Today our smartphone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations giving the possibility of competing with the quality of photos of SLR cameras. This is how the majority of modern smartphones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we are going to find out today how to use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A91 . First of all we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Oppo A91. And then, we will find out how to use the bokeh mode on an Oppo A91 with a specific application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Oppo A91

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our smartphones, 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 image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.

Although this act seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on an Oppo A91 using two techniques: during taking the photo and after taking the photo.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo

To use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A91 quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is originally available on your smartphone. This mode will be used the moment you take the shot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Oppo A91:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the configurations displayed at the bottom of the screen.
  • Automatically, a list of effects appears. On some Android versions you will need to press the effects icon on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose 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 Oppo A91, the procedure is different, because of your Android version:

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

How to add a bokeh effect in post-production

There may be times when you want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. To do this, you will need to use certain functions of your Oppo A91 by post production . Two solutions will 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 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 A91:

  • 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.
  • Adjust blur intensity .
  • Save the image by pressing » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Oppo A91 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, 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 kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
  • Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A91 with an application

It may happen that you do not have access to the functions seen above because of the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your case, in this specific case you will need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A91. 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 many operations to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find for example:

  • The option 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 A91. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Oppo A91, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A91.