Through this guide our mobile phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily 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 the majority of modern phones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we will discover in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A22 . First of all we will find out how to take a shot with the bokeh effect thanks to the integrated features of your Samsung Galaxy A22. After that, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy A22 using a specific application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy A22

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change of our telephones, these come today 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 photo to contrast with the foreground.

Although this act seems simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we will see in this first part the use of the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A22 using two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the shot.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A22 in a simple and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is integrated as standard on your mobile phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do any photo editing. Here we show you how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy A22:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters which 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 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 take the picture.

It is possible that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A22, the approach is different because of your Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your phone.
  • Select the "   Live focus   " or "  Live Focus   ».
  • Adjust the power of the blur  you want thanks to 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 need to use certain functions of your Samsung Galaxy A22 by post production . Two methods will be available to you:

The first of the methods only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. In this case, if you took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Samsung Galaxy A22:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Display the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
  • Press the option "  Change background effect   ».
  • Select the type of effect   vague.
  • Set blur intensity .
  • Save the image by pressing » Apply "

In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy A22 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.
  • Press on " Edit  »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
  • Select  the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Select 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 a Samsung Galaxy A22 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 mobile phone. In the event that this is your situation, you will then have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A22. A very large number 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 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A22. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

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