2024-01-20 10:30:00
Ah, digital photos… You certainly have a large number of them on your smartphone or computer where you have saved them. The advent of digital technology and the appearance of cameras on our smartphones have exploded the number of photos we take. But did you know that you can process these photos to improve them or carry out retouching?
In portrait photos, for example, whether the subject is a person, an animal or an object, it is sometimes interesting to blur the background. This helps to highlight the subject and focus attention on the main subject by blurring surrounding elements. Artistic background blur is also called bokeh.
Here we invite you to discover a free tool directly integrated into the Windows 11 Photos manager. Thanks to this software, you will be able to give a new dimension to your photos in just a few clicks. No more need to use paid software!
What do you need to know regarding the “background blur” feature in Photos?
Blurring the background of a photo may be necessary to detach a subject from its surroundings and isolate it in order to highlight it. If until now it was necessary to use a third-party application to add this blur effect to the background of an image, Microsoft recently equipped its Photos application with this functionality on Windows 11.
Soberly called Background Blur, it allows you to blur the background of a subject in just a few seconds. The tool has the ability to automatically identify the area behind the subject that needs to be blurred. Even more, it allows you to adjust the intensity and positioning of the blur on any part of the photo.
You should know that this feature is a recent addition, and that at the time of writing, it is not yet available to the general public. Background Blur is integrated from version 2023.11090.13001.0 of the Photos app, the release date of which is not yet known. To be able to test it now, you must be a member of the Windows Insider Program and update to this specific version.
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To blur the background of an image using the Background Blur feature in the Photos app on Windows 11, here are the steps to follow.
To get started, launch the Photos app by pressing the key Win on your keyboard, then typing Photos in the search bar. Once the app is open, scroll down to the image you want to edit, then double-click it to open it in the preview window.
Now click on the icon Modifier l’image on the top bar. Then click on the option Background blur top right. The tool will then begin to identify the background of the image and then automatically apply the blur effect.
If you are satisfied with the result, great. Otherwise, you can make some adjustments by accessing the option Blur intensity in the right section. Use the slider to increase or decrease the blur effect on your image.
Once you have completed all necessary changes, click Applythen on the button Save a copy top right. Enter a name for the edited image and click Save to save.
Note that it is possible with the new Background Blur feature to only blur certain parts of the image. To do this, click on the switch next to theSelection Brush Tool below the option Blur intensity. It will default to Select area. Then use your mouse to select the area to blur. Here too, you can use the adjustment slider to adjust the blur intensity (if necessary).
An option Deselect area is also available belowSelection Brush Tool. It allows you to deselect part of the blurred image using the mouse.
Finally, when the desired changes have been made, click Applythen on the button Save a copy so that everything is saved.
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