Thousands of photos are taken on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the right option. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an 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 8X .
To start we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Honor 8X . Then we will find out, how does blurring of a photo work on Honor 8X using an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your Honor 8X
This background blur on a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to technological progress in our android devices, this function is now possible on most smartphones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main theme of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several procedures can be applied to blur the background of an image on your Honor 8X.
Blur the background of an image of your Honor 8X before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your Honor 8X can be interesting for highlighting the main subjects in the foreground. In order to do this, several ways are available to you. Some Android versions of your Honor 8X already have this basic a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to perform post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8X:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects is displayed automatically. In the event that this is not the case, tap the effects icon on the right of the screen.
- Choose 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 change blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your Honor 8X, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- 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 shot of your Honor 8X in post-production
It is possible at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On several Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. If you took the image with one of these modes, find out how to blur the background of your shot on Honor 8X in post-production with the help of the smartphone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open image that you want to blur.
- Click 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 correct 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 took the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Honor 8X by following this method:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Select image that you want to touch up.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur .
- You must manually define the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur with the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your Honor 8X with an application
In the event that the operations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will therefore need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Honor 8X. The advantage of this method is that it offers the possibility of 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 8X, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, however 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 8X.
- 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 adjust its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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