Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations to compete with the photo quality of conventional cameras. This is how the vast majority of recent smartphones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is why we will find out today how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 . First of all we will find out how to take a picture with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. Then, we will see how to use the bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 using a third-party application.
Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017
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. However, what does the bokeh effect correspond to? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is why we will discover in this first part how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 quickly and easily, the best technique 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 picture . So you won't need any post-production handling. We present here how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears on the screen. On some Android versions you will need to tap on 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 photo.
To have a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, the procedure may be different, depending on your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the intensity of the blur you want using the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the photograph once the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to put a bokeh effect in post-production
From time to time, you may 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 J5 2017 by post production . There are two possibilities 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 picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Press the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the photo by pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen above, there is another procedure:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Press on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur effect that you want to add.
- Select manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to be added.
- Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
- Save the photo.
Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 with an application
It happens at times that you do not have access to the functions seen above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your case, you will then need to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017. A multitude 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 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 J5 2017. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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