Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our cell phones. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to modify 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 best solution. 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy J5 . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy J5 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy J5
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technological advancement of our devices, this feature is now available on most phones. It allows to 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 phone, several solutions exist to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy J5.
Blur the background of an image of your Samsung Galaxy J5 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J5 can be useful for emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy J5 already have this by default a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to do any post-production manipulation, nor to download an application. In this case, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J5:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and choose the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. In the event that this does not 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 is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Samsung Galaxy J5, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- 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 J5 in post-production
It is possible at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On several Android versions, this solution is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. In the event that you have captured the image with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy J5 in post-production using the phone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your phone.
- Open image 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 correct 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 in the event that you captured the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy J5 by following this method:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur .
- You should manually define 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 J5 with an application
If ever the manipulations that we have just seen cannot be done, you still have a technique. In this situation you will need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy J5. The advantage of this method 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 Samsung Galaxy J5, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, nonetheless, 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 Samsung Galaxy J5.
- 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 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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