Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our phones. Despite everything, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8A .

First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Honor 8A . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on Honor 8A using an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Honor 8A

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a few years ago. With the technical progress of our smartphones, this feature is now possible on most smartphones. It allows to highlight the main subject of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your mobile phone, several solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Honor 8A.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Honor 8A before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Honor 8A can be interesting for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Honor 8A already have this by default a way to blur the background the moment you capture the photo . The utility of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, you won't need to run post-production operations or download an app. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8A:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. If this is not what happens, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
  • Select the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »According to the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to set the blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On a number of versions of your Honor 8A, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of an image:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Click on the " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of a shot of your Honor 8A in post-production

It may sometimes be that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. In this situation, you will still be able to blur the background of your photo even after taking it .

On a certain number of Android versions, this solution is only possible in the event that your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. In the event that you took the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your image on Honor 8A in post-production with the help of the phone settings mobile:

  • Go to the Gallery from your mobile phone.
  • Open the photo that you are trying to blur.
  • Press on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Select the effect that you want to add to the background.
  • Adjust the focus slider background to correct the amount of blur you want.
  • To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and in the event that you took the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Honor 8A by following this procedure:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Select image that you want to change.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Select the type of blur .
  • You should manually select the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur with the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the photo with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Honor 8A using an application

On the assumption that the operations that we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a technique. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8A. The advantage of this procedure is that it allows retouch any image on your mobile phone.

There are many applications, but for a rendering almost as qualitative as with a reflex camera, and not having to change the resolution of the photos on your Honor 8A, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, nevertheless therefore it does it very well. It also obtains one of the best marks (4, 7/5).

To use it:

  • Download application on the Google Play Store of your Honor 8A.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Click on the image you want to blur.
  • Click on the option » Edit "
  • Select the area to blur or the background, the type of blur among the many filters and effects. Then adjust its intensity .
  • Finally click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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