Thousands of photos are taken on our smartphones every day. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase private data or to remove annoying details. In this setting, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge .
First of all, we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to technological advances in our devices, this function is now possible on most mobile phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, there are several solutions to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge can be helpful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge have basic a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The usefulness of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to do post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge:
- 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 is displayed automatically. If it doesn't work, click on 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 set the blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On a number of versions of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the procedure 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 snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in post-production
It is possible at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On a number of 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 shot on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in post-production with the help of the phone settings mobile:
- Go to the Gallery from your mobile phone.
- Open image 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 in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
- To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on the version of your Android and if you took the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge by applying this manipulation:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- 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 with the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with an application
If the operations we have just shown you cannot be done, you still have a technique. In this situation you will need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The advantage of this manipulation is that it offers the possibility of retouch any image on your mobile 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 S7 Edge, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As its name suggests, it has only one function, nevertheless, 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 S7 Edge.
- 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 kind of blur among the many filters and effects. Then adjust its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy Edge S7.
