Make your own bokeh shapes at home.

Pronounced "bo-kay," the bokeh effect refers to the out-of-focus background in a photo or video. Depending on camera type and distance to the object in focus, the bokeh effect is often unintentional; ...

A portrait can be very dull if all elements in the frame compete for attention. Whether a bright sign, a bustling street, or a messy interior, all can take away from the person that you were hoping to ...

In photography, the term bokeh (derived from Japanese, meaning “blur” or “haze”) refers to the visually distinctive appearance of light in the out-of-focus areas of a photograph. Various lens ...

To use Blur Gallery features, open a file, then use the Lasso tool or the Magic Wand to select the area you want to smooth or soften. It works best if you cut out the selected area, paste it back in ...

Certain users report a new Google Photos manual bokeh effect appearing in the app. Along with the manual bokeh, it appears Google is also testing Color Pop…again. These two features appear to be in a ...

Sunday: Cheap phone photography, editing apps, and a history lesson Sunday: Cheap phone photography, editing apps, and a history lesson The technological foundation of mobile photography How to take a ...

The iPhone SE can take a 2D image and make it into a Portrait Mode picture with the bokeh effect. The 2020 iPhone SE is the first Apple smartphone to offer Portrait Mode photos created entirely with ...

Pixelmator Pro today released its latest update to the Mac image editor, with a back-to-school sale price of $29.99 (normally $59.99). The new version includes a myriad of new effects (including some ...

The child in the background was "bokeh'd." Screenshot: Apple/YouTube The serious photographer has made peace with the iPhone and how it has turned everyone into a photographer. But Apple’s ...

Portrait mode for iPhone arrived back in 2016 as a beta. The Bokeh effect photo feature has improved and evolved over the years but Apple still hasn’t offered the feature for shooting video. Now a new ...