Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our mobile phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the best option. 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 we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Motorola One Action .

First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Motorola One Action . Then we will find out, how the blurring of a photo works on Motorola One Action thanks to an application .

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Blur the background of a photo using your Motorola One Action

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technological advancement of our android devices, this function is now possible on the vast majority of cell phones. It will allow highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, there are several methods available to you to blur the background of an image on your Motorola One Action.

Blur the background of a photo of your Motorola One Action before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Motorola One Action can be helpful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Motorola One Action are already original a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . In fact, you will neither need to carry out post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Motorola One Action:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose the function » 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 appears after that at the bottom of the screen to change blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Motorola One Action, the procedure is not quite the same 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 of your Motorola One Action in post-production

It may sometimes be that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On several Android versions, this solution is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. In the event that you took the image with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to do to blur the background of your photo on Motorola One Action in post-production via the phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open image 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 background to correct 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 in the event that you took the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Motorola One Action by following this procedure:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to touch up.
  • 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 using the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the image with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Motorola One Action with an application

In the event that the manipulations we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. In this situation you will need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Motorola One Action. The advantage of this procedure is that it offers the possibility of 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 Motorola One Action, 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 Motorola One Action.
  • 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 set its intensity .
  • To finish click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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