Thousands of photos are taken on our smartphones every day. However, it may be necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove annoying details. In this context, blurring seems to be the right solution. But it is not always easy to find the solution for successful artistic blurring. It is for this reason that today you will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 .
First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your HUAWEI Mate 20 . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo works on HUAWEI Mate 20 using an application .
Blur the background of a photo with your HUAWEI Mate 20
This background blur in a photo was only usable a few years ago by owners of SLR cameras. Thanks to the technical progress of our phones, this functionality is now possible on most smartphones. It allows to highlight the main subject of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now discover that depending on the Android version of your phone, several procedures are available to you to blur the background of an image on your HUAWEI Mate 20.
Blur the background of a snapshot of your HUAWEI Mate 20 before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20 can be helpful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. For this, several techniques are available to you. Some Android versions of your HUAWEI Mate 20 already have a basic a way to blur the background when you capture the photo . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will neither need to carry out post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So, how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate 20:
- 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 this is not what happens, 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 then appears at the bottom of the screen to adjust blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On several versions of your HUAWEI Mate 20, 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 an image of your HUAWEI Mate 20 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 correct. If so, you can still 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. In the event that you took the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to blur the background of your photo on HUAWEI Mate 20 in post-production using the phone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your phone.
- Open the photo that you are trying to blur.
- Press 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 if you ever took the photo without functionality , you can also blur the background on your HUAWEI Mate 20 by following this solution:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Select image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select 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 photo with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your HUAWEI Mate 20 using an application
In the event that the manipulations 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 HUAWEI Mate 20. The advantage of this solution is that it will allow you to retouch any image on your phone.
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, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but as a result 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 HUAWEI Mate 20.
- Allow the app to access your Gallery .
- Choose the image you want to blur.
- Click on the option » Edit "
- Select the area to blur or the background, the type of blur among the many filters and effects. Then set its intensity .
- Finally click on » Save To save it in your Gallery.
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