Thousands of photos are taken every day on our smartphones. However, it sometimes happens that it is required to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to succeed in artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you are going to discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 7 .

First of all we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Google Pixel 7 . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on google pixel 7 using an app .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Google Pixel 7

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago reserved for reflex cameras. With the technological progress of our devices, this functionality is now possible on the majority of mobile phones. It will allow highlight the main theme of an image en blurring artistically background details. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, several procedures can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Google Pixel 7.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Google Pixel 7 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 7 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several ways of doing it are offered to you. Some Android versions of your Google Pixel 7 thus offer by default a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to do any post-production manipulations, nor need to download an app. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Google Pixel 7:

  • 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. If this is not the case, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Choose 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 change the blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On some versions of your Google Pixel 7, the manipulation is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:

  • 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 an image of your Google Pixel 7 in post-production

It is possible that at times you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not tops. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On a number of Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait Mode” or “Live Focus” mode. If you took the image with one of these modes, find out how to blur the background of your photo on Google Pixel 7 in post-production using the phone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open image 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 adjust the amount of blur you want.
  • To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and if you took the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Google Pixel 7 by following this method:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Choose image that you want to touch up.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the kind of blur .
  • You must manually select the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur with the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the image with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Google Pixel 7 using an application

If ever the manipulations we have just seen cannot be performed, 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 7. The advantage of this method is that it will allow you to 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 7, 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 Google Pixel 7.
  • 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 set its intensity .
  • Finally click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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