Canon SX740 is blurry, what settings can I use to make it crisp?

[brynnrburke]

Hi everyone! I love to camera. It is a step down from the G7x, but it was also half the price. However, whenever I take nightime photos on auto with flash, they turn out like the attached photo. Not bad, but it looks like there is some sort of smoothing/beauty effect on it which I do not want. How do I fix this, or is there better settings I can use for nightime photos? It's fine during the day.

Thank you!!

[kvbarkley]

Generally, this happens when there is a lot of ambient light and slower shutter speed, the flash freezes the action at first, but the extended shutter allows an ambient exposure that causes a blur.