How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.
cdanie11 said:
How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.
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You switch cameras first then go to portrait ?
bluh5d said:
You switch cameras first then go to portrait
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Do you mean just open up the camera, switch to the front camera and then go to portrait? Cause when I do that it switches back to the front facing camera ?
update the camera app from the play store and you should be good to go.
kdurepos said:
update the camera app from the play store and you should be good to go.
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It seems like that's not an option since the camera is a default app. Doesn't even show up in my apps in the play store.
cdanie11 said:
It seems like that's not an option since the camera is a default app. Doesn't even show up in my apps in the play store.
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I had the same behavior as you until I connected to wifi and updated from the play store.
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I had the same behavior as you until I connected to wifi and updated from the play store.
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Hmm...I am connected to Wi-Fi. I even tried searching for it in the play store and it was all outside apps that came up.
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Hmm...I am connected to Wi-Fi. I even tried searching for it in the play store and it was all outside apps that came up.
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Go to My Apps and Games from the menu in the top left of the home screen in the play store. Do you not see any updates available?
kdurepos said:
Go to My Apps and Games from the menu in the top left of the home screen in the play store. Do you not see any updates available?
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No I have it set on automatic and it says no updates available. I tried turning everything on and off as well just in case and checked on both WiFi and data connections
cdanie11 said:
How do you take a selfie in portrait-mode (to get the blurred background)? It doesn't seem to do it when I take a normal selfie nor does there seem to be an option or setting on the selfie camera mode. When I go to the portrait mode, there in no option to switch to the front camera.
Any help would be great! I've looked all over for an answer.
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UPDATE: there is a cool feature I found under settings. Click support at the bottom and it allows you to chat with a support and then do a screen share. He did a troubleshoot for me and figured out that I am in fact running the version of camera that doesn't have the front facing portrait. He said the update is being released in batches and that is why it's not in my play store. Thanks everyone for your help!
cdanie11 said:
UPDATE: there is a cool feature I found under settings. Click support at the bottom and it allows you to chat with a support and then do a screen share. He did a troubleshoot for me and figured out that I am in fact running the version of camera that doesn't have the front facing portrait. He said the update is being released in batches and that is why it's not in my play store. Thanks everyone for your help!
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Cool, I was going to say it's working fine on my pixel 2
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Hi guys,sorry if this has been asked before but is there anyway to flip for the front camera for apps like Snapchat so you can use filters and videos without them being upside down. Thanks:good:
Go click this link my dude https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi.../mod-improve-facing-camara-app-allow-t3809682
Ryan Mixed said:
Go click this link my dude https://forum.xda-developers.com/xi.../mod-improve-facing-camara-app-allow-t3809682
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Except this doesn't work with snapchat...
Heh sorry.
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Heh sorry.
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Cheers for the suggestion but as per the above it doesn't work for Snapchat. Doesn't seem that there is any solution at present. Pity because everything else about the phone is super.
euphoriasean said:
Cheers for the suggestion but as per the above it doesn't work for Snapchat. Doesn't seem that there is any solution at present. Pity because everything else about the phone is super.
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Camera rotates in Facebook Messenger...perhaps must be snapchat team who have to make it rotate
DMart9406 said:
Camera rotates in Facebook Messenger...perhaps must be snapchat team who have to make it rotate
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Yeah sure Snapchat could add the functionality but would be great to get a workaround.
I have a little trick, but I dont know if it works with Snapchat, but it works with Instagram, and Facebook, which I use both.
1. Unlock the screen rotation.
2. Open Facebook.
3. Turn your phone 90° so Facebook will be in landscape mode.
4. Turn your phone again 90° so Facebook App will be upside down.
------ 90° each, because sometimes turning it 180° doesn't work
5. Lock the screen rotation.
6. Open Instagram. It is now upside down, and selfie camera for stories now work normally.
HTH. I also hope this works with other apps.
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swiftden said:
I have a little trick, but I dont know if it works with Snapchat, but it works with Instagram, and Facebook, which I use both.
1. Unlock the screen rotation.
2. Open Facebook.
3. Turn your phone 90° so Facebook will be in landscape mode.
4. Turn your phone again 90° so Facebook App will be upside down.
------ 90° each, because sometimes turning it 180° doesn't work
5. Lock the screen rotation.
6. Open Instagram. It is now upside down, and selfie camera for stories now work normally.
HTH. I also hope this works with other apps.
