Background blur, often called “bokeh” after the Japanese word for blur, is generally associated with high-end cameras with wide-aperture lenses. The effect is popular for portraits, and is emulated — ...

Blurry photos are generally a bad thing. But although it’s true that—with rare exception—no one likes camera shake in their photos, sometimes blur is intentional, such as when you shoot a photo with ...

The bokeh effect gives photos a certain look that we're sometimes willing to pay photographers hundreds to pull off. But you ...

Skype on iPhone and iPad will let users blur their background. According to The Verge, the feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to add what amounts to digital bokeh behind users. The blur feature ...

The Blur Gallery in Adobe Photoshop is different from the Blur Filters we’ve covered previously (both are found in Photoshop’s Filter menu). When you select Blur Gallery, Photoshop displays another ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Facebook is banking on the smartphone camera being the most influential and ...

Apple has offered a Portrait mode for selfies since the iPhone X came along with its TrueDepth Face ID camera in 2017. However, it wasn't until 2021 that it became possible to use the built-in ...

Add more blur to the background or bring it into focus. Image: King of Hearts/Wikimedia Commons/D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can adjust the Portrait mode photo blur on iPhone and Mac — even after ...