Thousands of snapshots are captured every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to erase private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Echo .
At first we will discover solutions to blur the background of an image with your Echo . Then we will find out, how blurring a photo works on Echo using an app .
Blur the background of a photo with your Echo
This background blur in a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to technological advances in our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on most mobile phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main subject of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives are available to blur the background of an image on your Echo.
Blur the background of a photo on your Echo before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Echo can be useful for bringing out main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Echo thus have by default a way to blur the background when you capture the snapshot . The usefulness of this solution is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to do any post-production manipulation, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Echo:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. If it doesn't work, click on 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 set the blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On a number of versions of your Echo, the procedure is slightly different for blurring the background of a photo:
- Open your application Camera .
- Choose the feature " 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 Echo in post-production
At times it may happen 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 capturing it .
On a number of Android versions, this solution is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you've ever captured the shot with one of these modes, here's how to blur the background of your shot on Echo in post-production via smartphone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
- 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, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on the version of your Android and in the event that you have captured the snapshot without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Echo by following this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select 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 with the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the snapshot with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo on your Echo using an app
On the assumption that the manipulations that we have just shown you cannot be carried out, you still have one technique. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Echo. The advantage of this technique is that it allows retouch any image on your smartphone.
There are many applications, but for a rendering almost as good as with a reflex camera, and not having to change the resolution of the photos on your Echo, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, however therefore 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 Echo.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose 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 adjust its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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