Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our smartphones. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to improve them to enhance an object or a person, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the best 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 we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 3a .
First of all we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Google Pixel 3a . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Google Pixel 3a using an app .
Blur the background of a photo with your Google Pixel 3a
This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technological advancements of our smartphones, this function is now possible on most of the phones. It will allow highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, there are several solutions available to blur the background of an image on your Google Pixel 3a.
Blur the background of an image from your Google Pixel 3a before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 3a can be useful for emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. To do this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Google Pixel 3a already have this original a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The usefulness of this option is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to do any post-production operations or download an app. So, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 3a:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. In the event that this is not what happens, tap 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 want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Google Pixel 3a, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- 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 from your Google Pixel 3a in post-production
It may happen at times that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. In this situation, 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 photo with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to perform to blur the background of your image on Google Pixel 3a in post-production via the settings of the smartphone:
- See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you are trying 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 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 if you ever took the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Google Pixel 3a by applying this method:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur .
- You should manually define the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 3a using an application
In the event that the operations 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 Google Pixel 3a. The advantage of this method is that it offers the possibility of retouch any image on your smartphone.
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 Google Pixel 3a, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one function, however, so 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 Google Pixel 3a.
- 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 type 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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