Today our mobile phone makes it possible to immortalize the moments of our life in all simplicity and quickly. And the manufacturers have understood this well by creating technological innovations giving the possibility of competing with the photo quality of reflex cameras. This is how most modern phones have the bokeh effect. Also allows to highlight the foreground on an image, this effect has become almost essential to make a beautiful image. That is why we will see in this guide how to use the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y80 Pro . To begin, we will discover how to take a shot with the bokeh effect using the native features of your Vivo Y80 Pro. After that, learn how to use bokeh mode on Vivo Y80 Pro using a third-party app.

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Take an image with the bokeh effect thanks to the features of your Vivo Y80 Pro

In the past, the bokeh effect was only reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological evolution of our phones, they are now able to compete with them. But what is the use of the bokeh effect? 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 simple to perform, it is not necessarily easy to find the functionality on our phone. This is why we will discover in this first section how to handle the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y80 Pro using two ways: during the photo taking and after taking the shot.

How to use bokeh mode when taking a snapshot

To use the bokeh effect on your Vivo Y80 Pro in a simple and fast way, the best technique will be to use a mode to blur the background which is available as standard on your phone. This mode will be used the moment you take the picture . You will therefore not need to do any photo editing. Here's how to use the bokeh effect directly on your Vivo Y80 Pro:

  • Open your application » Camera "
  • Choose the » Portrait Mode  »Present in the parameters which appear 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 on the right side of your screen.
  • Choose the effect "  Flou   ».
  • Adjust the blur intensity  you want using the adjustment bar that appears.
  • Once set, all you have to do is take the picture.

It is possible that to have a successful bokeh effect on your Vivo Y80 Pro, the approach is different because of your 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 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. In this context, you will need to use certain features of your Vivo Y80 Pro by post production . Two solutions will be available to you:

The first of the alternatives only applies if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode that we have just seen. 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 Vivo Y80 Pro:

  • 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.
  • Set blur intensity .
  • Save the image by pressing » Apply "

If you want to add the bokeh effect to an image of your Vivo Y80 Pro 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 kind of blurry effect that you want to add.
  • Choose manually the areas where you want the bokeh effect to apply.
  • Adjust focus slider until the desired blur effect is achieved.
  • Save the image.

Use the bokeh effect on a Vivo Y80 Pro using an application

It is plausible that you do not have access to the features discussed above because of the Android version installed on your phone. If this is your situation, in this specific case you will need download third party app to use the bokeh effect on your Vivo Y80 Pro. A very large number of applications are available to you, and among them, we suggest the app » DSLR Camera Blur Effects ". The latter is very fast and easy to use. It has a lot of features to get the blur you want. Among these functions you will find in particular:

  • The option 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 Vivo Y80 Pro. You can therefore play on bokeh effects to obtain a style of blur worked on each of your photos.

In case you want as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Vivo Y80 Pro, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Vivo Y80 Pro.