Today our mobile phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that offer the possibility of competing with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how most modern phones have the bokeh effect. Allows so much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful image. This is the reason why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A7 . First of all, find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Samsung Galaxy A7. Then, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy A7 using a third-party application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy A7
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our phones, they are now competing 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 contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we will discover in this first part how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A7 thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A7 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is on your phone by default. This mode will be used when you take the picture . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy A7:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects is displayed. 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 configured, all you have to do is take the picture.
It is possible that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A7, the procedure is different, due to 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 thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photo once 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. To do this, you will need to use certain functions of your Samsung Galaxy A7 by post production . Two methods 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 discovered. So, 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 A7:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- 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 snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy A7 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, another procedure exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Set focus slider until the desired blur effect is obtained.
- Save the snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy A7 with an application
It may happen that you do not have access to the features presented above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your situation then you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy A7. 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 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 Samsung Galaxy A7. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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