Thousands of snapshots are taken every day on our cell phones. Nevertheless, it sometimes happens that it is required to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, to hide confidential data or to remove embarrassing details. In this context, blurring seems to be the best option. But it is not a long calm river to find the technique to succeed in 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 Nova 9 .

First we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your Huawei Nova 9 . Then we will find out, how does blurring a photo work on Huawei Nova 9 with an application .

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Blur the background of a photo using your Huawei Nova 9

This background blur on a photo was still reserved for reflex cameras a few years ago. Thanks to the technical progress of our telephones, this function is now possible on the vast majority of mobile telephones. It will give the possibility of highlight the main subject of an image en artistically blurring background details. We will now learn that depending on the Android version of your phone, there are several methods to blur the background of an image on your Huawei Nova 9.

Blur the background of an image of your Huawei Nova 9 before the photo is taken

Blurring the background of a photo on your Huawei Nova 9 can be useful for bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. There are several methods for this. Some Android versions of your Huawei Nova 9 thus offer basic a way to blur the background when you take the picture . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . In fact, you will not need to perform post-production manipulations, nor need to download an application. In this case, what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your Huawei Nova 9:

  • 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 this is not what happens, click on the effects icon on the right of the screen.
  • Choose 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 adjust blur level that you want.
  • Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.

On several versions of your Huawei Nova 9, the process is not quite the same to blur the background of an image:

  • Open your application Camera .
  • Select the feature " Live focus   "Or commonly called" Live Focus ».
  • Set the degree of background blur by dragging the cursor.

Blur the background of an image of your Huawei Nova 9 in post-production

It is possible at times that the result obtained does not suit you or that, for the sake of speed, the settings you have made are not tops. If so, you can still blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .

On several Android versions, this manipulation is only possible if your photo was taken with "Portrait Mode" or "Live Focus" mode. If you ever captured the photo with one of these modes, here is the procedure to follow to blur the background of your photo on Huawei Nova 9 in post-production via 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 "
  • Choose 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 your Android version and in the event that you captured the photo without functionality , you can still blur the background on your Huawei Nova 9 by following this manipulation:

  • Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
  • Select image that you want to change.
  • Press the option » Edit  "Then" Mosaic "
  • Choose the kind of blur .
  • You should 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 Nova 9 with an application

If the manipulations that we have just discovered cannot be performed, then you still have one technique left. You will then need to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your Huawei Nova 9. The advantage of this manipulation is that it allows 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 Nova 9, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it has only one function, but therefore 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 Nova 9.
  • 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 kind 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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