Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how the vast majority of recent 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 are going to find out today how to use the bokeh effect on an Oppo F15 . First of all, find out how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Oppo F15. And then learn how to use bokeh mode on Oppo F15 through third party app.

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Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Oppo F15

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of 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 bring out the subject well in the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is the reason why you are going to discover in this first part how to get started with the bokeh effect on an Oppo F15 using two techniques: while taking the photo and after taking the image.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a picture

To use the bokeh effect on your Oppo F15 easily and quickly, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard 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 F15:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the settings that appear at the bottom of the screen.
  • Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. 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 with the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once configured, all you have to do is capture the snapshot.

It is possible that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Oppo F15, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your phone.
  • Choose the mode "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the blur strength  you want using the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
  • Take the picture 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. For this, you will have to use certain functions of your Oppo F15 in post production . Two alternatives 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 F15:

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

If you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Oppo F15 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen a little above, another approach exists:

  • Open the application  Gallery .
  • Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
  • Click on " Edit  »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
  • Choose  the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
  • Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on an Oppo F15 with an application

Sometimes it happens that you do not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. If this is ever your situation then you are going to have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Oppo F15. A multitude of applications are available to you, 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Oppo F15. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

If you are ever looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Oppo F15, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Oppo F15.