Today our mobile phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life simply and quickly. And the manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations giving the possibility of competing with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern smartphones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to make a beautiful image. This is the reason why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F3 . First we will see how to take a snapshot with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Pocophone F3. After that, we will see how to use bokeh mode on a Pocophone F3 using a specific application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Pocophone F3
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. But what is the bokeh effect for? It is neither more nor less than put a blur effect on the background of the image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.
Although this act seems simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part the handling of the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F3 thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after having taken the shot.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Pocophone F3 in a simple and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . So you won't need to do any photo editing. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Pocophone F3:
- 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 which is located on the right side of your screen.
- Select the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is capture the snapshot.
It is possible that to obtain a nice bokeh effect on your Pocophone F3, the approach is different because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the blur intensity 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
It may happen from time to time that you want to add a bokeh effect on a photo after taking it. In this context, you will need to use certain features of your Pocophone F3 by post production . Two procedures will be available to you:
The first of the methods only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode which we have just discovered. So, if you took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Pocophone F3:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Display the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the photo by pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Pocophone F3 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, there is another approach:
- 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.
- Select manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the photo.
Use the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F3 using an application
It is likely that you will not have access to the features seen above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. If this is your case, in this specific case you will need download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Pocophone F3. A multitude 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 among others:
- 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Pocophone F3. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
In case you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Pocophone F3, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone F3.
