You can also edit the strength of
the blur after you take a photo.
Not exact matches
After Dark, for example, is a
blurred version of one of the last
photos of Prince,
taken in his own club «
After Dark».
What's unique in Samsung's implementation is how you can adjust the amount of
blur, before and
after you
take the
photo.
There's a 4 - Ultrapixel shooter that delivers good low - light
photos and decent (though small by other current smartphone standards)
photos in other settings, and a second infrared sensor that measures depth, giving you the ability to selectively focus or
blur objects in a
photo after it's
taken.
The downside to Google's approach: You can only see the
blurred effect
after you
take the
photo instead of in preview mode like on the the S9 +.
But what's unique about Samsung's portrait mode is that you can adjust the
blur as an edit
after taking the
photo.
What's more, the dual lenses would allow the S9 + to deliver Live Focus, which means you could
take portrait
photos and
blur the background both while shooting and
after the shot is
taken.
You can adjust the amount of
blur, both before and
after you
take the
photo.
Even
after the image is
taken, Live Focus allows you to continue to tweak the amount of
blur in the
photo.
The Pixel and the iPhone let you toggle the
blur on or off
after you've
taken a portrait mode
photo, and the iPhone lets you change the different «portrait lighting» effects, but they don't let you adjust the severity of the effect.
Don't feel restricted by getting the
blur right at the time of
taking the picture, as it can be adjusted
after the
photo has been
taken, too.
Not only can this be done live, but it can be changed
after the fact, so you can edit the
photo once you've
taken it, adding or removing the
blur, as long as you've shot in the «live focus» mode.