Thousands of snapshots are taken every day on our cell phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is required to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution to achieve artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your ASUS Zenfone 8 .

First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your ASUS Zenfone 8 . Then we'll see, how does blurring a photo work on ASUS Zenfone 8 with an app .

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Blur the background of a photo using your ASUS Zenfone 8

This background blur on a photo was until a few years ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on the majority of telephones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring background details. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your phone, several solutions are available to you to blur the background of an image on your ASUS Zenfone 8.

Blur the background of a photo of your ASUS Zenfone 8 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your ASUS Zenfone 8 can be useful to highlight the main subjects in the foreground. To do this, several ways of doing it are offered to you. Some Android versions of your ASUS Zenfone 8 thus offer as standard a way to blur the background when you capture the snapshot . The usefulness of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to carry out post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your ASUS Zenfone 8:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If this is not what happens, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Select the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »Depending on the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar appears after that at the bottom of the screen to change the blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your ASUS Zenfone 8, 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 shot of your ASUS Zenfone 8 in post-production

It may happen at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. In this case, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On several Android versions, this technique 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 image on ASUS Zenfone 8 in post-production via the phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open the snapshot that you want 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, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and in the event that you took the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your ASUS Zenfone 8 by following this solution:

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

Blur the background of a photo of your ASUS Zenfone 8 with an application

In the event that the manipulations that we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will therefore have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your ASUS Zenfone 8. The advantage of this solution 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 ASUS Zenfone 8, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, however 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 ASUS Zenfone 8.
  • 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 .
  • To finish click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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