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With this method snapchat rotates the whole camera feed so in the end it comes up upside down. I think it's snapchat's fault, we would need a modded version or a proper update for our phones.
I did some searches so I hope this has not been covered yet... but I am new to the pixel phones and I have heard how great they are... so I was excited to take some pictures of my kids and my cousin.. however most of them came out blurry... I thought maybe the skin that came on the phone may have been interfering but after removing it saw the same issue... so after doing some digging.
I found that the HDR mode slows the shutter speed and can cause action shots to suffer... so i've been turning off HDR mode... but I noticed that it always defaults to HDR Auto when i go into the camera app and I did not see a setting to turn this off...
QUESTION: Is there a way to change the default camera mode on the stock pixel camera app?
Thank you!
Jaws4God said:
I did some searches so I hope this has not been covered yet... but I am new to the pixel phones and I have heard how great they are... so I was excited to take some pictures of my kids and my cousin.. however most of them came out blurry... I thought maybe the skin that came on the phone may have been interfering but after removing it saw the same issue... so after doing some digging.
I found that the HDR mode slows the shutter speed and can cause action shots to suffer... so i've been turning off HDR mode... but I noticed that it always defaults to HDR Auto when i go into the camera app and I did not see a setting to turn this off...
QUESTION: Is there a way to change the default camera mode on the stock pixel camera app?
Thank you!
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Very simple. Click on that hdr+ auto sign and choose hdr off after expansion
It's a stupid decision made by Google to make it default to HDR auto on the Pixel 1 phones. The nexus phones and as far as I know the Pixel 2 generation do not have this behavior. Do not know of any mods which have bit through this problem either.
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Very simple. Click on that hdr+ auto sign and choose hdr off after expansion
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could you explain this in more detail? thanks!
I turn off hdr+ and it stays off for me.
using arnovas gcam mod but iirc this was the behavior on stock.
so i wonder if that mod helps keep the changes.. mine still continues to default to HDR + Auto each time I go back into the camera..
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mine still continues to default to HDR + Auto each time I go back into the camera..
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My completely stock Pixel XL does this.
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Same happens with the NightEnabled_GoogleCamera_6.1.013_cstark27.apk.
You can turn HDR off but when the app restarts the setting is AUTO.
This must be controlled by the phone I assume, not the app itself.
Has anyone fixed this?
Hi Guys, I am using stock camera and I am recently upgraded to Android 9.0 The problem I am facing is whenever camera detect faces, it automatically goes into Portrait mode. This is annoying especially in night time when shooting under artificial lighting condition. While taking group photos, its unnecessarily blurs the background and edge detection is also not good.
I would like camera to take normal photos not Portrait. I have checked all settings but there is no way I can disable it. Really hoping I get my working GCAM as it was working on Android 8.2, till then have to use stock camera
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Hi Guys, I am using stock camera and I am recently upgraded to Android 9.0 The problem I am facing is whenever camera detect faces, it automatically goes into Portrait mode. This is annoying especially in night time when shooting under artificial lighting condition. While taking group photos, its unnecessarily blurs the background and edge detection is also not good.
I would like camera to take normal photos not Portrait. I have checked all settings but there is no way I can disable it. Really hoping I get my working GCAM as it was working on Android 8.2, till then have to use stock camera
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Try to disable AI mode. I hope this is work ?
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Try to disable AI mode. I hope this is work
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Been there done that. If it is that simple then I would have not put that on forum :laugh::laugh::laugh:
You can turn off "bokeh" from here, maybe will be better?
amolsatkar said:
Been there done that. If it is that simple then I would have not put that on forum :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Lol, sorry to say, because I'm rarely use the camera. Good luck to find the answer :good:
Recently got the Mi Mix 3 and having some quality of life issues with the camera.
Firstly it doesnt seem to play well with Snapchat, in that if Snapchat is set to currently use the front camera the notification "Push the screen down to open camera" does not go away, so even if I am just chatting or something, that is there. Any ideas how to remove it?
I am also wanting to leave the slider gestures on so that when I slide the phone down it will open the front camera in the camera app. However again this does not play ball with snapchat or whats app, it will automatically open the camera app even if another app is trying to take a photo.
Any ideas how to fix either issues?
For me the notification goes away after a few seconds if I don't touch the phone
I keep the camera orientation on the back camera for those kind of apps. Then it won't bother me until I need to use it. But if you want to keep it on the front ig it's something we just have to deal with. At least it goes away though.
I also have my slider settings to open the camera and it works fine when I have other camera apps open. Just need to make sure you've turned to front camera in app before you slide.
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I keep the camera orientation on the back camera for those kind of apps. Then it won't bother me until I need to use it. But if you want to keep it on the front ig it's something we just have to deal with. At least it goes away though.
I also have my slider settings to open the camera and it works fine when I have other camera apps open. Just need to make sure you've turned to front camera in app before you slide.
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Yeah I have got used to it. Do you have your slider options set to "Take a selfie"? When I do that even if Whatsapp is on front camera and slide down, it opens the camera app itself.
Fenwick17 said:
Recently got the Mi Mix 3 and having some quality of life issues with the camera.
Firstly it doesnt seem to play well with Snapchat, in that if Snapchat is set to currently use the front camera the notification "Push the screen down to open camera" does not go away, so even if I am just chatting or something, that is there. Any ideas how to remove it?
I am also wanting to leave the slider gestures on so that when I slide the phone down it will open the front camera in the camera app. However again this does not play ball with snapchat or whats app, it will automatically open the camera app even if another app is trying to take a photo.
Any ideas how to fix either issues?
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Is there actually a method (with root or flashing ofcourse) to get rid of it altogether?
Fenwick17 said:
Yeah I have got used to it. Do you have your slider options set to "Take a selfie"? When I do that even if Whatsapp is on front camera and slide down, it opens the camera app itself.
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Yeah they're on 'Take a selfie ". And I just checked that out on my Whatsapp and it opens the camera within the app. I don't know why your device seems to be doing that.
So weird issue with my new p40 pro. It’s on version 10.1.0.114, and all HMS apps latest update.
However when i open the selfie camera to take a portrait mode pic, it doesn’t do any background blur - UNLESS I go to effects and click on one of the other effects, such as lights or hearts etc.
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.
wanted to help you but my software is still at 10.1.0.109
I was reading somewhere about portait from front camera is without bokeh. Bokeh is only on rear. I did myself selfie and i dont have bokeh too from front camera. But im not sure on 100%
matik3789 said:
I was reading somewhere about portait from front camera is without bokeh. Bokeh is only on rear. I did myself selfie and i dont have bokeh too from front camera. But im not sure on 100%
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I've seen lots of reviews that post front camera pictures with bokeh effect. The ToF sensor makes this possible. So: bokeh is not only for the rear camera. Try the portrait mode option on the front camera.
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I've seen lots of reviews that post front camera pictures with bokeh effect. The ToF sensor makes this possible. So: bokeh is not only for the rear camera. Try the portrait mode option on the front camera.
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Youre right. Tested it and bokeh is visible but really low
https://www.dxomark.com/huawei-p40-front-camera-review/
Check here. They said bokeh is visible but really low in front camera
I don't think so. No difference at all between portrait mode or photo mode without the effect filter turned on for selfie. Looking at the reviews there is noticeable bokeh on further objects. I'm not seeing that unless I turn on circles in effects for example.
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wanted to help you but my software is still at 10.1.0.109
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try hotspot or change country location for other countries I'm in France and I get it 114 so try
benchallenger said:
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.
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I noticed the same on my device after updating.
snipeerz said:
try hotspot or change country location for other countries I'm in France and I get it 114 so try
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thanks it worked the moment i used a vpn, but thats weird why are they doing that.
xnostra said:
thanks it worked the moment i used a vpn, but thats weird why are they doing that.
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can I ask you if it works to press thanks button thanks
benchallenger said:
So weird issue with my new p40 pro. It’s on version 10.1.0.114, and all HMS apps latest update.
However when i open the selfie camera to take a portrait mode pic, it doesn’t do any background blur - UNLESS I go to effects and click on one of the other effects, such as lights or hearts etc.
Anyone else having the same? Have tried a factory reset but still same issue. Wasn’t doing this on Software 10.1.0.109 i think.
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This also happens on my Mate 20 Pro. I always have to choose an effect, otherwise, the background isn't blurred.
question, does those effect have a special purpose cause i do not notice it, i only notice blurs