using two techniques: during taking the picture and after taking the picture.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A72 quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available by default on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Oppo A72:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters 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 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 configured, you just have to capture the photo.

It sometimes happens that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Oppo A72, the procedure is different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your smartphone.
  • Choose the mode "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the intensity of the blur  you want using the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
  • Take the photograph when 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 features of your Oppo A72 by post production . There are two possibilities available to you:

The first of the methods only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. So, if you have ever taken the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Oppo A72:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
  • Display the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
  • Press the option "  Change background effect   ».
  • Choose the type of effect   vague.
  • Adjust blur intensity .
  • Save the snapshot by pressing » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Oppo A72 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 functionality» Mosaic "
  • Choose  the kind of blurry 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 obtained.
  • Save the snapshot.

Use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A72 with an application

It is plausible that you will not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your case, you must in this specific case download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A72. A very large number 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 Oppo A72. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Oppo A72, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A72.