Huawei P9 Lite User Guide

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Adding watermarks to photos
Add watermarks to personalize your photos and help you remember where they were 
taken. 
1 Open Camera, swipe right on the screen, and then touch Watermark.
2 Touch the or navigation icon or touch More and then select the desired 
watermark.
3 Drag the watermark to reposition, and then touch to take a photo. 
						

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Shooting a video
1 Open Camera, swipe right on the screen, and then touch Video.
2 Touch to start a video recording.
3 Touch the screen to focus on an object or area during recording. Touch to pause 
recording, and then touch to resume. Touch to save the current scene as a 
photo.
4 Touch to end the recording.
 
Automatic facial enhancement: Swipe right on the screen, and then touch Beauty 
video
. Stabilization cannot be enabled in this mode. 
						

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Time-lapse mode
Time-lapse mode allows you to capture and speed up subtle changes in the natural world. 
For example, you can record the opening of a flower or the movement of clouds.
1 Open Camera, swipe right on the screen, and then touch Time-lapse.
2 Touch to start a video recording.
 Your camera will automatically select a suitable frame rate according to the length 
of the recording. The focal length cannot be adjusted during recording.
3 Touch to end the recording.
Touch the thumbnail to play the recording. The video will be played back at a higher 
frame rate. The frame rate is determined automatically by your camera and cannot be 
adjusted. 
						

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Slow motion recording
You can record videos in slow motion to enjoy fast moving scenes in detail, such as falling 
water droplets or dance moves.
1 Open Camera, swipe right on the screen, and then touch Slow-mo.
2 Touch to start a video recording.
3 Touch the screen to focus on an object or area during recording.
4 Touch to end the recording.
Touch the thumbnail to play the recording back in slow motion. You can also select 
a clip from the video and play it in slow motion.
Document correction
You can use document correction mode to automatically adjust the orientation of a 
document in a photo. For example, if youre sitting at the edge of a meeting room, you 
can take a photo of a PPT, and then use document readjustment to crop and straighten 
the image so that it fits perfectly on your screen.
1 Open Camera, swipe right on the screen, and then touch Document 
readjustment.
 Touch Auto to turn off automatic shooting mode and take a photo manually.
2 Focus on the subject (for example, a PPT, poster, or screen), and then touch to 
take a photo. Your camera will automatically extract the part of the image containing 
text and adjust its orientation so that it is easier to read. 
						

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Touch the thumbnail to read the text in the image, and then touch to edit the 
image.
Camera and video settings
Setting the photo and video resolutions
Increase the resolution for higher quality images and videos. However, larger resolution 
images take up more space on your phone. Changing the resolution will also change the 
image dimensions.
 Some shooting modes may not support all resolutions.
Open Camera. Swipe left on the screen and touch Resolution to change the 
resolution. 
						

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Configuring the default storage location for photos and videos
Photos and videos are saved to your phones internal storage by default. Set the default 
storage location to the microSD card to free up storage space on your phone.
Open Camera and swipe left on the screen. Turn on the Priority save in SD card 
switch to set the default storage location to the microSD card. This option will not be 
available if there is no microSD card in your phone. If the microSD card is full, photos will 
be saved to your phones internal storage.
Adding an overlay
You can add a grid or spiral overlay to the viewfinder to help you compose your image.
 Overlays may not be available in some shooting modes.
Open Camera. Swipe left on the screen, touch Assistive grid, and then select an 
overlay to help you compose your image. Select Off to delete the reference lines.
You can choose from a 3 x 3 grid, phi grid, or spiral overlay. Use the 3 x 3 grid for general 
shooting scenarios. The phi grid is similar to the 3 x 3 grid, but uses the golden ratio to 
divide the viewfinder into distinct sections. Use the spiral grid for indoor photography or 
portrait shots.
Video settings
 Some shooting modes may not support all settings.
Swipe left on the video shooting screen to configure the following settings:
• Resolution: Configure the video resolution.
• GPS tag: Display the location where the video was recorded.
• Priority save in SD card: Set the default storage location for your videos. You can select 
your phones internal storage, or the microSD card.
• Object tracking: Touch an object on the screen. The camera will focus on the selected 
object when capturing the video.
Camera settings
 Some shooting modes may not support all settings.
Swipe left on the photo shooting screen to configure the following settings: 
						

