Thousands of photos are taken on our phones every day. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a person, to hide private data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not always easy to find the solution to achieve artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you are going to discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your Honor X7 .

First we will see the solutions to blur the background of an image with your Honor X7 . Then we will see, how does blurring a photo work on Honor X7 using an application .

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Blur the background of a photo with your Honor X7

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for reflex cameras a few years ago. Thanks to the technical progress of our android devices, this function is now possible on most mobile phones. It will allow highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring background details. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives exist to blur the background of an image on your Honor X7.

Blur the background of a snapshot of your Honor X7 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Honor X7 can be useful to highlight the main subjects in the foreground. For this, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your Honor X7 thus have basic a way to blur the background when you capture the image . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to perform post-production manipulations nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your Honor X7:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your phone.
  • Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects appears automatically. If it doesn't work, click on the effects icon on the right side 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 change the blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On some versions of your Honor X7, the manipulation is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Select 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 X7 in post-production

It is sometimes possible that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not tops. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On a number of Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode. In the event that you have captured the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your image on Honor X7 in post-production with the help of the smartphone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Open image that you are trying 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 of the background in order to correct the desired blur intensity.
  • To save the edited photo, click " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.

Depending on your Android version and whether you captured the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your Honor X7 by applying this procedure:

  • Open the application Gallery from your phone.
  • Select image that you want to change.
  • Press 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 X7 using an application

On the assumption that the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be carried out, 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 X7. The advantage of this procedure is that it will allow 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 X7, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, nevertheless as a result it does 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 X7.
  • Allow the app to access your Gallery .
  • Select 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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