Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the right solution. 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 S9 .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy S9 . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Samsung Galaxy S9 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy S9
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological progress of our android devices, this functionality is now possible on the majority of smartphones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several procedures are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy S9.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy S9 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S9 can be helpful in emphasizing the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy S9 have basic a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The utility of this technique is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to do any post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S9:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects is displayed automatically. If it doesn't work, tap the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
- Select the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »According to the desired blur effect.
- An adjustment bar then appears 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 S9, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:
- 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 an image from your Samsung Galaxy S9 in post-production
It may sometimes be that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. In this situation, you will still be able to blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On a number of Android versions, this solution is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you captured the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your shot on Samsung Galaxy S9 in post-production via the smartphone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you want to blur.
- Click 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 adjust the amount of blur you want.
- To save the edited photo, press " 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 also blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy S9 by applying this method:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select 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 photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S9 using an application
If the manipulations that we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a technique. You will therefore have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy S9. The advantage of this method 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 S9, 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 S9.
- 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 adjust its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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