Today our smartphone 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 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 today how to use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A9x . To start with, we will see how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Oppo A9x. After that, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on an Oppo A9x with a specific application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Oppo A9x

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 is the bokeh effect for? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on an Oppo A9x thanks to two ways: during taking a photo and after taking the image.

How to use the bokeh mode when taking an image

To use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A9x easily and quickly, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background that is on your phone originally. This mode will be used the moment you take the shot . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Oppo A9x:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the options that appear 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 using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once configured, you just have to capture the snapshot.

To obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Oppo A9x, 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 option   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 as soon as 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. To do this, you will need to use certain features of your Oppo A9x in post production . Two solutions will be available to you:

The first of the solutions 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 Oppo A9x:

  • Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
  • 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 snapshot by pressing » Apply "

In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Oppo A9x 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 "
  • 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 obtained.
  • Save the snapshot.

Use the bokeh effect on an Oppo A9x with an application

It may happen that you do not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your phone. In the event that this is your situation, you will therefore need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Oppo A9x. 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 for example:

  • The option 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Oppo A9x. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Oppo A9x, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Oppo axnumxx.