How to blur photos on computers and phones quickly and simply

You want to stand out in the middle of the photo, while the surrounding background is blurred? The following article will show you how to quickly blur photos on phones and computers.

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How to blur photos on computer

Blur photos with Paint

Step 1: Use Paint to open the image to be blurred.

Step 2: At the Home tab, select Select > Rectangular Selection .

Step 3: Drag and drop the mouse to create a rectangular frame around the area you want to blur.

Step 4: Press Ctrl and – twice, then press Ctrl and + twice. The + and – keys must use the number pad area to the right of the keyboard. If it’s still not blurry enough, you can press Ctrl – 3 times and Ctrl + 3 times.

Step 5: Save the image.

Blur photos with Photoshop

Step 1: Use Photoshop to open the image to be blurred.

Step 2: Select Filter > Blur > Field Blur .

Step 3: A selection point (pin) will appear in the middle of the frame allowing you to customize the blur of the image.

You can hover over that selection and drag the mouse clockwise to increase the opacity, or counterclockwise to decrease the opacity. Or you can also look through the Blur Tools window next to it, in the Field Blur section change the opacity, the higher the index, the more blurred the image and vice versa.

Step 4: Create more selection points by clicking any point on the image, and repeat the same operations to increase or decrease the image blur.

Step 5: Click OK and save the image.

Blur photos with the free online website Canva

Step 1: Log in to Canva using your Facebook account, or Google account. You can also sign up for your own Canva account for free.

Step 2: Select Create design in the left pane. Here you have the option to create a new design based on the original size of the image, or use Canva’s built-in size templates , such as A4, slideshow, book cover, Facebook cover photo, …

Step 3: In the menu on the left side of the screen, select Upload content to upload the image to be blurred. Then click to insert the image into the design area .

Step 4: Click on the inserted image, select Adjust .

Here, find the Opacity section and change it as you like.

Step 5: Click the Download arrow , select an archive type and download the image to your computer.

How to blur photos on your phone

AfterFocus

AfterFocus is a simple, easy to use application for blurring photos. You just need to select the area to focus on , then the application will automatically process and blur the surrounding areas.

Moreover, AfterFocus also provides users with many filters to make photos look better.

Blur Image Background

Contrary to AfterFocus’ blur, when using the Blur Image Background application, you will need to select the area to be blurred instead of the area to focus on. The method is also quite simple, you just need to select the Brush tool and scan the areas that need to be blurred on the image.

In addition, you can easily change the brush size to increase the completeness of your photo.

Snapseed

Snapseed is a great photo editing tool from Google, providing many professional photo editing features.

To blur photos with Snapseed, choose Tools > Lens Blur . Here, you can customize the lens shape round or horizontal, or square, triangle, heart, ….

If you swipe vertically , you can change between blur properties, then swipe horizontally you can change the value of that property.

PicsArt

PicsArt must be a very familiar name for those of you who edit photos with your phone, because of the multitude of features provided by this application, including the function of blurring photos.

After using PicsArt to open the image to be blurred, click the fx effects tab at the bottom of the screen, a number of tools and filters will appear.

Select Blur filter > Blur , now the whole image will be blurred.

To focus some details in the image, you just need to use a brush to brush on those details. The Eraser tool also helps you erase out-of-focus areas, making your photos more perfect. Then just save the photo to your phone or share it on social media with your friends.

Google Camera for Android

Google Camera is a photography application provided by Google that allows blurring the lens at the moment of taking a photo. Currently, Google Camera has not been released in CH Play, you can download the apk file and install it.

To be able to take photos to remove fonts with Google Camera, click on the 3 dashes icon located in the upper left corner of the application and select Lens Blur mode.

Next, you just need to select the focus point , press capture and then move the camera in the direction of the arrow for the camera to get depth information.

After taking a photo, Google Camera lets you re-edit the blur , by re-selecting the focus point, dragging the blur slider left or right. Finally, click Done to save the photo effect.

Hope you will do it successfully!