Thousands of snapshots are captured on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase private data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the technique to succeed in 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 Vivo Y21 .

First we will find out solutions for blurring the background of an image with your Vivo Y21 . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on Vivo Y21 with an app .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Vivo Y21

This background blur on a photo was until some time ago reserved for reflex cameras. Thanks to the technological progress of our smartphones, this functionality is now possible on the vast majority of phones. It offers the possibility of highlight the main subject of a photo en artistically blurring background details. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, there are several alternatives for blurring the background of an image on your Vivo Y21.

Blur the background of an image of your Vivo Y21 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Vivo Y21 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several ways of doing things are available to you. Some Android versions of your Vivo Y21 thus have by default a way to blur the background the moment you take the picture . The usefulness 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 Vivo Y21:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. If this is not the case, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Choose the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed 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 Vivo Y21, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a photo:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Click on the " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of an image of your Vivo Y21 in post-production

It is possible at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode. If you have ever taken the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to follow to blur the background of your photo on Vivo Y21 in post-production with the help of the phone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your phone.
  • Open the photo 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 to be able to correct the desired blur intensity.
  • 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 photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Vivo Y21 by applying this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Select image that you want to touch up.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the type of blur .
  • You should manually define 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 Vivo Y21 with an application

In the event that the operations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have one technique left. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Vivo Y21. The advantage of this solution is that it will allow 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 Vivo Y21, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, yet all of a sudden 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 Vivo Y21.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Click on 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.

In the event that you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Vivo Y21, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Live Y21.