Thousands of photos are taken on our smartphones every day. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase private data or to remove annoying 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 OnePlus 6 .
To start we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your OnePlus 6 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on OnePlus 6 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your OnePlus 6
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technical progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on most smartphones. It will allow 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 phone, several procedures exist to blur the background of an image on your OnePlus 6.
Blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6 can be interesting to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several methods exist. Some Android versions of your OnePlus 6 thus offer by default a way to blur the background when you capture the snapshot . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to perform post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll down the options at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. If this is not what happens, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
- Select the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »Depending on the desired blur effect.
- An adjustment bar then appears 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 OnePlus 6, the handling 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 ».
- Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a shot of your OnePlus 6 in post-production
It may sometimes be that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. If so, you can always 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 shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your image on OnePlus 6 in post-production using the phone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your phone.
- Open the snapshot that you want 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, press " 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 still blur the background on your OnePlus 6 by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur .
- You must 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 of your OnePlus 6 with an application
If the manipulations we have just discovered cannot be done, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6. 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 OnePlus 6, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one function, however, so it does it 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 OnePlus 6.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose 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 .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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