Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our cell phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Oppo K5 .

First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Oppo K5 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Oppo K5 using an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Oppo K5

This background blur in a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on most phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of an image 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 Oppo K5.

Blur the background of an image of your Oppo K5 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Oppo K5 can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several ways of doing things are available to you. Some Android versions of your Oppo K5 are therefore original a way to blur the background when you capture the photo . The utility of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, you won't need to run post-production operations or download an app. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Oppo K5:

  • 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 this is not what happens, tap the effects icon on the right 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 the blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On some versions of your Oppo K5, the process is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Select the feature " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of a photo of your Oppo K5 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 perfect. In this case, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On some Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you took the picture with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your shot on Oppo K5 in post-production using the phone settings:

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

Depending on your Android version and if you took the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Oppo K5 by applying this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to change.
  • 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 thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the photo with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Oppo K5 with an application

In the event that the operations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have one technique left. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Oppo K5. The advantage of this solution is that it allows 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 Oppo K5, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As its name suggests, it has only one function, but suddenly 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 Oppo K5.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Select 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 .
  • Finally click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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