Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to improve them to enhance an object or a subject, to erase private data or to remove annoying details. To do this, 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 you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 .

First of all we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy Note 9 with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy Note 9

This background blur in a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our devices, this functionality is now possible on most cell phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several solutions exist to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 can be useful for emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. For this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 thus offer original a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to perform post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. If this is not what happens, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Choose the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to change the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On a number of versions of your Samsung Galaxy Note 9, the handling is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Click on the " 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 Note 9 in post-production

It can sometimes happen that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On a certain 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 photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your shot on Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in post-production with the help of smartphone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Open the photo that you are trying to blur.
  • Press on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Choose 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 assuming you captured the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9 by applying this technique:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Select image that you want to change.
  • Press 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 Note 9 with an application

In the event that the manipulations we have just shown you cannot be carried out, you still have one technique left. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Note 9. The advantage of this technique is that it allows you to 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 Note 9, 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 Note 9.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Click on 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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