Use live focus: This is a new mode that uses data from both cameras to create a depth map, letting you create bokeh effects, or add or remove
background blur at the time of shooting, or post shoot.
The border between her body and
the background blurs at times.
Not exact matches
Start
at the largest aperture you can (lowest f - number) and see how the
background blurs.
And the HD focus (with
background blurred) was very nice to look
at.
At the front side is a 16MP primary camera with AI Selfies with
background blur, Stickers etc..
The 3D element makes it so that either the foreground or the
background is
blurred to the point of seeing double, depending on which plane I'm looking
at.
But I have a lot more trust that one's coming than usual — the engineers
at Essential were already showing off a
background -
blurring portrait mode earlier this week.
At 70 points, the P20 Pro features the best - performing background - blurring bokeh mode in our rankings (we tested «Aperture» mode at 55 mm e
At 70 points, the P20 Pro features the best - performing
background -
blurring bokeh mode in our rankings (we tested «Aperture» mode
at 55 mm e
at 55 mm eq.
Samsung has also developed a «Live Focus» mode that lets you take photos with both cameras
at once, and use that extra data to artificially
blur the
background... or
at least, what the camera thinks is the
background.
The one part of the camera experience I'm not fully behind yet is the «Live Focus» mode, which is the in - vogue feature that uses both cameras
at once to detect a subject and artificially
blur everything in the
background.
It seems better
at blurring out the
background while keeping your subject sharp, though some photographers may not appreciate the harsher details.
It appears to be able to do really well
at determining the subject and only
blurring the
background.
While photos look great much of the time, the software can mess up the
blur affect
at times when colors blend in or there is not much separation between the focal subject and
background items.
Zoom and bokeh controls are becoming must - have features, especially for smartphone portrait photographers, and they're implemented well on the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S, with excellent results using the 46mm - equivalent telephoto second lens
at close range, creating a strong
background blur effect, as well as good depth estimation and subject masking applied to bokeh mode portraits.
We've seen plenty of other leaks over the last few months, and most are pointing to squeezable sides as an alternative input option (just like the HTC U11), an upgraded camera, and some special photo effects for good measure, like that bokeh effect or
blurred background that seems to be everywhere
at the moment.
The main camera is rated
at 16 - megapixels, so it can capture a lot of detail, but it's also backed by a secondary 2 - megapixel lens to help you achieve a bokeh effect with
blurred backgrounds.
The portrait mode pictures are quite nice, though
at times the
blurred background might not be so obvious.
At the moment, the launcher has a partially transparent black
background, but the company says that it's working on a
blurred background like the one that appears on the login screen.
Portrait Mode, which is the OnePlus take on what Huawei, Apple and others have been doing, effectively uses both cameras in unison to get depth information from a scene, calculate a plane
at the focal distance you choose and then aggressively artificially
blur the «
background» behind that plane.
When used in tandem, they give you the ability to change the depth of field of a shot, so you can
blur the
background while shooting
at portrait or focus to infinity when capturing a landscape, just like you would on a big mirrorless or DSLR.
Image detail is superior, as is the simulated aperture mode that can,
at times, produce excellent
background blur.
The Live Focus feature allows you to capture an image and adjust the
background blur both,
at the point of capture, and after you've taken the picture.
Mashable reported
at the time when the handset was launched that the dual selfie cameras were built to take photos with bokeh (
background blur) just like with a DSLR.
This is how it works: the 12 - megapixel wide - angle sensor captures the subject of the photograph while the secondary telephoto camera toils to
blur the
background at the same time.
Live Focus is a new mode that takes photos from both cameras on the back
at the same time, and allows you to not only save each of these photos, but to utilize a depth - of - field technique to enhance or lessen the
background blur that helps make foreground subjects stand out.
These work together to take portrait shots with a
blurred background, and Xiaomi says its algorithm is adept
at understanding edges in this type of shot, for a better defined, more natural image.