After purchasing a new Huawei smartphone and setting it up, it's time to see how to use its full potential. In particular, since you are a lover of social networks, you would like to take some selfies to post on your online profiles and you would like to have some "tips" on the settings and functions available in the Camera app of the famous Chinese brand.

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How do you say? Are things actually like this? Then don't worry, because I'm here to help you. In today's guide, in fact, I will show you how to take a selfie with Huawei in an easy and immediate way: all you have to do is pay the utmost attention to all the tips and procedures that I will show you in the next chapters.

Having said that, I would say not to waste any more precious time and to get to work immediately. Take your Huawei smartphone in hand, sit comfortably and consult all the tips I have written for you. I am sure that, by the end of reading, you will have all the information you need to be able to reach your goal. At this point, I just have to wish you good reading and, above all, have fun!

To be able to take a selfie with a Huawei smartphone , you must first know which modes the Camera app offers on the devices of this famous brand.

Well, the Camera app of Huawei smartphones has several ways to take selfies: the choice of one mode over another depends only on your needs. When you launch the Camera app, the Camera app is set to Photo mode . Then, through the different tabs at the bottom, you can access the Portrait , Panorama and Video ones .

These four modes allow you to take selfies in specific conditions or with particular effects, which I will tell you about in detail in the next chapters. In addition to these modes, I also point out Time Lapse and Moving Image , which I will talk about in the chapter dedicated to Video mode , as they are configured more like videos, rather than photos.

Configuring the Camera app in huawei

Before starting to talk to you in detail about the shooting modes offered by Huawei's Camera app , it is important to see how to configure the latter in the way that best suits your needs.

You can find the configuration panel on the main screen of the Camera app : all you have to do is press on the gear icon you see in the upper right corner. The section you will access consists of a series of options that depend on the shooting mode currently in use.

Therefore, to configure the recording parameters of a video, you will first need to select the Video tab at the bottom. Conversely, to configure those for Photo mode , you'll need to activate the latter first. I also warn you that in addition to what has just been said, the configuration options also vary if you want to take a photo with the rear or front camera.

Taking this last recommendation into consideration, in addition to selecting the tab relating to the mode, you will also have to press the camera icon with an arrow around it , at the bottom right, which indicates the transition to the front camera, that is what you need to take a selfie.

After you have set up both the mode and the front camera, press the gear icon at the top to access the camera configuration parameters. As for the photos, you will be given the option to select the resolution and add the location tags (you must have GPS active ).

In addition, you can set automatic shooting by timer , with smile detection or manually, even with the volume key or by touching the display . You can decide to activate the mirror effect as well , in case you want to get photos automatically flipped on the opposite side of the horizontal axis.

For video, however, the configuration options are reduced, as you can only control the resolution , the location tag , mute and record activation via the volume button .

When you're done setting up the Camera app for the selected mode, tap the back arrow to start taking a selfie! In this regard, I advise you to continue reading this guide of mine with the next chapters, as I will provide you with some additional information on the methods I told you about in the introduction .

How to take a selfie with Huawei

Now that you are aware of the different modes in the Camera app and how to configure the latter, it is time to see how to take a selfie with Huawei by making the most of all the features and shooting modes available.

Photo mode

Photo mode is the one set by default when you open the Huawei Camera app . By activating the front camera, using the camera icon with an arrow around it (bottom right) you can set some effects on the selfies to be taken.

First of all, the zoom level , which you can adjust on the right, using a special bar set by default to the 1x value and which can reach a specific maximum value that varies according to the smartphone model used.

In the upper section, then, there are other buttons, such as the flash (it is generally simulated making the screen completely white and very bright when shooting) and the coloring effects . With this last button, you can change the color tones of the shot you will take, setting one in black and white or with bright colors, just to give you some examples.

When you are ready to take the selfie, tap the round button at the bottom center (or use the volume button used for shooting), to take the photo. The latter will then be available in the Gallery app or you can easily view it using the thumbnail that appears at the bottom left and which recalls the photo from the multimedia gallery of the device.

Portrait mode

Portrait mode is best suited for selfies. In fact, it allows you to enable a series of additional options for improving the shots compared to those present in the Photo mode , which I told you about in the previous chapter .

Using the Effects icon at the bottom, for example, you can apply effects on the background that allow you to bring out the subject of the photo by blurring the background. In addition to this, there is the Beauty mode which aims to reduce the signs of aging on the subject's face, in order to try to "rejuvenate" it. It consists of a bar with values ​​ranging from 1 to 10 and which exactly set the most marked attenuation at higher levels.

Also in this case, as seen for the Photo mode , all you have to do is capture the shot and this will be available in the Huawei media gallery, quickly accessible via the thumbnail of the photo just taken, in the lower left corner of the screen .

Panorama mode

Panorama mode is accessible in the Camera app via the More tab . As the name of this mode suggests, it allows you to make a composition of three shots: one front, which represents the classic selfie, and two side shots.

At the software level, the Camera app will process the images by assembling them into a single larger photo that will also include background elements usually overshadowed or partially visible with a simple selfie.

The only effect that can be activated in Panoramic mode with the front shutter active is the Beauty one , which I already told you about in detail in the previous chapter . There are no other effects or filters available, much less the zoom ring.

Once you have taken the first shot, you will be prompted to position the frame in the side rectangles that will be shown on the screen, in order to capture the environmental elements present both to the right and to the left of the subject.

Video mode

In addition to photos, you can also record videos with the front camera of your Huawei device. To do this, select the Video mode from the menu below and, by selecting the front camera, you will have the possibility to adjust the zoom , apply coloring effects and enable the Beauty mode .

In this case, after pressing the round record button at the bottom, the video capture will start. During registration you will have different controls available: the zoom adjustment , the pause button , the cut-off button and that of the instantaneous snap.

In addition to the Video mode , there are two other modes for taking selfies on the go, which you can find in the More tab : Time Lapse and Moving Image . The Time Lapse is a mode that allows you to record video sped while Moving Image is essentially a photo on which are also acquired subsequent frames, so you can then export it into a GIF or a short video.

I'd say that's all for now. In case, however, you want more advice on how to take perfect selfies, you can consult my guide dedicated to the subject.