Thousands of photos are taken on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung W20 .
First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung W20 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo works on Samsung W20 using an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung W20
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technical progress of our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on most phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main subject 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, several solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Samsung W20.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung W20 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung W20 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Samsung W20 thus offer basic a way to blur the background when you take the snapshot . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you won't need to run post-production operations or download an app. So what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung W20:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » 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 »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 want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Samsung W20, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- Open your application Camera .
- Select the feature " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung W20 in post-production
It sometimes happens at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. In this case, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On several Android versions, this technique is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you ever took the shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your shot on Samsung W20 in post-production using the mobile phone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your mobile phone.
- Open the snapshot that you want 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 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 took the snapshot without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Samsung W20 by applying this method:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose 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 snapshot with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung W20 using an application
If the operations we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will therefore have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung W20. The advantage of this method is that it will allow 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 W20, 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 W20.
- 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 .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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