How to Convert iPhone 15 Normal Photos to Portrait Photos. Now you can take a standard photo and then convert it to a Portrait mode photo.
Anyone with an iPhone who has ever taken photos of their child or pet knows the Portrait mode dilemma. Portrait mode adds that nice, soft bokeh effect to the background of your image and draws attention to your subject – ideal when your toddler or cat is doing something cute. But taking an extra second to switch to Portrait mode from the standard camera app sometimes means missing the moment entirely.
Now, there's good news for iPhone 15 owners: all the latest iPhones – the iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max – will let you apply Portrait mode after capture to images taken in standard camera mode. You can even shift the focus to a different object or part of the frame if you want. Here's how iPhone 15 Converting Normal Photos to Portrait Photos works.
First of all: Not every photo you take can be turned into a Portrait mode photo. The phone needs to record depth information to apply the portrait effect, and it does not do this for every photo. iPhone 15 automatically records depth information when it detects a face, cat or dog in the frame. It also records depth information when you touch the frame to focus on an object.
You'll know it's working when you see an f-stop icon appear in the bottom left corner of the frame while taking a photo. You can tap the icon to see the portrait effect as you take the photo, but it's not necessary. Take the photo as you normally would and you'll be able to convert it later.
Provided the depth information is saved, here's all you need to do:
- Open your photo in the Photos app.
- Tap Portrait in the upper left corner of the photo. You will see that Portrait Off is selected.
- Tap Portrait. A blurred background will be applied to your image.
But wait, there's more
If you want to change the results, you have a few more options.
- Tap Edit to open the editing window. From here you can use the f-stop slider to adjust the strength of the background blur.
- You will also see a yellow autofocus box indicating the focus point in your image. To shift the focus elsewhere, tap anywhere in the frame to move the focus box.
Once you're happy with how everything looks, tap Done to save the image – you can always go back to the original by re-opening the image in Photos and undoing your changes.
A few more notes: You can use this feature with the phone's main, telephoto and selfie cameras. It will also work if Live Photos is on, but depth information is only recorded for the cover frame of your Live Photos explosion. This means you can apply Portrait mode to a live photo, but only that keyframe will have the blurred background effect. If you select a different frame (for example, a frame where everyone is looking at the camera), you won't be able to apply Portrait mode. Unfortunately, we can't have everything.
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