Thousands of snapshots are captured on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Ace .
First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Sony Xperia Ace . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on Sony Xperia Ace with an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Sony Xperia Ace
This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. With the technological progress of our android devices, this functionality is now possible on the majority of cell phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Sony Xperia Ace.
Blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Ace before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Ace can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. In this perspective, several methods exist. Some Android versions of your Sony Xperia Ace thus offer by default a way to blur the background the moment you capture the photo . The usefulness of this option is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to run any post-production operations or download an app. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Ace:
- 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. In the event that this is not what happens, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
- Select 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 adjust blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your Sony Xperia Ace, the process is slightly different to blur the background of a shot:
- Open your application Camera .
- Click on the " Live focus "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
- Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
Blur the background of a shot of your Sony Xperia Ace in post-production
It can sometimes happen that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. In this situation, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On some Android versions, this manipulation is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you took the picture with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your shot on Sony Xperia Ace in post-production using the smartphone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you want 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, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on the version of your Android and in the event that you took the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Sony Xperia Ace by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the type of blur .
- You must 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 of your Sony Xperia Ace with an application
In the event that 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 Sony Xperia Ace. The advantage of this procedure is that it allows 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 Sony Xperia Ace, 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 Sony Xperia Ace.
- 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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