Today our mobile phone offers the possibility of immortalizing 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 professional cameras. This is how the majority of recent phones have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to achieve a beautiful photograph. This is the reason why we will find out in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy S10 E . First of all, we will see how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the built-in features of your Samsung Galaxy S10 E. And then, we will see how to use the bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy S10 E with a specific application.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy S10 E

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in 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 bring out the subject well in the foreground.

Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is the reason why we will discover in this first section the use of the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy S10 E by using two techniques: during taking the photo and after taking the photo.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo

To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S10 E quickly and easily, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here is how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy S10 E:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose 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.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once set, all you have to do is take the picture.

To have a successful bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S10 E, the procedure may be different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:

  • Open the application "  Camera   From your phone.
  • 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 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. For this, you will have to use certain functions of your Samsung Galaxy S10 E by post production . Two procedures 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 took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any photo taken by your Samsung Galaxy S10 E:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Display 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 snapshot by clicking on » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy S10 E that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, there is another step:

  • Open the application  Gallery .
  • Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
  • Press on " Edit  »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
  • Choose  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 snapshot.

Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy S10 E with an app

Sometimes it happens that you do not have access to the features presented above due to the Android version installed on your phone. In the event that this is your situation, you will then have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S10 E. 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 a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find in particular:

  • 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 S10 E. You can therefore play with bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.

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