Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to enhance an object or a person, 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 solution for successful 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 J3 .
At first we will discover solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy J3 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy J3 using an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy J3
This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a few years ago. Thanks to the technical progress of our Android devices, this functionality is now possible on the majority of smartphones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy J3.
Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J3 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J3 can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy J3 therefore have the original a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The usefulness of this option is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to do post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J3:
- 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 not, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
- Choose the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »Depending on 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 certain number of versions of your Samsung Galaxy J3, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- Open your application Camera .
- Select the feature " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a shot of your Samsung Galaxy J3 in post-production
Sometimes it happens sometimes that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On a number of Android versions, this solution 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 do to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy J3 in post-production with the help of the settings of the smartphone:
- See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you are trying to blur.
- Click 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 to be able to adjust the amount of blur you want.
- To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and if you ever captured the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy J3 by following this solution:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose 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 photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy J3 with an application
In the event that the operations we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will therefore need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J3. The advantage of this solution is that it allows retouch any image on your smartphone.
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 J3, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but all of a sudden 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 J3.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Select 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 .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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