In this article our phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how most modern smartphones 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 why we will discover in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Sony Xperia L3 . To start, discover how to take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the native features of your Sony Xperia L3. After that, find out how to use bokeh mode on Sony Xperia L3 using third party application.
Take a photo with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Sony Xperia L3
In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological change 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 bring out the subject well in the foreground.
Although this act seems easy to perform, it is not always easy to find the functionality on our smartphone. This is why we are going to see in this first section how to get started with the bokeh effect on a Sony Xperia L3 thanks to two techniques: during the photo shooting and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode while taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia L3 easily and quickly, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is standard on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . So you won't need to do any photo retouching. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Sony Xperia L3:
- 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 is displayed. 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 obtain a successful bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia L3, the procedure may be different, due to your Android version:
- Open the application " Camera From your phone.
- Select the " Live focus " or " Live Focus ».
- Adjust the power of the blur you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
- Take the photograph once the blur effect you are looking for is achieved.
How to add 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 have to use certain functions of your Sony Xperia L3 in post production . There are two possibilities available to you:
The first of the alternatives only applies in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just discovered. So, in the event that you took the picture with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Sony Xperia L3:
- Open the Photo gallery from your smartphone.
- Display the photo which you want add bokeh effect .
- Click on the option " Change background effect ».
- Select the type of effect vague.
- Set blur intensity .
- Save the image by pressing » Apply "
In the event that you wish to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Sony Xperia L3 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, another approach exists:
- Open the application Gallery .
- Show photo on which you want to add the bokeh effect.
- Click on " Edit »Then on the functionality» Mosaic "
- Select 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 obtained.
- Save the image.
Use the bokeh effect on a Sony Xperia L3 using an application
It is likely that you will not have access to the functions discussed above due to the Android version installed on your smartphone. In the event that this is your situation, in this specific case you will have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia L3. A multitude of applications are available to you, and among them, we suggest 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 for example:
- 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 Sony Xperia L3. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a blur style worked on each of your photos.
If you are looking for a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Sony Xperia L3, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia L3.
