Today our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life simply and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F4 . To begin, we will discover how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the integrated features of your Pocophone F4. And then we will see how to use bokeh mode on a Pocophone F4 with a specific application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Pocophone F4
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our phones, they are now able to compete with them. However, what does the bokeh effect correspond to? 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 simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our phone. This is the reason why you will discover in this first section how to handle the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F4 in two ways: while taking a photo and after taking the image.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a picture
To use the bokeh effect on your Pocophone F4 in a simple and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the shot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Pocophone F4:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the configurations 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.
- Select the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once configured, you just have to take the snapshot.
It is possible that to obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Pocophone F4, the approach is different because of your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Select the " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the power 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 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 have to use certain functions of your Pocophone F4 by post production . Two alternatives 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 photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Pocophone F4:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Go to the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the image by pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Pocophone F4 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen a little above, 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 function» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on a Pocophone F4 with an application
It is likely that you do not have access to the features presented above because of the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your situation, then you will have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Pocophone F4. A multitude of applications exist, and among them, we recommend the app » DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very fast 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 Pocophone F4. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.
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