Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our mobile phones. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to improve them to enhance an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this setting, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Asus ZenFone 3 .

To start we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Asus ZenFone 3 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Asus ZenFone 3 with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Asus ZenFone 3

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. With the technical progress of our phones, this functionality is now possible on the majority of phones. It allows to highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several methods are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Asus ZenFone 3.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Asus ZenFone 3 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Asus ZenFone 3 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Asus ZenFone 3 already have this basic a way to blur the background the moment you take the shot . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to perform any post-production manipulation, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Asus ZenFone 3:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. In the event that this is not the case, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Select the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar appears after that at the bottom of the screen to set the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On a number of versions of your Asus ZenFone 3, the procedure is slightly different to blur the background of an image:

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

Blur the background of a shot of your Asus ZenFone 3 in post-production

It sometimes happens that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On a certain number of Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you took the shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on Asus ZenFone 3 in post-production with the help of the mobile phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your mobile phone.
  • Open the snapshot that you are trying to blur.
  • Press on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Select the effect that you want to add to the background.
  • Adjust the focus slider of the background in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
  • To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and if you ever took the picture without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Asus ZenFone 3 by following this technique:

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

Blur the background of a photo on your Asus ZenFone 3 with an application

If the manipulations we have just seen cannot be done, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Asus ZenFone 3. The advantage of this technique is that it will allow you to retouch any image on your mobile 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 Asus ZenFone 3, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, however as a result it does 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 Asus ZenFone 3.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Select the image you want to blur.
  • Click on the option » Edit "
  • Select the area to blur or the background, the type of blur among the many filters and effects. Then set its intensity .
  • To finish click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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