Once upon a time, there was this girl who only wanted people to see a beauty that she didn't have. But with the help of a "beauty filter" from a certain App, she finally had the chance to look so pretty, even if it was fake.
And that girl was me. I started using filters during my last year of High School. That's also when my Facebook was created by a friend, so having a profile picture is a must. Browsing the internet every time that I had the chance to visit a computer shop, I learned a lot. Then I discovered YouCam Makeup, and to my amazement, it really does a lot of things, from making a collage to beautifying a selfie, it's magic, I tell yah!
It was really amazing that every time I take a selfie and it is already time to upload it on my Facebook timeline, I always make sure that I edit it in there to make my skin look pretty and smoother by removing blemishes and eyebags. I'm not proud of it, but because of that, I caught a lot of people with whom I spent time chatting. I enjoyed it, and I'm not regretting it, though I always cringe when I remember those times, haha.
Anyways, in today's time, everything is easier now, it's just one tap away. Adjust the percent you want to apply to your image, enhance it a little, and voila, the result will really make you scream with amazement. With your smartphone and the internet, nothing is impossible now. I still use filters and effects on my photos, but some of them are just displayed on my phone, they serve just like a collection that I can look at from time to time.
So here's the example of a filtered and unfiltered image of mine, though with the Oppo Phone the normal picture is just like having an AI effect, but on the second picture here, that's where I used that AI Effect or AI retouching. I only used 30% of it, but look at it. It is really enough to make you look younger than my original face. Look how much magic this filter can do, it's almost scary. I only used my built-in camera here, but I also used different apps or just social media today. Yes, even on social media apps, they all have it.
You want a funny kind of filter? Instagram has that too. I took this even before, and it's been in my gallery since then. I think I never shared these photos with anyone. This is for my own entertainment only because whenever I look at them, I can't help but burst into laughter. It has a seriously laughable effect. I just hope no one steals this and spreads it to the world. Oh, no, please. It's really fugly, my gosh, haha.
It's funny, but at the same time scary, how this simple app can make you look like this. It is just like when you put real makeup on your face. I don't really use make-up because I don't know how to, which is why a filter is the answer to changing how my face looks, just like this. They have a Halloween filter too, isn't that awesome? On every occasion, they change their filters or add some if they do not.
Here's the filter available on Instagram, What's good about using this is that it's already 2 in 1. You get to browse and see different things on Instagram, you also get to take selfies and choose the filters that you want. There is no need to download more apps just to experience those beautifying filters. And you also have the choice to save this on your internal storage and discard it if you're done with it. There's no need to really upload it on social media.
And out of those applications that I used before, BeautyPlus became my favorite because of its hundreds of beautiful filters that will really change even the shape of your face. It can even give you a perfect line for your eyebrows with its perfectly shaped brows. But sadly, I had to uninstall it because I became really addicted to it. I mean, who wouldn't get addicted to it if the result was like this?
It makes you look fresh and young, even though I know it is fake, but seeing my face like this is just amazing, haha. What the heck, right?
But that's not the only amazing thing about filters, because even if you are not a professional photographer, with just a little touch with those filters, your boring photos will look more enhanced and eye-catching. Isn't that cool? And yes, it's not just for selfies but also for Photography, just like this...
It can give a different color to your photographs, which I think is cool if you take them like in the first picture. The color on the second one is much enhanced, and that gives off a different vibe. What do you think? I always use filters and enhancers on my photographs, and I like them more like that. How about you?