Thousands of snapshots are captured every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your LG X4 .

First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your LG X4 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on LG X4 using an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your LG X4

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to technological progress in our devices, this function is now possible on the vast majority of smartphones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically the details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, several procedures can be applied to blur the background of an image on your LG X4.

Blur the background of an image from your LG X4 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your LG X4 can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your LG X4 thus offer by default a way to blur the background the moment you capture the image . The usefulness of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to run post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your LG X4:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If that doesn't work, tap the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
  • Select the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your LG X4, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Click on the " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of a photo of your LG X4 in post-production

It sometimes happens at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you ever captured the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your image on LG X4 in post-production with the help of phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open image that you want to blur.
  • Click on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Select the effect that you want to add to the background.
  • Adjust the focus slider background to correct the amount of blur you want.
  • To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and if you ever captured the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your LG X4 by applying this method:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Choose image that you want to change.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Select the kind of blur .
  • You should manually define the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the image with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your LG X4 with an application

In the event that the operations we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have one technique left. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your LG X4. The advantage of this method is that it offers the possibility of retouch any image on your phone.

There are many applications, but for a rendering almost as qualitative as with a reflex camera, and not having to change the resolution of the photos on your LG X4, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, but suddenly it does it very well. It also obtains one of the best marks (4, 7/5).

To use it:

  • Download application on the Google Play Store of your LG X4.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Click on the image you want to blur.
  • Click on the option » Edit "
  • Select the area to blur or the background, the kind of blur among the many filters and effects. Then set its intensity .
  • Finally click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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