It also has a wide aperture mode for capturing photos with as much or as little
background blur as you'd like.
The selfie camera is by far the best we've seen on any phone, with the same ability to simulate
background blur as the rear camera.
Not exact matches
A plain
background works best, but if the subject is in a crowd or busy area,
blur the
background as much
as you can with the help of a telephoto lens, wide open.
My
background as both an athlete and coach has been particularly helpful, although I am careful not to
blur the boundaries.
In other news, it is still freakin» hot in Tulsa (
as you can see from the sweat on my brow in a few of these pics) and there is a dancing frog in the
background of a few of these pics (sister is still learning how to use Photoshop and learn the value of the «
blur tool» — stay tuned).
Just
as the detective's narcotics -
blurred mind mostly seems to be elsewhere, however, so the case recedes into the
background for the bulk of the film,
as his crazed antics bleed into a host of interconnected subplots.
As you put the slider up and down, you'll see the
background sink, separate and
blur, and some foreground elements get a little depth to them.
There is a lot of
blurring throughout the various
backgrounds of the film's impressive field of depth, with the ever transforming buildings and environments looking even more complicated
as you watch the film without your 3D glasses.
Also, there is a new default camera app that has features such
as Live Bokeh and
Background Blur Shape.
The
backgrounds of the levels on Earth can be garish with their bright colours and
blurred details but getting to see the world close up
as an alien the size of a fly is fun.
As such, you can expect to see occasional visual oddities, some
blurred background textures (which may have been intentional, despite looking odd) and lengthy frame freezes.
When it went from regular to pro it made it so the audio sync became horribly off
as well
as putting a
blur filter on that would randomly
blur everything in the
background / foreground and would often have the characters who were speaking be completely out of focus.
For example, in Law of the Jungle (2017), the actors» names — Hattie McDaniel and Bill (Bojangles) Robinson are painted white and large, then wiped by hand, in the foreground, while the films Law of the Jungle, Midnight Shadow and Blood of Jesus, are in a smaller font in a light gray tone and
blurred to a greater extent so it seems they are floating —
as if into obscurity — in the
background.
Modeling her CG animations on the allegorical paintings of Casper David Fredrich, Fu continues her aspirations in the sublime from her painting
background into experimental digital media, exploring the nature of physical and metaphysical limits,
as the work also mirrors the fundamental aspect of Chinese Traditional Landscape Painting, which often presents a type of virtual space where the significance of the individual and linear perspective is
blurred into a voluminous landscape.
As Lévy's and Gorvy's
backgrounds attest, the lines dividing the various sectors of the art world — from galleries to auction houses to museums — are increasingly
blurred.
The big draw to this mid-range phone is its 12 - megapixel dual camera system, which allows for wide and telephoto shots with 2x optical zoom,
as well
as Portrait Mode - style shots that
blur out the
background from your subject, similar to the effect seen in pictures from the iPhone 7.
In the indoor portrait image comparison below, you can see that the Pixel 2 improves significantly over the Pixel, but that the
background blur and bokeh are not
as natural
as that provided by the iPhone 8 Plus's dual - camera system.
The V30 achieves the default score of 25 points for bokeh,
as it doesn't feature a portrait mode to artificially
blur the
background in portraits.
The depth of field effects of the f / 2.4 setting are noticeably different,
as background elements don't have
as much
blur.
This triple - camera phone is mightily impressive in low - light, operates fast, can do all those fancy software - based Portrait mode
background blurs just
as badly
as its competition, along with image stabilisation and that intelligent zoom.
That transparency seemingly mimics the transitions by other OEMs into an UI with more transparencies and «glass - like» behavior, something which is also apparent in Google's choice of default wallpaper,
as the dynamic «Aurora Time lapse»
background has the kind of
blurred aesthetic we'd expect from other OEMs.
These combine to allow the iPhone X to offer 2X optical zoom,
as well
as a portrait mode which lets you take incredible portrait shots with a
blurred - out
background.
To use this, you just proceed
as if you were taking a regular selfie, only this one will look way better because the
background will be
blurred, making you stand out in the picture.
That means that,
as stated, you can give photos a unique effect where you
blur the
background or foreground of a photo - here's an example taken by the Honor 6X.
In general, though, if you want better
background blur you should use this mode,
as it does a respectable job of simulating wide - aperture DSLR lenses.
As such, A8 owners will be able to use their phone's front - facing camera to take selfies that feature attractive
blurred backgrounds.
