Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to improve them to enhance an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the right solution. But finding the technique to achieve artistic blurring is not a long easy process. This is the reason why in this article you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Android smartphone .
First we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your Android smartphone . Then we'll see, how to blur a photo on Android smartphone using an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your Android smartphone
This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. With the technological progress of our smartphones, this function is now possible on the majority of phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main theme of an image en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your phone, several alternatives can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Android smartphone.
Blur the background of a snapshot from your Android smartphone before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Android smartphone can be interesting in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your Android smartphone are already original a way to blur the background the moment you capture the image . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to do post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Android smartphone:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll down the options at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. If this is not what happens, click on the effects icon on the right 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 adjust blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Android smartphone, 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 ».
- Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.
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Blur the background of a shot from your Android smartphone in post-production
It may happen 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 correct. In this situation, you will still be able to 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. In the event that you have captured the image with one of these modes, we present here the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on an Android smartphone in post-production using the phone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your phone.
- Open image 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, 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 Android smartphone by following this procedure:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur .
- You must manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo on your Android smartphone using an application
If the operations we have just shown you cannot be performed, there is still a technique left for you. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Android smartphone. The advantage of this procedure 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 Android smartphone, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one function, however, so 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 from your Android smartphone.
- 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 .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
