Thousands of photos are taken on our cell phones every day. However, it may be necessary to retouch them to highlight an object or a subject, hide private data or to remove annoying details. For this, blurring seems to be the best solution. But it is not a long calm river to find the solution to succeed an artistic blurring. This is the reason why in this article we will discover together how to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI P20 Pro .
To start we will find out solutions to blur the background of an image with your HUAWEI P20 Pro . Then we will find out, how to blur a photo on HUAWEI P20 Pro with an application .
Blur the background of a photo using your HUAWEI P20 Pro
This background blur in a photo was not so long ago only usable by owners of SLR cameras. With the technical progress of our Android devices, this functionality is now possible on most mobile phones. It gives the opportunity to highlight the main subject of a photo en blurring artistically details of the background. We will now find out that depending on the Android version of your phone, there are several methods available to blur the background of an image on your HUAWEI P20 Pro.
Blur the background of an image from your HUAWEI P20 Pro before the photo is taken
Blurring the background of a photo on your HUAWEI P20 Pro can be useful in bringing out the main subjects in the foreground. With this in mind, several methods are available to you. Some Android versions of your HUAWEI P20 Pro thus offer by default a way to blur the background the moment you capture the image . The advantage of this technique is that it is Fast . Indeed, you will neither need to carry out post-production operations, nor need to download an application. So what is the technique to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI P20 Pro:
- 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 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 is then displayed at the bottom of the screen to set the blur level that you wish.
- Once the desired blur is obtained, take the photo.
On a number of versions of your HUAWEI P20 Pro, the handling is not quite the same to blur the background of a snapshot:
- 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 P20 Pro in post-production
It may sometimes be that you are not satisfied with the result obtained or that, for the sake of speed, the adjustments you have made are not correct. In this case, you can always blur the background of your photo even after capturing it .
On a certain number of Android versions, this technique is only possible if your photo was taken with “Portrait mode” or “Live focus” mode. In the event that you have captured the image with one of these modes, here is the procedure to perform to blur the background of your photo on HUAWEI P20 Pro in post-production via the phone settings:
- See you in the Gallery from your phone.
- Open image 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 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 whether you captured the image without functionality , you can also blur the background on your HUAWEI P20 Pro by applying this technique:
- Open the application Gallery from your smartphone.
- Choose image that you want to touch up.
- Press the option » Edit "Then" Mosaic "
- Select 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 image with the changes.
Blur the background of a photo of your HUAWEI P20 Pro with an application
On the assumption that the operations that we have just discovered cannot be carried out, you still have a solution. You will then have to download an application to blur the background of a photo on your HUAWEI P20 Pro. The advantage of this technique is that it will allow 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 P20 Pro, the best application is » Auto blur background ". As the name suggests, it only has one feature, nonetheless, 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 P20 Pro.
- 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 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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