Thousands of photos are taken on our smartphones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to emphasize an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove annoying details. In this setting, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S5 .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S5 . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S5 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy S5
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our Android devices, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of phones. It will allow highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S5 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S5 can be helpful in highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several methods exist. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S5 are already so original a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't 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 S5:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects is displayed automatically. In the event that this is not the case, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
- Select the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »According to 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 several versions of your Samsung Galaxy S5, the process 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 a photo of your Samsung Galaxy S5 in post-production
It is sometimes possible that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. If so, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On several Android versions, this solution is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you have captured the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your shot on Samsung Galaxy S5 in post-production using the 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 "
- 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 in the event that you have captured the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy S5 by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose image that you want to change.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the kind 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 on your Samsung Galaxy S5 with an application
If the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S5. The advantage of this procedure 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 S5, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but suddenly 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 S5.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Click on the image you want to blur.
- Click on the option » Edit "
- Select 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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