Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. However, you may need to edit them to enhance an object or subject, hide confidential data, or remove annoying details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6T .

First of all we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your OnePlus 6T . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on OnePlus 6T with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your OnePlus 6T

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a few years ago. With the technical progress of our phones, this functionality is now possible on the majority of cell phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several alternatives are available to you to blur the background of an image on your OnePlus 6T.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your OnePlus 6T before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6T can be useful for bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. For this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your OnePlus 6T offer basic a way to blur the background the moment you capture the photo . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In reality, you will not need to perform any post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6T:

  • 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 this is not what happens, 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 set the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your OnePlus 6T, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of a photo:

  • 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 OnePlus 6T in post-production

It may sometimes be that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing 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 have captured the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on OnePlus 6T in post-production using the settings of the mobile phone:

  • Go to the Gallery from your mobile phone.
  • Open the photo 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 in the event that you captured the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your OnePlus 6T by applying this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Select image that you want to change.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the type of blur .
  • You should manually define the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the photo with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your OnePlus 6T with an application

If the manipulations we have just seen cannot be done, you still have a technique. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your OnePlus 6T. The advantage of this solution 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 OnePlus 6T, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, however therefore 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 OnePlus 6T.
  • 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 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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