Thousands of photos are taken every day on our cell phones. Nevertheless, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a person, to erase confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. To do this, blurring seems to be the right 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs .
First of all we will find out the solutions to blur the background of an image with your HUAWEI Mate Xs . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on HUAWEI Mate Xs using an app .
Blur the background of a photo using your HUAWEI Mate Xs
This background blur on a photo was until some time ago reserved for reflex cameras. With the technological progress of our phones, this feature is now possible on the majority of smartphones. It offers the possibility of highlight the main theme of an image en blurring artistically background details. We will now see that depending on the Android version of your smartphone, there are several alternatives for blurring the background of an image on your HUAWEI Mate Xs.
Blur the background of an image of your HUAWEI Mate Xs before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate Xs can be useful to highlight the main subjects in the foreground. There are several ways to do this. Some Android versions of your HUAWEI Mate Xs thus have basic a way to blur the background when you capture the photo . The advantage of this solution is that it is Fast . Indeed, you won't need to do any post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this situation, how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate Xs:
- Open the app » Camera From your phone.
- Scroll through the features at the bottom of the screen and choose 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.
- Choose the effect » Flou "" Whirlwind " or " Zoom »Depending on the desired blur effect.
- An adjustment bar is then displayed 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 Xs, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- 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 shot of your HUAWEI Mate Xs in post-production
It may sometimes happen 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 follow to blur the background of your photo on HUAWEI Mate Xs in post-production using the smartphone settings:
- Go to the Gallery from your smartphone.
- Open the photo that you are trying to blur.
- Click 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 to be able 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 took the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your HUAWEI Mate Xs by following this manipulation:
- Open the application Gallery from your phone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Click on the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Choose the type of blur .
- You must manually define 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 Xs using an application
If the manipulations we have just seen cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. In this situation, you will need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI Mate Xs. The advantage of this manipulation 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 Xs, the best application is " Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, but because of that 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 Xs.
- 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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