Select a filter and optionally adjust the result or the camera settings.
Press the shutter and your media will be saved in the gallery.
First launch
A short intro shows how the app works. The big button at the bottom is the only way forward.
See the look while you shoot. A sample photo changes through a few looks. Swipe it to try them yourself.
Allow camera to start. Tap ALLOW on Camera, Microphone (for sound in clips) and Photos (your shots are saved to your library); each turns to ALLOWED. All three are needed to continue. If you said no to one, tap OPEN SETTINGS and allow it there. Location is optional: switch it on only if you want the place of each photo written into the photo file.
Quick gestures. Swipe the picture for the next look, tap the eye to hide the controls.
Tune adjustments. The sliders button at the top right lets you fine tune brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and sharpness on any look.
Record video. Tap LET'S SHOOT and the camera starts.
You can watch the intro again any time from Settings → Onboarding. It also comes back on launch if camera, microphone or photo library access has been turned off.
See the look while you shoot
Professional filters, live result in the viewfinder for photo and video. No postprocessing.
The first time you open the app, right after the intro, you see the WHAT DO YOU SHOOT? screen. Each tile is a set of looks made for one kind of picture: ALL LOOKS when you are not sure, PRODUCT, BLACK & WHITE, PORTRAIT, KIDS, INTERIOR, OUTDOORS, CLIPART, SOME FUN and TECHNICAL.
Tap a tile. The window closes, the look strip on the camera now shows only the looks for that choice, and the first one is on.
Not now? Tap Skip — just show me the camera, ← CAMERA, or swipe right. Nothing changes. The first time, that means ALL LOOKS.
Change it later by tapping the look name at the bottom-left of the camera.
The camera screen
At the top
Eye (top-left corner) — tap to hide the controls and see more of the picture, tap again to bring them back. The shutter bar, the PHOTO · VIDEO switch and the eye stay.
The top-right buttons, left to right:
Flash — tap to switch between Off, Auto and On for photos.
Mirror — shows only while the front camera is on. Tap to switch mirroring on or off, the same as Settings → Mirror selfie.
Swipe right to close. Most screens that open from the camera, like What do you shoot?, Settings and My Shots, close when you swipe to the right.
Changing looks
Swipe left across the picture for the next look, swipe right for the previous one. At the end it starts over.
Tap a look in the strip to jump straight to it.
Tap the look that is already selected to see its name and description again.
Want different looks in the strip? Tap the look name at the bottom-left and pick another answer to What do you shoot?
Adjust the result
Every look is a starting point. Five settings sit on top of any look, live in the viewfinder, and the photo or clip you save keeps exactly what the screen shows.
Tap the sliders at the top right. The ADJUST RESULT sheet lists Sharpness, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue. A setting you have changed shows its value in its row, for example Brightness 89%. Pick one.
A slim bar takes the place of the look strip, so nothing covers the picture: the setting's name on the left, the slider in the middle, the value on the right. Drag it and watch the result.
Double tap the slider to put that setting back to normal. Tap the setting's name on the bar to switch to another one. The cross, or a tap anywhere outside the bar, closes it.
Reset All, the last row of the sheet, puts every setting back to the look's own result.
Your adjustments are kept the next time you open the app.
Taking a photo
Make sure PHOTO is on and tap the shutter.
Your first few photos open a before/after screen: drag the round handle to compare PHONE CAMERA with your look. Tap Share to send it, or Next shot to keep shooting.
After that, a small Saved to Photos banner appears at the top instead. To get the before/after screen after every photo, turn on Settings → Always Compare.
Every photo goes to My Shots, and to your phone's photo gallery when the app is allowed to save photos there.
Recording a clip
Tap PHOTO · VIDEO so VIDEO lights up red.
Tap the red shutter to start. The look is recorded into the clip as you see it, with sound.
While recording, most controls hide and the look stays fixed. At the top you see REC 00:04 / 00:10: time recorded, and when the clip will stop.
Tap the shutter again to stop, or let the clip stop by itself at the length set in Settings → Limit video (3, 5, 8 or 10 seconds).
