It used to be that the only people who actively used image filters in the past were those who either knew their Javascript or had some basic working knowledge of Photoshop.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsI9g_eiyU[/youtube]
Or you can use Photoshop to create Instagram filters, the slow and painful way!
With the recent advent of filter-applying applications, there has been a surge of social media-savvy folk who easily share automatically-enhanced photos of their friends, their meals and random cats with the touch of a button.
The emotional appeal such apps like Instagram garnered also play a significant role in technological exclusivity and social status, demonstrated most clearly with the uproar by iOS users once an Android version of the app was released. Because only Apple users should have the honour of uploading heavily-filtered photos of sunsets.
Taken from: http://www.darcyeden.com/posts/2011/7/26/sunset-sloans-lake.html
After Facebook recently bought Instagram for a billion dollars, it’s easy to see how software with a focus on user-editing seems to be the way to go for the social networking industry. It’s true – the subject most people are interested in tend to be themselves, a trait likely to encourage more narcissistic forms of personal software, unfortunately.
Below, you will find a slideshow of some images. Can you tell which ones are authentic (i.e. no enhanced filters) and which ones have been Instagram-ed?
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It might surprise you to know that only Photo 3 has been digitally altered. All the rest are un-retouched, albeit old, polaroids. Maybe it’s time to reconsider that photography course, eh?
Photos taken from:
http://www.flickriver.com/groups/55453478@N00/pool/interesting/
http://rockinonphotography.blogspot.sg/2011/05/unenhanced-vs-enhanced-photos.html
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