Thousands of photos are captured on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful 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 S7 .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S7 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S7 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy S7
This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. Thanks to the technical progress of our phones, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of mobile phones. It offers the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically the 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 S7.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S7 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7 can be interesting for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S7 offer basic a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The utility of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to perform 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:
- 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 is displayed automatically. If not, tap 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 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 some versions of your Samsung Galaxy S7, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a snapshot:
- Open your application Camera .
- Click on the " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S7 in post-production
It can sometimes happen that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On some Android versions, this solution 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 in post-production via the settings of the smartphone:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open image 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 of the background in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
- To save the edited photo, press " 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 by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur .
- You should manually define 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 on your Samsung Galaxy S7 with an application
In the event that the manipulations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will therefore need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S7. The advantage of this manipulation is that it allows 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 S7, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, however therefore 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 S7.
- 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 set its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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