Most dual-cam equipped smartphones offer a 'fake bokeh' feature. Thanks to the slightly offset position of their two lenses, cameras in devices like the Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Huawei P9 or LG G5, can distinguish between objects in the foreground and background of an image. By applying digital blur to the latter they can simulate effects of shallow depth-of-field you would typically achieve with a DSLR and fast lens. If your phone just has one camera, there are still a few pure software solutions o...
No dual-cam? No problem: Patch app for iOS uses neural networks to create fake bokeh images
DP Review - 9 Nov 2016 21:11
Most dual-cam equipped smartphones offer a 'fake bokeh' feature. Thanks to the slightly offset position of their two lenses, cameras in devices like the Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Huawei P9 or LG G5, can distinguish between objects in the foreground and background of an image. By applying digital blur to the latter they can simulate effects of shallow depth-of-field you would typically achieve with a DSLR and fast lens. If your phone just has one camera, there are still a few pure software solutions o...
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