Thousands of snapshots are captured on our phones every day. Despite everything, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to improve them to highlight an object or a subject, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. For this, blurring seems to be the best option. But finding the technique to achieve artistic blurring is not a long easy process. This is the reason why in this article we will see together how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate X .
First of all, we will see solutions to blur the background of an image with your HUAWEI Mate X . Then we will see, how to blur a photo on HUAWEI Mate X with an app .
Blur the background of a photo with your HUAWEI Mate X
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our devices, this function is now possible on most mobile phones. It allows to 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 solutions can be applied to blur the background of an image on your HUAWEI Mate X.
Blur the background of an image from your HUAWEI Mate X before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate X can be useful for emphasizing main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your HUAWEI Mate X already have a basic a way to blur the background when you capture the snapshot . The advantage of this option is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to perform post-production operations, nor need to download an application. In this case, how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate X:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen and select the function » Portrait mode "
- The list of effects appears automatically. In the event that this does not 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 change blur level that you want.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On some versions of your HUAWEI Mate X, the process is not quite the same 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 from your HUAWEI Mate X in post-production
It sometimes happens that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not great. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On some Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you have captured the shot with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on HUAWEI Mate X in post-production via the settings of the smartphone:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the snapshot that you want 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 background to adjust the amount of blur you want.
- 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 Mate X by applying 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 kind of blur .
- You must manually select the areas to blur .
- Set the intensity of the blur with the focus adjustment bar.
- Save the snapshot with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your HUAWEI Mate X with an application
If ever the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be done, you still have a technique. You will therefore have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate X. The advantage of this solution is that it will allow you to 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 X, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As its name suggests, it has only one function, nevertheless 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 X.
- 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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