But this time the secondary rear camera is a 20MP sensor (Sony IMX 376K, f / 1.7 aperture, 1.0 µm pixel size) which will allow it to produce depth - of - field effects that
blur image backgrounds while keeping the foreground in focus.
The bokeh effect, which
blurs image backgrounds and sharpens the foreground subject, is one the most popular portrait - mode effects.
Not exact matches
It was also Apple's first phone capable of taking Portrait mode photos, which produces striking
images with a
blurred background and sharp foreground — approximating an effect that professional photographers call «bokeh.»
Despite that, it still features a portrait mode which
blurs of
background using machine learning (see 2nd
image above).
The selfie camera on each has a dual lens to create the popular
blurred background (bokeh) effect using a Samsung feature called Live Focus, but neither camera has optical
image stabilization.
The smartphone boasts of an 8 - megapixel front - facing camera along with the secondary 2 - megapixel depth - sensing camera, which according to company will be able to deliver crisp
images and advanced depth of field including
background blur,
background swap and improved low - light results.
This
blur is mostly noticeable on the lock and home screens when brightly colored
images are displayed in the
background.
Regarded for her «empty»
images that border on painterly abstraction, the artist carefully renders
blurred backgrounds, cropped frames and the natural qualities of light to capture incidental and fleeting moments, those which exist almost exclusively within our periphery.
In some
images Woodman quite literally becomes one with her surroundings, with the contours of her form
blurred by movement, or blending into the
background, wallpaper or floor, revealing the lack of distinction of both - between figure and ground, self and world.
Simmons» mural work often features monochromatic
backgrounds overlaid with
blurred, single - toned words and
images.
The integration of shapes through overlapping or interpenetrations
blurs spatial distinctions, so that there is almost no sense of the
image versus the
background (what art historians call «figure and ground»).
The much - sought - after portrait mode will let you snap a shot, and the phone will process the
image and add the
background blur for you.
The other feature made possible with the two camera lenses is Portrait mode, which adds a bokeh effect to
images taken with the iPhone 7 Plus, giving the
background a pleasing and pro-looking
blur.
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 dual - lens camera powers the Portrait Mode feature, which adds a professional camera-esque
blur to the
image's
background.
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.
Background blur tends to be unnaturally strong, and the transition between sharp and
blurred areas is very abrupt, generating quite unnatural - looking
images overall.
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.
On the Galaxy S9 and S9 +, the 8MP front camera can optionally
blur the
background of
images while keeping the foreground in focus in Selfie focus mode, much like the bokeh effect on the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2XL.
Despite that, it still features a portrait mode which
blurs of
background using machine learning (see 2nd
image above).
You can take selfies and adjust the amount of
blur in the
background, before and after taking the
image — this feature is called Live Focus and we've seen it before on the rear dual camera of the Galaxy Note 8.
Everything else in the
image can have a slightly
blurred look in the
background, which should give your
images a more professional look.
There is a feature that allows you to capture an
image and then focus on either the main subject by
blurring the
background or the
background by
blurring the foreground.
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.
Like most top - end phones these days, the Sony Xperia XZ2 also offers a Bokeh mode, allowing you to capture
images with a pleasantly
blurred background.
That allows the S9 + to offer a 2x optical zoom while also supporting Live Focus
images with artistically
blurred backgrounds.
Alexa's software will automatically
blur the
background in each
image to make your outfit pop, and then it uses machine learning guided by «fashion experts» to serve up recommendations about what you should wear.
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.
The device also the Live Focus feature to adjust the
background blur after capturing the
image.
Using a combination of facial algorithms and a depth - mapping
image sensor, the Pixel 2's camera renders
blurred backgrounds for a dramatic, short depth - of - field effect.
The Google Camera app comes with a new Portrait Mode that focuses on the main person in frame and
blurs out the
background to produce an
image in vein of a live portrait.
The difference between the two is all in the collection of data: Once your iPhone X has that information, it's processed in similar ways by the on - board
image signal processor (ISP) and turned into depth of field information, producing artificial foreground and
background blurs around your subject.
This depth map is then used to create the most fun part of Portrait mode: artificial depth of field, which
blurs both the
background and foreground with various «bokeh» effects to create a DSLR - camera - like
image.
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.
First introduced for the rear camera system with iPhone 7 Plus, Portrait mode separates the foreground, subject, and
background of an
image, and adds an artificial «bokeh» - style
blur to the foreground and
background to isolate the subject.
One of the rear cameras is a color lens while the other shoots in monochrome; the dual shooters work together to capture
images in true black and white without conversion, and there's selective focus to
blur out the
background.
Luckily you can still adjust the
background blur to the Live Focus
image from the slider that will appear in the gallery.
In addition, you can adjust the
background blur after the fact while also even viewing the full view of the captured
image when dual focus is enabled.
Honor 9i also supports the feature as seen in Honor 8 where the
image background can be
blurred even after clicking the
image.
Plus, Honor 9i also supports the feature where the
image background can be
blurred even after clicking the
image.
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 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.
In addition to letting you zoom in a little, the dual - camera system also lets you take
images with an artificially
blurred background to mimic what is possible with a DLSR and a bright lens.
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.
The result is a portrait with a
blurred background and in - focus face, though the resulting
images look much lower quality than Portrait mode on newer iPhones.
The dual cameras will have what's called as «selective focus,» which lets users
blur the
background of
images using software.
Both phones sport optical
image stabilization, but the extra lens on the iPhone X grants it some extra tricks, including optical zoom and the ability to focus on the foreground while
blurring the
background to create a bokeh effect.
The highlight feature on the Galaxy Note 8 camera is Live Focus, which creates sharp foreground
images contrasted as lightly or heavily against a
blurred background as users would like.