Through this guide our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing 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 SLR cameras. This is how the vast majority of modern phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photo. This is why we will see in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A30s . First find out how to take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Samsung Galaxy A30s. And then, find out how to use bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy A30s through a third-party application.

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Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy A30s

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

Although this manipulation seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our mobile phone. This is why we are going to discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A30s thanks to two ways: during the photo shooting and after taking the image.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a picture

To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A30s quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is integrated by default on your mobile phone. 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 Samsung Galaxy A30s:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Select 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 have 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 configured, all you have to do is take the snapshot.

It may be that to get a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A30s, the procedure is different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your phone.
  • Select the option   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 when 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. In this context, you will have to use certain features of your Samsung Galaxy A30s by post production . Two solutions may 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 have ever taken the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Samsung Galaxy A30s:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Display 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 wish to add the bokeh effect on an image of your Samsung Galaxy A30s that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen 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.
  • Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A30s with an application

From time to time you may not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your mobile phone. In the event that this is your situation, in this specific case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A30s. 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 a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find in particular:

  • The possibility 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 Samsung Galaxy A30s. 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 king of the Samsung Galaxy A30s, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A30s.