Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our mobile phones. However, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to modify them to highlight an object or a person, 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 Huawei Maimang 8 .

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

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Blur the background of a photo using your Huawei Maimang 8

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for SLR cameras a few years ago. With the technological progress of our phones, this function is now possible on the majority of phones. It gives the possibility of highlight the main theme of a photo en artistically blurring the 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 Huawei Maimang 8.

Blur the background of an image of your Huawei Maimang 8 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Huawei Maimang 8 can be useful to bring out the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your Huawei Maimang 8 already have this by default a way to blur the background the moment you take the shot . The utility of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to perform post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your Huawei Maimang 8:

  • Open the app » Camera  From your smartphone.
  • Scroll down the options at the bottom of the screen and choose the feature » Portrait mode "
  • The list of effects is displayed automatically. If that doesn't work, click on the effects icon on the right side of the screen.
  • Select 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 set the blur level that you wish.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On some versions of your Huawei Maimang 8, the handling is slightly different to blur the background of a snapshot:

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

Blur the background of an image of your Huawei Maimang 8 in post-production

It may sometimes be 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 always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On some Android versions, this solution is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you captured the shot with one of these modes, here's the procedure to blur the background of your photo on Huawei Maimang 8 in post-production with the help of smartphone settings:

  • See you in the Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Open the snapshot that you are trying to blur.
  • Click on " Change background effect  "Or "Adjust background blur "
  • Select 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 the version of your Android and in the event that you captured the snapshot without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Huawei Maimang 8 by applying this solution:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Select image that you want to touch up.
  • Click on the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Select the kind of blur .
  • You must manually define the areas to blur .
  • Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
  • Save the snapshot with the changes.

Blur the background of a photo of your Huawei Maimang 8 with an application

In the event that the manipulations we have just seen cannot be done, you still have a solution. You will therefore need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Huawei Maimang 8. The advantage of this solution 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 Huawei Maimang 8, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one function, however, so 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 Huawei Maimang 8.
  • 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 kind 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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