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Camera Modes

Learn what camera modes are available on your device and what each mode does.

Prenote info

To access the Camera app, from the home screen select the Camera app. Alternately, from the lock screen, press the volume down button twice or swipe the Camera icon up. For more information on how to use the device's camera, see the Take a Picture and Take a Video tutorials.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to access the following:


• Camera modes
• Portrait Mode


This tutorial requires you to open the Camera app. From the home screen, select the camera app Camera app. To access the camera from the lock screen, select and drag the camera icon Camera icon up or press the volume down button twice. 




Camera modes

From the Camera app, swipe left or right to the the desired camera mode.

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To access additional camera features such as Flash Jump-Cut, from the camera screen, swipe left to More then select the desired camera mode.


Note: Flash Jump-Cut will take photos in 3 second increments, then save them as a GIF file. 

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Portrait Mode

From the Camera app, swipe right to Portrait. Select and drag the Blur slider to blur the background as desired, then select the Capture icon

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