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Blur Background
Portrait-mode bokeh for any photo. Gives an ordinary phone photo the creamy background blur of a fast lens. The subject stays tack sharp and the falloff looks optical, not like a cut-out.

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After, straight from our test, no retouching
What Blur Background does
Blur Background gives a regular phone photo the soft background of a fast portrait lens, with the person kept sharp.
How to use Blur Background
- Upload your photo, or pick it from your library.
- Press Generate. The instructions for the job are already set up, so there is no prompt to write.
- Your image is usually ready in under three minutes. Save it to your library or download it.
Tips for the best result
- Photos with some distance between the person and the background look most natural.
- Busy backgrounds benefit the most.
- For a stronger effect, run it again on the result.
Ideas for using it
- Making a profile photo pop.
- Hiding a messy background without replacing it.
- Product shots where the setting distracts.
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Blur Background FAQ
How strong is the blur?
Moderate, like a portrait lens at around f/2.8. Run it again on the result for more.
Does it work on products?
Yes, any subject in front of a background.
Is Blur Background free?
Blur Background is included with every PixelDojo plan and costs a few credits per image, shown on the Generate button before you run it.
Who owns the result, and can I use it commercially?
We assign you whatever rights we hold in the result, so you can use it in your own projects, commercial ones included, as long as what you uploaded was yours to use. Unsaved results are deleted after 24 hours, so save the ones you want to keep.
Can I use a photo of someone else?
Only photos of adults, of yourself or of people who agreed to it, and only images you have the right to edit. Every upload goes through the same safety checks as the rest of PixelDojo.