Blurring a photo is a great way to give it an ethereal and dreamy feel, or even bring attention to one part of the image without distracting it from the rest. But blurring is also a technique you can use for artistic effect. It’s common in photography, particularly portrait photography, as it lends an air of mystery to the subject. In this blog post, we will show you how to blur a photo on your iPhone. You can use this technique on images that have a lot of background noise that you don’t want or specific subjects you want viewers to focus on. There are many ways you can blur a photo with your iPhone. The above techniques may be simple but they give great results if used correctly. Let’s begin!
How To Blur A Photo On iPhone With A Tilt-Shift Lens
Using a tilt-shift lens, you can achieve the effect of blurring photos on iPhone and iPad. Here’s how:
Step 1. Open your favorite photo app (like Instagram or Camera) and take a picture or shoot a video clip as usual.
Step 2. Tap the screen twice (to bring up your camera roll) and then tap the screen again to capture another image or video clip. You’ll notice that there’s now a blurred version of your photo in your camera roll (see below).
Step 3. Select one of these images from the camera roll and open it up in another app like iPhoto or Photoshop for example. Then, go to Image > Adjustments > Blur > Gaussian Blur and choose 1 pixel from the Radius slider bar at the bottom left corner (see below). This will give you a nice blurred effect on your photo/video clip in question.
Step 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for the other photos in your camera roll and you’ll see how your photos are gradually getting blurred. You can also use this effect on videos as well by tapping and holding the screen to take a video clip and then tapping the screen again to edit it (see below).
Step 5. Tap the screen twice (to bring up your camera roll) and then tap the screen again to capture another video clip. You’ll notice that there’s now a blurred version of your video clip in your camera roll (see below).
How To Blur A Photo On iPhone Using A Fade Out Effect
Here is a very simple way to blur a photo on iPhone.
Step 1: Open the photo you want to blur in the Photos app and tap on Edit in the top menu bar.
Step 2: Tap on Blur at the bottom of the screen, then tap on Fade Out from the menu that appears. Here’s what you get:
Step 3: Tap anywhere in the photo with your finger to set a starting point for blurring and tap again to set an ending point. The darker areas of the image will be blurred more than those that are lighter, which is what you want. You can also change the intensity of the blur by tapping anywhere in the photo and dragging your finger left or right as shown below. This will help you achieve different degrees of blurring as required.
Step 4: When done, tap Done at the bottom of the screen to save your changes and close the Photos app if it is open already.
How To Blur A Photo On iPhone Using Selective Focus
Selective Focus is a method that allows us to create an image with the blurring effect only at those parts of the picture where we want it. This is a very useful feature that can be used in various scenarios, for example, to blur out a person’s face or part of the body from a photo. The problem is, once you select it, there’s no way to undo it and go back to normal. Fortunately, there’s an easy way: just use another photo as a reference and apply this effect again. It may take some time to get used to, but you’ll definitely want to do it!
1 Open the photo you want to be blurred out. For this tutorial, I’ve used a photo of my friend who has his phone camera on him at all times and he’s smiling at me while I’m taking his picture!
2 Now go back into your camera roll and find another similar picture (you can use one from your library or take a new one). Make sure that both photos are taken with exactly the same amount of light so that your Selective Focus works properly on both files.
3 Tap on Selective Focus in your iPhone’s photo viewer. You’ll see that the image on your iPhone has a blurred effect.
4 Tap on Selective Focus again and this time you’ll see that the photo on your iPhone is now completely blurred. This is how it looks when you have used Selective Focus:
5 Now take another photo with exactly the same amount of light and make sure that you don’t change anything about it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a different camera, a different lens, or even if you use the same setting for both pictures; what matters is that both images are taken with exactly the same amount of light!
How To Blur A Photo On iPhone Using Apple Photos Editing Tools
There are several tools available in Apple Photos editing tools to blur a photo. However, the default Blur tool is not suitable for blurring a photo. There are three more tools that can be used for blurring a photo.
- Apple Photos Editing Tool – The first tool is Apple Photos Editing Tool. This tool is available in the Photos editing panel of the Albums tab and shows all the photos that are added to your library, albums, and groups. You can access this tool by tapping on Edit at the top right corner of your screen or by swiping on the left side of your screen from anywhere to see the Albums tab when you’re in the Albums tab or by tapping on the Edit button at the bottom right corner of your screen when you’re in any album or group window
- Photo Editing Tool – The second tool is the Photo Editing Tool which is available under the Edit button on the bottom right corner of your screen when you’re in any album or group window
- Blur Tools – The last and third tool is used for blurring a photo. This tool uses the blurred image as an input to blur another image that will be created from it using other effects like Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur, etc. To use this tool, tap on the Edit button at the bottom right corner of your screen when you’re in any album or group window. This tool can be used to blur a photo as well as to create a blurred image. To use this tool, tap on the Blur Tools button at the bottom right corner of your screen when you’re in any album or group window.
How To Blur A Photo On iPhone Using The Adobe Creative Cloud Filters
The Photoshop filters are available as a free download on most computers.
- Open your photo in Photoshop and make sure it’s the background layer.
- Select Filter > Blur > Motion Blur… or select Filter > Blur > Motion Blur… from the top menu bar. The first option is the same as the one used in Step 1 above, but the second option will open up all of the filters in sequence so you can see how each filter works for your photo. You’ll see a preview of how each filter will affect your image (see below).
- When you click on one of the options, you’ll be able to see what it will do to your image before applying it (see below). If you want to apply more than one filter, just hold down the Shift key while clicking on another filter so that they are applied in sequence (see below). This is a great way to ensure you get exactly what you want with no unwanted changes. For example, if I wanted to blur my photo, I’d hold down Ctrl (Cmd) and click on motion blur and then I’d click on Gaussian blur since they look similar when applied together (see below).
- To apply the effect, click on the Apply button at the bottom of the screen and you’ll see your photo with a blurred background.
- If you want to see how your photo will look before applying any filters, click on the Preview button at the bottom of the screen and you’ll see a preview of what it will look like after applying each filter (see below).
Conclusion
Blurring a photo is a great way to give it an ethereal and dreamy feel, or even bring attention to one part of the image without distracting it from the rest. But blurring is also a technique you can use for artistic effect. It’s common in photography, particularly portrait photography, as it lends an air of mystery to the subject. In this blog post, we will show you how to blur a photo on your iPhone. You can use this technique on images that have a lot of background noise that you don’t want or specific subjects you want viewers to focus on. There are many ways you can blur a photo with your iPhone. Now that you know how to blur a photo on your iPhone, go ahead and try it out! Now that you know how to blur a photo on your iPhone, go ahead and try it out!
