Through this guide our phone gives the opportunity to immortalize the moments of our life easily and quickly. And manufacturers have integrated it well by creating technological innovations that allow them to compete with the photo quality of SLR cameras. This is how the vast majority of modern 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 article how to use the bokeh effect on a sony xperia pro 1 . To begin, we will find out how to take a photo with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Sony Xperia Pro 1. And then, find out how to use the bokeh mode on a Sony Xperia Pro 1 using a third-party application .
Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Sony Xperia Pro 1
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. Nevertheless, what is the bokeh effect for? It is neither more nor less than put a blur effect on the background of the photo to contrast with the foreground.
Although this action seems easy to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the function on our smartphone. This is the reason why we will see in this first section the handling of the bokeh effect on a Sony Xperia Pro 1 using two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the photo.
How to use bokeh mode when taking a photo
To use the bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia Pro 1 in an easy and quick way, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available as standard on your smartphone. This mode will be used when you take the picture . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Sony Xperia Pro 1:
- Open your application » Camera "
- Select the » Portrait Mode »Present in the settings displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatically, a list of effects appears. 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 configured, you just have to capture the photo.
It is possible that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia Pro 1, the procedure is different because of 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 using 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 be times when you want to add a bokeh effect to a photo after taking it. To do this, you will have to use certain features of your Sony Xperia Pro 1 by post production . Two procedures will be available to you:
The first of the alternatives only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode which we have just discovered. 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 Sony Xperia Pro 1:
- Open the Photo gallery of your device.
- Go to 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 want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Sony Xperia Pro 1 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 "
- 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 Sony Xperia Pro 1 using an application
It may happen that you do not have access to the functions presented above because of the Android version installed on your smartphone. If this is your case, you will therefore have to download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Sony Xperia Pro 1. A very large number of applications exist, 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 for example:
- 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 Sony Xperia Pro 1. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.
In the event that you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Sony Xperia Pro 1, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Sony Xperia Pro 1.
