Today our smartphone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life simply and quickly. And manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations offering the possibility of competing with the photo quality of professional cameras. This is how most modern smartphones are equipped with the bokeh effect. Allows so much 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 discover in this article how to use the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y72 . First we will find out how to take a shot with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Vivo Y72. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on Vivo Y72 with a third-party app.

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Take a photograph with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Vivo Y72

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our smartphones, they are now able to compete with them. But what is the bokeh effect? It is neither more nor less than put a blur effect on the background of the photo to bring out the subject well in the foreground.

Although this action seems simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our mobile phone. This is the reason why we will see in this first part how to handle the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y72 using two techniques: during the photo taking and after taking the shot.

How to use bokeh mode while taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Vivo Y72 in a simple and fast way, the best solution will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available by default on your mobile phone. This mode will be used when you take the snapshot . You will therefore not need any post-production manipulations. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Vivo Y72:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the settings 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 with the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once set, all you have to do is take the snapshot.

It is possible that to have a nice bokeh effect on your Vivo Y72, the approach is 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 blur intensity  you want thanks to the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Take the picture as soon as 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. To do this, you will need to use certain functions of your Vivo Y72 by post production . Two alternatives 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 ever took the photo with one of these modes, follow our guide to put a bokeh effect on any shot taken by your Vivo Y72:

  • Open the Photo gallery of your device.
  • Go to the photo on which you want add bokeh effect .
  • Click on the option "  Change background effect   ».
  • Choose the type of effect   vague.
  • Set blur intensity .
  • Save the snapshot by clicking on » Apply "

In the event that you want to add the bokeh effect to a photo of your Vivo Y72 that was not taken with one of the specific modes seen previously, there is another approach:

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

Use the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y72 with an app

It happens at times that you do not have access to the features presented above because of the Android version installed on your mobile phone. If this is your situation, then you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Vivo Y72. A very large number of applications exist, 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 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 Vivo Y72. You can suddenly play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.

If you are ever looking for a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Vivo Y72, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Live Y72.