Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today we are going to discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia 10 IV .

To start we will see the solutions to blur the background of an image with your Sony Xperia 10 IV . Then we'll see, how does blurring a photo work on Sony Xperia 10 IV using an application .

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Blur the background of a photo using your Sony Xperia 10 IV

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on the majority of smartphones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of an image en blurring artistically background details. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your phone, several alternatives are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Sony Xperia 10 IV.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Sony Xperia 10 IV before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia 10 IV can be useful to highlight the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several ways of doing things are available to you. Some Android versions of your Sony Xperia 10 IV already have this by default a way to blur the background when you take the snapshot . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to perform post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia 10 IV:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If not, tap the effects icon on the right side 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 blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Sony Xperia 10 IV, the procedure is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:

  • 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 shot of your Sony Xperia 10 IV in post-production

It may happen at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not tops. In this situation, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking 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 took the shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your image on Sony Xperia 10 IV in post-production using the phone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open the snapshot that you want to blur.
  • Click 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 correct the desired blur intensity.
  • To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and if you took the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Sony Xperia 10 IV by following this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Choose image that you want to change.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the type of blur .
  • You should manually select the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the snapshot with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Sony Xperia 10 IV using an application

In the event that the operations we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. In this situation, you will need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia 10 IV. The advantage of this solution 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 Sony Xperia 10 IV, the best application is » Auto blur background “. As its name suggests, it only has one feature, but 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 Sony Xperia 10 IV.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Choose 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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