Huawei P8 Manual

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Taking a photo
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch 
the screen to focus on an object.
 If the focus box turns red, the camera was unable to focus.
3 Touch .
 If the GPS tag switch was enabled when the photo was taken, the photo can be 
viewed in 
Gallery under Map.
Launching the camera from the gallery
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Photos, swipe down on the albums to display the viewfinder in half screen 
mode, and then swipe down again to launch the camera.
 Not all camera features are available in half screen mode.
3 Touch to take a photo.
4 Touch Return to return to gallery.
Capture modes
 Your phone may not feature all of these capture modes.
• Beauty: Drag the slider to adjust the beauty level and apply facial enhancements.
• Panorama: Your phone takes several photos continuously as you pan and stitches them 
into one complete panoramic shot.
• Super night: Your phone automatically adjusts the ISO and exposure time according to 
the surrounding brightness for better night shots.
• HDR: Enhance a photo taken under insufficient or excessive lighting conditions.
• All-focus: You can re-adjust the focal point of photos taken in this mode at a later time. 
						

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• Best photo: Your phone takes several photos in rapid succession and automatically 
picks the best one for you.
• Watermark: Add various watermarks to your photos.
• Audio note: You can record a brief audio clip after you take a photo.
• Audio control: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. You can issue voice 
commands to have your camera take photos for you.
• Timer: Touch and enable this mode under Settings to set a countdown timer for 
taking a photo.
• Touch to capture: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. Touch the screen to 
take a photo.
• Capture smiles: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. The camera will 
automatically take a photo when it detects a smile.
• Object tracking: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. Touch an object on 
the screen. Your camera will track and stay focused on this object.
• Ultra snapshot: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. When the screen is off 
or locked, frame the object you want to capture and press the volume down key twice 
to take a photo.
Taking a panoramic photo
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Panorama to switch to panorama shooting mode.
3 Touch to start shooting.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions and move your phone slowly to capture multiple 
photos.
5 Touch to stop shooting. The camera automatically stitches the photos together to 
create one panoramic photograph. 
						

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Using best photo mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Best photo to switch to best photo mode.
3 Touch to shoot. Your phone takes several photos in a row and automatically 
selects the best photo.
4 Touch .
You can also select other photos. The phone will automatically save the selected photos 
and delete the remaining ones.
Adding watermarks to photos
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Watermark to switch to watermark mode.
3 Swipe left or right and select the desired watermark.
4 Drag the watermark to adjust its position.
5 Touch .
Taking a photo using audio control
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  >  > Audio control.
3 Touch Audio control to switch to the audio control mode. Then you can:
• Get your phone to take a photo when you issue a voice command.
• Get your phone to take a photo when the surrounding noise reaches a certain 
decibel level.
4 Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will take a photo automatically 
when you issue a voice command or the surrounding noise reaches a certain decibel 
level.
Object tracking mode 
						

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1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > .
3 Touch Object tracking to ena bl e obje ct tr ac ki ng mode.
4 Touch an object on the screen. Your camera will track and stay focused on this object 
as youre shooting.
 Object tracking mode and smile capture cant be used at the same time.
All focus mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > All-focus to switch to all focus mode.
3 Touch to take a photo.
4 Go to gallery and select the photo that was taken using all focus mode. 
 indicates photos that were taken in all focus mode.
5 Touch to enter the all focus editing mode.
6 Touch another area of the photo that you want to focus on.
7 Touch .
Shooting a video
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Swipe left or right and select Video.
3 Touch to start recording.
4 While recording, touch an object or a position on the screen to focus on it. Touch 
to pause recording, and touch to resume.
5 Touch to stop recording. 
While recording, you can touch  to take a still photo. 
						

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Video shooting modes
 Your phone may not feature all of these shooting modes.
On the video recording screen, touch   >  to select a video shooting mode.
• Beauty mode: Automatic facial enhancement during recording.
• Object tracking: Touch an object on the screen. Your camera will track and stay 
focused on this object as youre shooting the video.
• Stabilizer: Minimizes camera shake during recording.
Camera settings
On the capture screen, touch   >  to configure the following settings:
• Resolution: Set the camera resolution. To change the video resolution, touch  > 
 > Resolution on the video capture screen.
• GPS tag: Display the location where the photo or video was taken.
• Preferred save location: Set the default save location for your photos and videos.
• Perfect selfie: Enable this function in Beauty mode for automatic facial recognition and 
customized portrait enhancement.
• ISO: Set a photos ISO. Increasing the ISO can reduce blurring caused by dark 
conditions or movement.
• White balance: Adjust a photos white balance. Adjust the white balance according to 
the brightness of the surroundings.
• Image adjustment: Adjust exposure compensation, saturation, contrast, and 
brightness. 
						

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Gallery
Viewing photos
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 You can then:
• Select the Photos tab and view photos in a timeline.
• Select the Photos tab, select Map and view photos grouped according to location.
• Select the Albums tab and view photos grouped by album.
Playing a slideshow
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Photos, touch  > Slideshow.
3 Touch the screen to stop the slideshow.
Editing a photo
You can adjust a photos brightness, saturation, size, and more. You can also use the 
facial enhancement feature to enhance portrait photos in a variety of different ways.
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to edit and then touch .
3 You can then:
• Touch to rotate the photo.
• Touch to crop the photo.
• Touch to select a filter.
• Touch to adjust the saturation, color, and more.
• Touch to add whitening, smoothing, or other beautifying effects to faces.
• Touch to add a mosaic effect to the photo.
• Touch to add a watermark to the photo.
• Touch to add a label to the photo. 
						

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Hiding photos
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Albums, touch  > Hide albums.
3 Touch the switch next to the album to hide the photos.
 Not all local albums on the phones internal storage can be hidden.
Deleting a photo
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to delete and then touch  > Delete.
Sharing photos and videos
You can share your photos or videos in various ways.
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo or video that you want to share.
3 Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share 
your photo or video.
Setting a photo as the wallpaper
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to set as the wallpaper.
3 Touch  > Set as and follow the onscreen instructions to set the photo as the 
wallpaper.
Taking a screenshot
Press the power and volume down buttons at the same time to take a screenshot. Open 
the notification panel and touch  to share the screenshot. By default, screenshots are 
saved to the 
Gallery folder in Screenshots.
 You can also swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel and 
touch under 
Shortcuts. 
						

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Scanning a QR code
Scanning a QR code using gallery
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Choose a QR code photo.
3 Touch the photo. Gallery will automatically scan the QR code.
4 Touch the QR code link to view more information about the code.
Scanning a QR code using camera
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Frame the QR code using the camera. The camera will automatically scan the QR code.
3 Touch the QR code link to view more information about the code. 
						

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Music and videos
Adding songs
Before you can listen to your music, you need to copy your songs onto your phone. Add 
songs to your phone by:
• Copying songs from your computer using the USB cable.
• Downloading songs from the Internet.
• Copying songs via Bluetooth. For details, see Receiving a file using Bluetooth.
• Copying songs from other devices using Wi-Fi Direct. For details, see Receiving a file 
using Wi-Fi Direct.
Listening to music
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Select a category.
3 Touch the song you want to play. 
Touch the playing song to enter the main playback interface. 
						

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When a song is playing, touch Home to exit the playback screen without 
stopping the song. To return to the music playback screen, open the notification 
panel and touch the playing song.
•Swipe left or right to switch between the album cover, playlist, 
and lyrics.
•Touch here to adjust the volume, open the options menu, and 
more.
Touch to add the playing song to a playlist.
Use the buttons here to control the playback.
Touch to add the playing song to your Favorites.
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