Thousands of photos are captured on our smartphones every day. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a person, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 .

First of all, we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 . Then we will see, how to blur a photo works on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6

This background blur in a photo was not so long ago reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological advancement of our phones, this feature is now possible on the vast majority of phones. It allows to highlight the main subject of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, several solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 already have this basic a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to run post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this case, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If not, 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 is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to change the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, 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 Tab A6 in post-production

It is sometimes possible 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 case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On several Android versions, this solution is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. In the event that you have captured the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your photo on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 in post-production via phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open image 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 of the background to be able to adjust the amount of blur you want.
  • To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on your Android version and in the event that you captured the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 by following this method:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to touch up.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Select the type of blur .
  • You must 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 of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 with an application

If ever the operations that we have just discovered 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 Tab A6. The advantage of this method is that it allows retouch any image on your 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 Tab A6, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, however because of this 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 Tab A6.
  • 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 type 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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