Thousands of photos are taken on our smartphones every day. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8C .

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

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Blur the background of a photo with your Honor 8C

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a while ago. Thanks to the technical progress of our devices, this function is now possible on the majority of telephones. It will allow highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several procedures exist to blur the background of an image on your Honor 8C.

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

Blurring the background of a photo on your Honor 8C can be useful for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. To do this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Honor 8C thus offer original a way to blur the background when you capture the snapshot . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In reality, you won't need to run any post-production operations or download an app. So what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8C:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. In the event that this is not what happens, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Choose the effect » Flou  "" Whirlwind  " or " Zoom  »Depending on the desired blur effect.
  • An adjustment bar appears after that at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Honor 8C, the handling is not quite the same to blur the background of a photo:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Choose the feature " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Adjust the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of a photo of your Honor 8C in post-production

It is sometimes possible that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you've ever captured the shot with one of these modes, here's what to do to blur the background of your image on Honor 8C in post-production with the help of smartphone settings:

  • Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Open the snapshot that you want to blur.
  • Press on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Choose the effect that you want to add to the background.
  • Adjust the focus slider background to adjust the amount of blur you want.
  • To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on the version of your Android and in the event that you captured the snapshot without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Honor 8C by following this procedure:

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

Blur the background of a photo of your Honor 8C with an application

In the event that the operations we have just shown you cannot be done, you still have a solution. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8C. The advantage of this manipulation is that it allows retouch any image on your smartphone.

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 8C, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, but suddenly 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 8C.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Choose the image you want to blur.
  • Click on the option » Edit "
  • Choose the area to blur or the background, the type of blur among the many filters and effects. Then set its intensity .
  • To finish click on » Save  To save it in your Gallery.

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