We did see advantages in low light situations, and a slightly softer
background blur from the larger camera.
Not exact matches
Plus, because it films
from a wider perspective, it creates a cool
background blur effect that adds a different level to your video and photographs.
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).
So he has enough presence to keep him
from blurring into the
background, but it would be nice if he were a little more active within the plot.
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.
The art style here is simply gorgeous,
from the
blurred surroundings whilst firing to the enternal scrolling words 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.
The thing is, the depth of field is rather narrow, so in just about every portrait selfie I've taken, my eyes, nose and mouth are pin sharp, but everything
from the middle of my forehead up gets
blurred just like the
background.
Microsoft is also promising inline messaging translations between languages in channels and chat; a
background blur option for video calls (great for meetings
from home offices); proximity detection for adding available Skype Room Systems to meetings; and mobile sharing in meetings.
A 1/2.3 ″ main RGB sensor is paired with a 1/2.78 ″ monochrome chip, and image data
from both cameras is computationally merged to create a
background blurring bokeh effect, reduce noise, and increase image detail and dynamic range.
There's even a fun lens
blur feature that mimics the effect you get
from the dual cameras on the iPhone 7 Plus with a nifty
blurred background.
Portrait mode uses the phone's dual cameras and Apple's software to mimic the quality you would get
from a DSLR camera, which keeps the subject of the photo in focus and slightly
blurs out the
background.
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.
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 post doesn't reveal any details apart
from the date (8 OCT 2014) and shows a
blurred diya in the
background.
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.
This is combined with depth map data calculated
from the Phase - Detect Auto - Focus (PDAF) dual - pixels located in the image sensor and a stereo algorithms to further detect areas of the
background and how much
blur to apply based on distance
from the foreground.
Luckily you can still adjust the
background blur to the Live Focus image
from the slider that will appear in the gallery.
The
background is then separated
from the foreground, creating a
blurred background that's lovingly called the «bokeh» effect.
With close - up shots, the Asus Zenfone AR also has rather nice bokeh (
background blur)
from its f / 2.0 lens, even if others are wider.
From the main shooting screen you can use the common «shallow depth of field» effect, which lets you
blur out the foreground or
background of the image, to dramatic effect.
The original functionality — automatically adding selective
background blur — has now graduated
from beta, joined with some experimental new features called Portrait Lighting that promise more dramatic or flattering lighting.
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.
Plus, both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are capable of taking Portrait shots that
blur out the
background from both the front and back cameras, thanks to advanced post processing.
Snap a photo and then
blur backgrounds and foregrounds
from f / 0.95 to f / 1.
Blur the foreground or
background, filter shades
from black and white to color, or adjust contrast and brightness.
The artificial bokeh had a pleasing quality to it, and it did a decent job of separating my head
from the
blurred background.
Use live focus: This is a new mode that uses data
from both cameras to create a depth map, letting you create bokeh effects, or add or remove
background blur at the time of shooting, or post shoot.
And while in most of the cases this is indeed true, and it lets you adjust the
background blur manually
from the Gallery app, I've also noticed that unless the light conditions are just perfect, colors tend to become washed out, especially on people's faces.
As with many dual camera setups
from other manufacturers a lot of the reason behind it is to depth - map scenes, thus creating the ability to deliver pseudo bokeh (those soft,
blurred backgrounds) via automated software post-production.
Aside
from the main cameras compared here, let's also remember that the OnePlus 5 packs a complete secondary camera that offers a longer focal length for interesting shots and a Portrait Mode that gives you unique
background blurring in certain photos.
Portrait mode, which debuted on the iPhone 7, uses the phone's rear cameras — two 12 - megapixel sensors, one with a 56 mm «telephoto» lens — to separate foreground subjects (i.e., a person)
from the
background (everything else) with a subtle
blur.
Live Focus uses the two rear lenses on the S9 + to create portrait or close - up shots with stylishly
blurred backgrounds, while Selective Focus takes multiple shots
from the S9's lone shooter with the focus in front of the object, right on it and behind it.
OnePlus says the phone uses algorithms that can separate the subject
from the
background to produce the
background blur.
This is essentially a mode that will let you change the
background blur on your photos, capturing data
from both cameras and using the depth map to pick out foreground
from background.
Live Focus is a new mode that takes photos
from both cameras on the back at the same time, and allows you to not only save each of these photos, but to utilize a depth - of - field technique to enhance or lessen the
background blur that helps make foreground subjects stand out.
But in 2016, the iPhone 7's image quality improvements were negligible and the big innovation
from the iSight team was the addition of the second telephoto camera on the 7 Plus and its associated portrait mode that automatically
blurs out the
background for a simulated bokeh effect.
By capturing photos with both lenses simultaneously and analyzing data
from the resulting images, the iPhone 7 Plus can create a
blurred background effect similar to what you get when shooting portraits with a DSLR camera.
Choose a cropped headshot that is free
from blurs, other people and
background distractions.
Having your subject significantly separated
from the
background will throw the
background out of focus and create that nice, smooth
blur that we're looking for to give our image or video that three dimensional feel.