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Filters are quite a lot of fun, but they can't turn a crappy photo into a masterpiece. At best, they turn a bad photo into a mediocre on, or a decent photo into
by nickburlett 15y ago
Filters are quite a lot of fun, but they can't turn a crappy photo into a masterpiece. At best, they turn a bad photo into a mediocre on, or a decent photo into a good one. You can alter the mood, but in the end the subject matter needs to be interesting.
Not to say that filters are inherently bad. The "Mastergram" blog (http://mastergram.tumblr.com/ http://mastergram.tumblr.com/) has some excellent examples of how masterpiece photos can be altered by Instagram but still retain that je ne sais quoi that made them masterpieces in the first place.
- mwseibel 15y agoNick - I don't think the goal is to make a masterpiece. Anyone with a smartphone is no more than 5 feet away from a video capture device 24/7. For the first time in history hundreds of millions of people have the ability to capture and share video instantly. Unfortunately most people don't take advantage of this fact because they find video intimidating. Socialcam is trying to break down the wall and make video fun. It turns out that filters do a great job of this.