Today our telephone offers the possibility of immortalizing the moments of our life simply and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most modern smartphones have the bokeh effect. Also allows you to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to take a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy M12 . First, find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect using the built-in features of your Samsung Galaxy M12. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on Samsung Galaxy M12 using a third-party app.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy M12
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. But what is 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 action seems simple to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our phone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part how to handle the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy M12 using two techniques: 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 M12 in a simple and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is by default on your phone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy M12:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings 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 set, all you have to do is capture the photo.
It sometimes happens that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy M12, the procedure is different due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Select the option 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 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 features of your Samsung Galaxy M12 by post production . There are two possibilities available to you:
The first of the solutions only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode which we have just discovered. In this case, if you ever took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Samsung Galaxy M12:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Display the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the snapshot by clicking on » Apply "
If you ever want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Samsung Galaxy M12 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.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the function» Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blurry 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 snapshot.
Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy M12 using an app
It may happen that you do not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If 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 M12. 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 a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find among others:
- 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 M12. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.
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