The reason why this edge detection is critical is because that's where the software starts to apply the blur — and our eyes can instantly tell when the edge and background blur doesn't look right.
Not exact matches
How
do you get so much
blur in the
background, you use a special lens or just aperture?
I really LOVE the photos with a
blurred / soft
background, and my current lens just
does NOT have that capability.
Don't you love photos when the object is in focus and the
background is
blurred?
I used a really low F - stop on my camera and was lucky that the
background blurred her out — I didn't notice she was there until I uploaded it!
Many ereaders show book covers in black and white and it's important to check that your elements don't
blur into the
background.
This time, your subject can be within eight feet of your camera, and the 8 Plus
does a better job of figuring out where the edges are
blurring out the
background behind them.
The Huawei Mate 10 Pro's Wide Aperture mode
does a very respectable job of
blurring the
background in both indoor and outdoor conditions.
The iPhone 7 Plus uses machine learning to recognize people's faces,
do a depth - map of their position, and then artfully
blur out the
background behind the people you're photographing.
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.
So basically, this feature adds a
background blur just like all the phones with Portrait mode
do.
Although Sony's handset doesn't feature a dedicated portrait mode, the front - facing shooter subtly
blurred the tree in the
background.
Portrait mode on the iPhone
does a very serviceable job of
blurring out a distracting
background.
But I
did get to play with Google's new Portrait mode, and I was super-impressed with the
background blur effect that Google is able to muster with just a single camera lens and machine - learning algorithms.
There's a lot to
do on these phones, from taking beautiful selfies that
blur the
background to viewing YouTube videos on the immersive 18:5:9 Infinity display, but if you've just purchased one, here are a few things you should set up on your A8 or A8 + before
doing anything else.
Shooting in this mode will allow for images to be refocused after the fact, along with the level of
blur to be adjusted, and the camera
does a really great job of separating objects in the foreground from the
background.
The iPhone X
did a nice job of
blurring out the
background in a selfie I took, and then added a Contour filter, which made my face look tanner and thinner (and I'm okay with that).
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.
It appears to be able to
do really well at determining the subject and only
blurring the
background.
The post doesn't reveal any details apart from the date (8 OCT 2014) and shows a
blurred diya in the
background.
We
did see advantages in low light situations, and a slightly softer
background blur from the larger camera.
The secondary lens enables the same tricks it
does in the Note 8, including a Live Focus mode for bringing objects into focus while
blurring the
background.
The ZenFone 4 Max doesn't use its dual cameras to enable portrait - style photos with
blurred backgrounds in the vein of the Moto G5S Plus.
The Portrait mode itself was often guilty of over aggressively
blurring the
background or sometimes just not
doing enough.
You can see the improved depth effect on the iPhone 8 Plus compared to the older model, showing that the dual - camera system now
does a better job of
blurring the foreground like a true optical
blur, instead of
blurring only the
background.
iOS
does something similar but where Android blends with colour, iOS goes for
blurring the
background.
Once the subject is in the perfect spot, use the
background blur slider to adjust the degree of bokeh in the
background; Samsung allows you to see the adjustments in real time so you can make sure it doesn't look overly processed.
It's not perfect, but comparing it side by side with a Note8, it seemed to actually
do a better job of
blurring backgrounds without getting confused by my curly hair.
Even though, the phone
does not feature dual cameras on the back, it uses some software work to give you the option to
blur the
background while keeping the foreground subject in 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.
It doesn't perform any fake - looking
background blurring — it's just a tremendously useful, high quality wide - angle lens.
The portrait mode, which
blurs out the
background to keep in the object in sharp focus,
does give good results in some cases, though the
blurring effect can often extend on to the actual person.
It's also unclear if the feature would require a dual lens smartphone or if the tool would use artificial intelligence to detect and
blur the
background — similar to how Google's YouTube Stories app is testing a
background replacement tool that doesn't require a depth map.
It
does a very good job of
blurring the
background.
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.
Portrait mode continues to improve and can bring some stunning results, and while the front - facing camera isn't TrueDepth - enabled (so you can't
do blurred -
background selfies) it's still very good.
It's just a swipe away in the camera app, and it works just like the others
do: use the two cameras to sense the depth of a scene, select a point to be in focus, and aggressively
blur the «
background» behind that point.
The camera
does a fairly good job of finding the edges of the subject and accurately
blurring out the
background.
Portrait Mode, which is the OnePlus take on what Huawei, Apple and others have been
doing, effectively uses both cameras in unison to get depth information from a scene, calculate a plane at the focal distance you choose and then aggressively artificially
blur the «
background» behind that plane.
The iPhone
does a better job with the
blur effect, as it's more consistent through the
background; with the Pixel 2, some of the hedges are in focus and some are not.
Google attempts to
do the same thing with a single lens that other cameras
do with two: detect depth data and
blur the
background.
You won't find a portrait mode or
background blurring effects on this camera, so photos won't look quite as dramatic as they
do on the 7X.
On the rear its dual lenses allow for optical zoom as well as digital zoom, as well as live focus which enables you to
do all kinds of effects including
blurring the
background - even after you've taken the shot.
The artificial bokeh had a pleasing quality to it, and it
did a decent job of separating my head from the
blurred background.
Lenovo K8 Plus comes with dual rear camera of 13MP and 5MP which help to create a bokeh effect and
blur the
background, while Redmi 5 only features a single rear camera of 12MP and
does not have the possibility to create the bokeh effect.
The mode needs plenty of lighting to work, and while the camera
does a decent job in terms of
blurring the
background, it has a tough time delineating the edges.
We found much better results on the Google Pixel 2 or Samsung Galaxy Note 8, for example, as the OnePlus 5T didn't seem to
do a good job of accurately identifying the subject in the foreground and subsequently dramatically
blurring the
background.
I am just telling you that Messaging can't have Fluent
blurred background on Mobile because it doesn't have menus over non-solid
backgrounds, and it's quite simple compared with Maps, Store, Photos, and others.