Thousands of photos are captured on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to enhance an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your HTC Desire 19+ .

First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your HTC Desire 19+ . Then we will find out, how blurring a photo works on HTC Desire 19+ using an app .

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Blur the background of a photo using HTC Desire 19+

This background blur in a photo was not so long ago reserved for SLR cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of smartphones. It allows to highlight the main subject of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, you have several alternatives available to blur the background of an image on your HTC Desire 19+.

Blur the background of an image on HTC Desire 19+ before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on HTC Desire 19+ can be useful for bringing out main subjects in the foreground. For this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your HTC Desire 19+ therefore have the original a way to blur the background the moment you capture the snapshot . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to do any post-production operations or download an app. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your HTC Desire 19+:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If not, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
  • Choose the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »Depending on the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to change blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your HTC Desire 19+, the procedure is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:

  • 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 an image from HTC Desire 19+ in post-production

It is sometimes possible that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On several Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you took the shot in one of these modes, here is the procedure below to blur the background of your shot on HTC Desire 19+ in post-production with the help of mobile phone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your mobile phone.
  • Open the snapshot that you want to blur.
  • Click 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 the version of your Android and in the event that you took the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your HTC Desire 19+ by following this technique:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Choose image that you want to change.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the kind of blur .
  • You should manually define 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 HTC Desire 19+ 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 need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on HTC Desire 19+. The advantage of this technique is that it will allow retouch any image on your mobile 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 HTC Desire 19+, 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 HTC Desire 19+.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Click on 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.

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