Thousands of pictures are taken every day on our smartphones. However, it may be necessary to modify them to enhance an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not always easy to find the technique to achieve artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro .
To begin with we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro using an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro
This background blur in a photo was until some time ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our devices, this functionality is now possible on the majority of phones. It will allow highlight the main subject of a photo en artistically blurring details of the background. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, several alternatives are available to blur the background of an image on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro can be useful for bringing out main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several ways of doing things are available to you. Some Android versions of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro already have a basic a way to blur the background when you capture the photo . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will not need to perform post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro:
- Open the app » Camera From your smartphone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the feature » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects is displayed automatically. If it doesn't work, tap 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 appears after that at the bottom of the screen to change the blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro, the handling is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:
- 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 Mate 20 Pro in post-production
It may happen at times that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not correct. If so, you can always blur the background of your photo even after taking it .
On some Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait mode" or "Live focus" mode. If you have ever taken the picture with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your shot on HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro in post-production via the settings of the smartphone:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you want 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 to be able to adjust the amount of blur you want.
- To save the edited photo, press " Apply " ou tap the check mark icon.
Depending on your Android version and if you took the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro by following this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Choose image that you want to change.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select the kind of blur .
- You must manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur using the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro using an application
In the event that the manipulations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have one technique left. In this situation you will have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro. The advantage of this technique 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 Mate 20 Pro, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, yet it does so 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 Mate 20 Pro.
- 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 adjust its intensity .
- To finish click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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