Thousands of photos are taken on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A8 .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy A8 . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy A8 using an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy A8
This background blur in a photo was only usable a few years ago by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technical progress of our android devices, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of mobile phones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several methods are available to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy A8.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy A8 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A8 can be useful for emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy A8 offer basic a way to blur the background the moment you capture the image . The usefulness of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to do any post-production manipulation, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A8:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. If that doesn't work, click on the effects icon on the right side 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 the blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On a number of versions of your Samsung Galaxy A8, handling is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- 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 photo of your Samsung Galaxy A8 in post-production
It may happen at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. In this case, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On a number of Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you captured the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your shot on Samsung Galaxy A8 in post-production via the settings of the mobile phone:
- See you in the Gallery from your mobile 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 of the background in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
- To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and whether you captured the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy A8 by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blur .
- You should manually select 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 Samsung Galaxy A8 using an application
If the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy A8. The advantage of this manipulation 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 Samsung Galaxy A8, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but as a result 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 A8.
- 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 kind 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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