You will need to get your camera in position to achieve the blur background effect. Now take a selfie photo on the forward or reverse-facing camera (by tapping the button) OR take a selfie or portrait video (by holding down the button). Focus sits next to Superzoom under the record button.ģ. Go to the settings along the bottom and swipe to the left until you see Focus and choose that setting. Choose the camera icon in the top left of Instagram to open up Instagram Stories.Ģ. It's specifically designed for taking selfie photos or videos – where the focus of the video is somebody's face.You don't have to just use it for Instagram though! Here's how you can use this feature for photos and video you don't want to post to Instagram:ġ.
It sits next to a bunch of other fun camera effects, including tools like Boomerang and Reverse camera. The Focus Camera format is a special camera feature within your Instagram Story tools on Instagram. Here's how it works: Using Focus to Take Photos with Blur Background Effect And of course you'll need to have Instagram on your phone. This includes most iPhones and I believe at least some Androids so make sure you test it on your phone. I knew I could use the “Focus” tool to create blur effects, but I had no idea that I could use it to create photos and videos without actually posting them to Instagram – saving to my camera roll instead.
This first trick I stumbled across one day when creating a post to share to Instagram Stories. It allows you to use “portrait” mode on phones that don't have a portrait setting of their own. Use the Focus Tool in Instagram Stories (even if you don't intend to post to Instagram)ĭid you know you can use Instagram to create and edit photos and videos without even saving them to Instagram? Yes, yes you can. 3 Easy Blur Background Effect Techniques for Smartphone Photos and Videos 1. You'll be able to add professional-looking blur background effect using at least one of the following tips, no matter what type of phone you use.
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it helps you to achieve a more professional look for your photos.Here's an example of a photo I took in a winery with my iPhone:īeing able to achieve blur background effect has a number of benefits: Now our phones have developed and so have our phone cameras and we can achieve this effect. Why use a blur background effect on your photos or videos?Ĭreating professional blur effects (or shallow depth of field) has long been something that photographers could achieve with expensive DSLR cameras but not so much those of us holding smartphones. I realised that many of you don't know this trick either, so I figured, why not wrap it up into a post with a few other tips and tricks for getting the blur background effect. Recently I came across a brilliant way to add the blur effect to photos and it's available to everyone, no matter what kind of camera you have. After all, it's what I usually have handy, especially when travelling. I hope to change that soon with a photography course I am doing but in the meantime I wanted to find a shortcut for taking more professional-looking photos with my smartphone. Yes I have a couple of them (acquired over the years) and yes I'm a little embarrassed they've rarely moved away from auto. I'm slowly learning a few things with my under-used DSLR cameras. Like many of my readers, I'd love to be savvy with a fancy camera. BY DONNA MORITZ | PUBLISHED 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2018
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