Thousands of snapshots are captured on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you are going to discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Pro 1 .
First we will find out the solutions to blur the background of an image with your Sony Xperia Pro 1 . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on Sony Xperia Pro 1 with an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Sony Xperia Pro 1
This background blur on a photo was not so long ago reserved for SLR cameras. With the technological progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on most mobile phones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring background details. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives are available to you to blur the background of an image on your Sony Xperia Pro 1.
Blur the background of an image of your Sony Xperia Pro 1 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Pro 1 can be useful for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Sony Xperia Pro 1 already have this a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The usefulness of this solution is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to perform any post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Pro 1:
- 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 that 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 adjust blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Sony Xperia Pro 1, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- Open your application Camera .
- Choose the feature " 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 Pro 1 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 tops. In this situation, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait Mode” or “Live Focus” mode. If you ever captured the image with one of these modes, find out how to blur the background of your photo on Sony Xperia Pro 1 in post-production using the smartphone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open image that you are trying 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 to be able to adjust the amount of blur you want.
- To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and whether you captured the image without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Sony Xperia Pro 1 by following this solution:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to change.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the kind of blur .
- You must manually define 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 Sony Xperia Pro 1 with an application
In the event that the manipulations that we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Sony Xperia Pro 1. The advantage of this solution is that it allows you to 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 Pro 1, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, however as a result 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 Sony Xperia Pro 1.
- 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 kind 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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