Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, hide private data or to remove annoying details. For 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 we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S8 .
To start we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S8 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S8 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Samsung Galaxy S8
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technological progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on the majority of smartphones. It will allow highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, there are several procedures available to you to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy S8.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S8 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S8 can be useful for emphasizing main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S8 have by default a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to do any post-production manipulation, nor need to download an application. So, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S8:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects is displayed 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 »Depending on the desired blur effect.
- An adjustment bar appears after that 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 S8, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of an image:
- Open your application Camera .
- Select the feature " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of an image from your Samsung Galaxy S8 in post-production
There may be times when you do not like the result or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On some Android versions, this technique is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode. If you took the image with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy S8 in post-production using the smartphone settings:
- See you in 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 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 have taken the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy S8 by applying this manipulation:
- 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 must manually define the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S8 with an application
If ever the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be done, you still have a technique. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S8. The advantage of this manipulation is that it will allow 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 S8, 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 S8.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Select 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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