Thousands of photos are taken every day on our smartphones. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase private 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 technique to succeed in 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 6a .
First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Google Pixel 6a . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Google Pixel 6a using an app .
Blur the background of a photo using your Google Pixel 6a
This background blur on a photo was until some time ago reserved for reflex cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on the majority of mobile phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring background details. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your phone, several alternatives are available to you for blurring the background of an image on your Google Pixel 6a.
Blur the background of an image from your Google Pixel 6a before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 6a can be interesting to highlight the main subjects in the foreground. To do this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Google Pixel 6a already have this by default a way to blur the background when you take the snapshot . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . In fact, you won't need to perform any post-production operations, nor need to download an app. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 6a:
- 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. If that doesn't work, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
- Choose 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 change the blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your Google Pixel 6a, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- 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 snapshot of your Google Pixel 6a in post-production
It sometimes happens that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you had made are not tops. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On some Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode. If you ever captured the shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to follow to blur the background of your photo on Google Pixel 6a in post-production using the phone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your phone.
- Open the snapshot that you want to blur.
- Press on " Change background effect "Or "Adjust background blur "
- Choose 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 your Android version and if you ever captured the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Google Pixel 6a by applying this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose 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 on your Google Pixel 6a using an application
In case the operations we have just shown you cannot be done, you still have one technique left. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 6a. The advantage of this technique is that it allows 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 Google Pixel 6a, 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 6a.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose the image you want to blur.
- Click on the option » Edit "
- Choose the area to blur or the background, the kind of blur among the many filters and effects. Then adjust its intensity .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Google Pixel 6a, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 6a.
