Interactive Background Blurring A brand new defocusing algorithm to simulate the blur effect in the background caused by a wide aperture camera. An easy-to-use interactive interface for user to segment foreground/background objects, adjust the depth of field for images, and assign camera settings. Without the need of additional hardware or limitations in illumination. Application: Privacy Preserving and photo browser. Object Segmentation Depth Map Generation Image Defocus Lazy Snapping Perspective Box Camera Settings Alpha Matting Defocus Blur Pop-up Card Face Detection

Depth Map Generation Pop-up Card Perspective Box Image Defocus Defocus Blur Camera Settings Alpha Matting Lazy Snapping Object Segmentation Face Detection Segmentations Depth Map Input image Shallow focus result