A Saved to Photos banner confirms it. The clip goes to your gallery and to My Shots, marked with a play icon.
Timer: get in the shot
Tap the stopwatch. A big countdown appears. While it runs, the rest of the screen does not respond; tap anywhere to cancel it.
The timer does not start while a clip is recording. Stop the clip first.
At the end of the countdown the camera shoots by itself: one photo in PHOTO, or a clip in VIDEO.
Set how long it counts down in Settings → Timer delay: tap the row to switch between 3, 5 and 10 seconds.
Film yourself without touching the phone:
In Settings, set Timer delay long enough to get into place, and Limit video to how long the clip should be.
Put the phone where it can see you and switch to VIDEO.
Tap the stopwatch and step into the picture. Recording starts when the countdown ends and stops by itself at your limit.
My Shots
Everything you shoot with Filters Camera is kept here. Open it with the latest shot button on the camera, or Settings → My Shots.
ALL · PHOTO · VIDEO at the top shows everything, only photos, or only clips.
The row of look names below lets you see only the shots taken with one look.
Tap a shot to open it full screen. Swipe left or right to move between shots, pinch to zoom a photo, and tap the play button to watch a clip.
Tap the picture to show the look name and the Delete, Share and Close buttons. Share also offers Save to Files, for Files and iCloud Drive. Tap the look name to go back to the camera with that look.
Press and hold a shot to select it, then tap more shots or SELECT ALL. Use Share or Delete at the bottom, or CANCEL to stop selecting.
Go back with the ← EXIT link (← CLOSE if you came from Settings) or by swiping right.
Delete cannot be undone. It removes the shots from My Shots and also from your phone's photo gallery.
Settings
Tap the sliders at the right end of the bottom bar. Go back with ← EXIT or by swiping right.
Shooting
My Shots — your photos and clips.
Photo quality — photo resolution (for example 1920×1080), remembered separately for the front and back camera.
Video quality — 480p (smallest clips), 720p (the balance, and the default), 1080p (sharper, bigger clips) or Max (the best this phone records).
Timer delay — tap to switch between 3, 5 and 10 seconds.
Limit video — every clip stops by itself after 3, 5, 8 or 10 seconds.
Audio preset — how clip sound is processed: Auto, Video (like the phone's own camera app), Voice (less noise and echo, for talking) or Raw. Applies from the next clip.
Video stabilization — off by default: the full frame, as the lens sees it. On: steadier handheld clips, with a slightly tighter frame.
Mirror selfie — for the front camera. On, the picture and your saved photo look like a mirror. Off, they show you the way others see you. Also on the camera: the mirror button, top-right, while the front camera is on.
Fill screen — on, the picture fills the whole screen with the edges cropped. Off, you see the whole camera frame. Your saved photo is the same either way. Also on the camera: the brackets button, top-right.
Save location (GPS) — writes where a photo was taken into the photo file.
Always Compare — show the before/after screen after every photo, not only your first few. Clips always get the short banner.
About
Onboarding — watch the intro again.
Help — opens this guide.
Terms of Use and Privacy open those pages on this site.
Other
Language — on first start the app follows your phone's language when it has it, English otherwise. Pick another of its nine languages here; the whole app switches at once.
Share with a friend — send a link to the app.
Good to know
Swipe right to close. Most screens that open from the camera close with a swipe to the right: What do you shoot?, Settings and My Shots. On Android the Back button works too. In the full-screen shot viewer a swipe moves between shots instead; tap the picture and use Close to leave it.
Hidden the controls with the eye? They come back by themselves the next time you open the app.
Tapping the picture does not focus; it only refreshes the previews in the look strip.
If the Settings button (sliders, bottom-right) shows No permissions and then opens your phone's Settings, camera access is off. Allow Camera for Filters Camera there.
If you see Photos access is off, so this shot stays in My Shots only, allow Photos for Filters Camera in your phone's Settings to save new shots to your gallery too.
Contact
Questions, ideas or something not working: [email protected]. