Today our smartphone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life simply and quickly. And brands have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the vast majority of recent smartphones 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 see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 . First of all we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. After that, find out how to use the bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with a third-party application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4
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 is the use of the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to contrast with the foreground.
Although this manipulation seems easy to accomplish, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is the reason why we will discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 thanks to two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4:
- 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 some Android versions you will have to press the effects icon which is located on the right side of your screen.
- Choose the effect " Flou ».
- Adjust the blur intensity you want with the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.
It sometimes happens that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the procedure is different, because of your 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 thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photograph when the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to put a bokeh effect in post production
There may sometimes 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 Note 4 by post production . There are two possibilities available to you:
The first of the solutions only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode that we have just seen. So, in the event that 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 Note 4:
- Open the Photo gallery from your phone.
- Display the photo on 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 clicking on » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 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 functionality» Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
- Choose 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 Note 4 with an application
It happens at times that you do not have access to the functions seen above because of the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your case, you will therefore have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. A very large number of applications are available to you, and among them, we recommend the app » DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very fast 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 multiple blur tools to get a custom bokeh feel on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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