Thousands of photos are captured on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to erase private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus .

First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S10 plus using an app .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. With the technical progress of our android devices, this function is now possible on most mobile phones. It will allow highlight the main theme of an image en blurring artistically the details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your phone, there are several methods available to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus can be useful for emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus already have this by default a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The usefulness of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to perform post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and choose the function » 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  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus, the procedure is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:

  • 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 shot of your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus in post-production

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

On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you took the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your image on Samsung Galaxy S10 plus in post-production using the phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open image 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 background to adjust 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 in the event that you took the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus by following this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to touch up.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the kind of blur .
  • You should manually select the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the image with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus using an application

If the manipulations we have just discovered cannot be done, you still have a solution. You will therefore have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S10 plus. The advantage of this solution 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 S10 plus, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, 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 S10 plus.
  • 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 kind 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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