Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our phones. Even so, it may be necessary to improve them to enhance an object or a person, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung XCover 4 .
First of all we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Samsung XCover 4 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Samsung XCover 4 using an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Samsung XCover 4
This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a few years ago. With the technical progress of our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on most cell phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of an image en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your phone, several solutions exist to blur the background of an image on your Samsung XCover 4.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your Samsung XCover 4 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Samsung XCover 4 can be interesting for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Samsung XCover 4 have by default a way to blur the background the moment you capture the image . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to carry out post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung XCover 4:
- 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 appears automatically. If that doesn't work, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
- Select 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 adjust blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Samsung XCover 4, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of a photo:
- Open your application Camera .
- Choose 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 XCover 4 in post-production
It sometimes happens at times 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 always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On several Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you captured the image with one of these modes, find out how to blur the background of your shot on Samsung XCover 4 in post-production with the help of 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 in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
- To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and assuming you captured the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Samsung XCover 4 by following this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blur .
- You must manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur thanks to the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Samsung XCover 4 using an application
On the assumption that the manipulations that we have just shown you cannot be carried out, you still have one technique. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Samsung XCover 4. The advantage of this technique is that it offers the possibility of 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 XCover 4, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but suddenly it does it 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 XCover 4.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose 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 set its intensity .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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