Thousands of snapshots are captured every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 .

To start we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 . Then we'll see, How to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

This background blur in a photo was only usable a few years ago by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on most phones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several procedures exist to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017.

Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 can be interesting for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several ways of doing things are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 have by default a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . 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. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • 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 the case, 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 then appears at the bottom of the screen to set the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On a number of versions of your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a snapshot:

  • 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 in post-production

It may happen at times that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On a certain number of Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you took the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your image on Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 in post-production with the help of the mobile phone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your mobile phone.
  • Open image that you are trying 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 took the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 by applying this method:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to touch up.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose 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 image with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 with an application

In the event that the manipulations we have just shown you 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 2017. The advantage of this method is that it offers the possibility of 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 2017, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, however therefore 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 Samsung Galaxy A5 2017.
  • 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 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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