Thousands of photos are taken every day on our cell phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is required to retouch them to highlight an object or a person, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the technique to succeed in artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we are going to see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M12 .

First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy M12 . Then we'll see, how does blurring a photo work on samsung galaxy m12 using an app .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy M12

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago reserved for reflex cameras. With the technical progress of our devices, this feature is now possible on most phones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en blurring artistically background details. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, several solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy M12.

Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M12 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M12 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy M12 thus have basic a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, 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 M12:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. If not, 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 several versions of your Samsung Galaxy M12, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:

  • 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 an image of your Samsung Galaxy M12 in post-production

It sometimes happens that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. In this case, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On several Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait Mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you captured the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to follow to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy M12 in post-production via 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 correct 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 if you have captured the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy M12 by applying this technique:

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

Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy M12 using an application

In the event that the manipulations that we have just seen cannot be done, you still have one technique left. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M12. The advantage of this technique is that it will allow 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 M12, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, nevertheless, as a result 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 M12.
  • 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 adjust its intensity .
  • Finally click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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