Today our mobile phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life simply and quickly. And manufacturers 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 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 why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE . First of all, we will find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. After that, we will find out how to use bokeh mode on a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with a specific application.
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our smartphones, they are now competing with them. However, what is the bokeh effect for? It is neither more nor less put a blur effect on the background of the image to bring out the subject clearly in the foreground.
Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the function on our phone. This is why we are going to see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE thanks to two ways: during taking the photo and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE quickly and easily, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is integrated by default on your phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do photo retouching. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE:
- 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 using the adjustment bar that appears.
- Once configured, all you have to do is capture the photo.
To have a successful bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, the procedure may be different due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your smartphone.
- Choose the mode " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the power of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears on the screen.
- Take the picture when 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 S20 FE by post production . Two procedures may be 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. In this case, 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 S20 FE:
- 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.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the photo by pressing » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 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.
- Choose manually 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 S20 FE with an app
It may happen that you do not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your case, in this case you will have to download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. 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 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 several blur tools to get a custom bokeh effect on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to get a blur style worked on each of your photos.
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