How to blur the background of a photo in pixlr

By Ethan Burdette

Step 1

Log into your computer

Step 2

Go to pixlr.com

Step 3

scroll down

Step 4

click “Pixlr editor” launch web app

Step 5

click on “open image from computer”

Step 6

Select the picture you have saved to your computer

Step 7

click the lasso tool (directly underneath the top right tool)

Step 8

Right beside the lasso tool at the very top there are two different types of lassos

Step 9

Choose the one on the right side (Polygonal lasso tool, it is the second one)

Step 10

Click and drag all around the object that you do not want blurred

Step 11

Connect the end of the line to the beginning of the line

Step 12

Once you have done that, there should be a dotted line

Step 13

Go to “edit” at the top left corner

Step 14

Go to the bottom of it and click on “Invert selection”

Step 15

Then, there should be a dotted line around the whole picture

Step 16

go to “filter” which is the sixth section at the top

Step 17

Go three down to “gaussian Blur”

Step 18

Then click on “gaussian Blur”

Step 19

Your background has been blurred

Step 20

Drag left or right to make it more blurry or less blurry

Step 21

then click the “ok” button

Step 22

now go to file at the very top left hand corner

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Go five down and click on “save”

Step 24

change the format from png to jpeg

Step 25

Choose your quality

Step 26

then press “ok”

Step 27

Choose the file you want to save it to

Step 28

Press “save”

Step 29

Then you are finished!

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