Today our phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And brands have understood this well by creating technological innovations that make it possible to compete with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how the majority of modern cell phones have the bokeh effect. Allows as much to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to make a beautiful photo. This is the reason why we will find out in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Samsung W20 . To start, we will see how to take a picture with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Samsung W20. After that we are going to see how to use the bokeh mode on a Samsung W20 using a specific application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Samsung W20
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change in our mobile phones, they are now able to compete with them. But 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 act seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why we are going to discover in this first part the handling of the bokeh effect on a Samsung W20 thanks to two ways: during the taking of the photo and after having taken the snapshot.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot
To use the bokeh effect on your Samsung W20 easily and quickly, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is built-in on your smartphone. 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 W20:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Choose the » Portrait Mode »Present in the configurations displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects is displayed. On some Android versions you will need to press the effects icon which is located 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 obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Samsung W20, the procedure is different, due to the fact that you are on another Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Choose the option Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the intensity of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photo 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. To do this, you will need to use certain features of your Samsung W20 by post production . Two methods will be 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 have ever taken the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Samsung W20:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Go to the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Choose the type of effect vague.
- Adjust blur intensity .
- Save the image by clicking on » Apply "
If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Samsung W20 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, 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 "
- Choose the type of blur 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 image.
Use the bokeh effect on a Samsung W20 using an application
It sometimes happens that you do not have access to the features discussed above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your situation, you will need in this specific case download a specific application to use the bokeh effect on your Samsung W20. 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 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 W20. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Samsung W20, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung W20.