Zoom and bokeh controls are becoming must - have features, especially for smartphone portrait photographers, and they're implemented well on the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S, with excellent results using the 46mm - equivalent telephoto second lens at close range, creating a strong
background blur effect,
as well
as good depth estimation and subject masking applied to bokeh mode portraits.
We've seen plenty of other leaks over the last few months, and most are pointing to squeezable sides
as an alternative input option (just like the HTC U11), an upgraded camera, and some special photo effects for good measure, like that bokeh effect or
blurred background that seems to be everywhere at the moment.
Dual rear cameras were also a welcome addition to the Galaxy Note 8,
as they allow Samsung's phablet to take striking shots in Portrait Mode, with a stylish
background blur (an effect you can customize on the fly).
The Pixel 2, however, keeps those tiny hairs crisp, even
as the
background is
blurred.
It lets you snap pictures that superimpose the image from the standard camera on top of the one from the wide - angle lens; you can also apply effects such
as blurring, black and white or fisheye to the
background.
You can move the aperture from f / 0.95 to f / 16, depending on your requirements — the simple rule is that a low aperture value will
blur the
background more, while a high value will not
blur it
as much.
Thanks to the fact that you have two cameras you can
blur out
backgrounds and keep yourself - and anyone else - in the foreground sharp — and
as the camera packs Huawei's time - honoured Aperture mode, the
background defocus can be adjusted after you take a shot, giving you maximum control over the degree of
blur.
There's a bokeh mode
as well, which essentially
blurs the
background while keeping the subject in sharp focus.
A
background -
blurring bokeh mode is on board
as well.
The rear camera of the OnePlus 5T has a portrait mode
as well, and it suffers the same issues, occasionally chopping off bits of hair or
blurring missing assets in the
background.
They can combine to enable 2x optical zoom and features such
as Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting, which keep the subject crisp and in focus while
blurring the
background or manipulating ambient light.
Honor 9i also supports the feature
as seen in Honor 8 where the image
background can be
blurred even after clicking the image.
Both the cameras work together to fetch you some awesome selfies with a bokeh effect
as well, where the
background will be completely
blurred out keeping your face on focus.
On the front, the 7 - megapixel TrueDepth camera lets you snap the same kind of attractive portrait photos
as the back cameras do, complete with a
blur effect on the
background and various lighting effects.
The camera software comes with various features named
as Selective Focus (Bokeh) which adds a
blur to
background or foreground of images while keeping the main subject in clear focus and Selective black and white which allows changing the
background or foreground to black and white with the main subject in full colour.
The very first option which you will see on the top is called Bokeh mode, which
as mentioned earlier will
blur your
background to give a nice feel to the image.
Dual camera smartphones have a portrait mode that allows for depth effects such
as blurring the
background, so the name of the new mode suggests something similar.
The 2 MP sensor on both sides is used
as a depth sensor, allowing you to give bokeh / depth effect to the pictures by
blurring the
background.
The imaging bad boy enables a Portrait mode with «SLR - style
background blur»,
as well
as optical zoom, but that's actually not the only «premium» thing about the Xiaomi Mi 5X.
As well as adding telephoto capability, Apple's dual - camera system allowed depth information to be calculated, enabling features like bokeh — sharp foreground and blurred background — to be supported that were previously the province of expensive digital SLR cameras with high - end optic
As well
as adding telephoto capability, Apple's dual - camera system allowed depth information to be calculated, enabling features like bokeh — sharp foreground and blurred background — to be supported that were previously the province of expensive digital SLR cameras with high - end optic
as adding telephoto capability, Apple's dual - camera system allowed depth information to be calculated, enabling features like bokeh — sharp foreground and
blurred background — to be supported that were previously the province of expensive digital SLR cameras with high - end optics.
This is now a dual - lens setup that allows you to capture some attractive - looking «bokeh» shots with artfully
blurred backgrounds,
as well
as boasting a «lossless» zoom feature, which essentially means that zooming in on subjects will only result in a negligible reduction in image quality.
Although a photographer can apply a
background blur effect after the initial image has been taken, since it's not applied automatically
as part of the smartphone's default photography features, we do not include it in our analysis.
Much
as with the iPhone 8, the Pixel's 8 - megapixel cameras support augmented reality, along with a «Portrait» mode that
blurs the
backgrounds of close - up shots.
We took a photo of a heavily bearded GSMArena editor, and it worked pretty well, but stray hairs behind other hairs tended to be
blurred out
as part of the
background.