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• Resolution: Set the photo resolution.
• GPS tag: Display the location where the photo was taken.
• Priority save in SD card: Set the default storage location for your photos. You can 
select your phones internal storage, or the microSD card.
• Perfect selfie: Enable or disable this function in Beauty mode for automatic facial 
recognition and customized portrait enhancement. For more information, see 
Using 
Perfect Selfie mode.
• Touch & hold shutter button: Configure the shutters touch and hold settings. You can 
select 
Burst shoot or Focus.
• Audio control: Take a photo using voice commands.
• Volume button function: Configure the volume button settings. You can select Shutter, 
Zoom, or Focus
• Mute: Enable this feature to mute the camera. Due to legal constraints, this feature is 
not available in all countries and regions.
• Timer: Enable this feature to set a self-timer.
• Touch to capture: Touch the viewfinder to take a photo.
• Capture smiles: The camera will automatically take a photo when it detects a smile.
• Object tracking: Touch the object you want to focus on. The camera will track and 
focus on the selected object. For more information, see 
Object tracking.
• Ultra snapshot: Press the volume down button twice to take a photo when the screen is 
off. For more information, see 
Ultra Snapshot.
• Image adjustment: Adjust saturation, contrast, and brightness. 
						

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Viewing photos and videos
You can view the following photos and videos in Gallery:
• Photos and videos shot with the camera.
• Photos and videos that your friends shared with you.
• Photos and videos synced from your computer.
• Photos and videos saved from messages, emails, or websites, as well as screenshots.
Open Gallery and go to the Photos tab to sort photos and videos according to the 
time and location they were shot. Go to the Newspaper mode tab to sort photos and 
videos by album.
Viewing photos in chronological order
Go to the Photos tab. Photos are automatically displayed in chronological order. Touch 
 > Settings, and then turn on the Show time switch to display the time that the shot 
was taken when viewing an image.
Viewing photos by location
Go to the Photos tab and touch . Photos with location information will be displayed 
on a map. Touch  > Settings, and then turn on the Show location switch to display 
the location where the shot was taken when viewing an image.
Viewing photos by album
Go to the Albums tab. Photos and videos are automatically added to the default folders. 
For example, videos that you shot using the camera are automatically added to the 
Camera videos folder, and screenshots are added to the Screenshots folder.
 
Touch  > Hide albums and turn on the switch next to albums that you wish to 
hide. These albums will not appear in the album list.
Viewing photos as a slideshow
Go to the Photos tab and touch  > No limits. Touch the screen to stop the slideshow. 
						

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Viewing photos in full-screen mode
Open Gallery and then touch an image to view it in full-screen mode. Touch the 
screen to display or hide the screen menu.
• Zoom or in out: Spread two fingers apart to zoom in or pinch two fingers together to 
zoom out.
• View image details: Touch to view the image details, such as the ISO, exposure 
compensation, and resolution.
• Rename photo: To rename a photo, touch  > Rename, enter the new name, and 
then select OK.
• Set photo as the home screen wallpaper: Touch  > CMAS RMT alerts > Class 0 
message to set a photo as the home screen wallpaper.
View photo details
Overlay menu 
						

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Playing a video
Touch to play a video. Touch the screen when the video is playing to display or hide 
the control bar. For more information, see Playing a video.
Adding photos or videos to a new album
1 Open Gallery.
2 Go to the Albums tab. Touch and then enter the album name.
3 Select the images or videos that you want to add to the new album, and then touch 
.
4 Copy or move the photos or videos to the new album.
Moving photos or videos to other albums
1 Open Gallery.
2 Touch and hold an image or video thumbnail, and then select the files that you want to 
move.
3 Touch , then select the destination album, or touch to create a new album 
and select it as the destination album.
Deleting images or videos
If youre running out of storage space, delete unwanted photos and videos from Gallery.
1 Open Gallery.
2 Touch and hold an image or video thumbnail, and then select the files that you want to 
delete.
3 Touch  > Delete to delete the selected files.