Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the best option. But finding the technique to achieve artistic blurring is not a long easy process. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M40 .
To start we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy M40 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy M40 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy M40
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 smartphones, this function is now possible on most phones. It offers the possibility of highlight the main theme of an image en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several procedures are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy M40.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy M40 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M40 can be useful for emphasizing main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy M40 are already so original a way to blur the background when you take the snapshot . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . In fact, you won't need to do any post-production operations or download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M40:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. If that doesn't work, tap 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 appears after that at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your Samsung Galaxy M40, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:
- Open your application Camera .
- Choose the feature " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy M40 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. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On some Android versions, this technique is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you have ever captured the shot with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to do to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy M40 in post-production with the help of the smartphone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the snapshot that you want 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, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and in the event that you captured the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy M40 by applying this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to touch up.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur .
- You should manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the snapshot with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy M40 with an application
If the operations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a technique. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy M40. The advantage of this technique is that it offers the possibility of 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 M40, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one function, but suddenly 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 M40.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose 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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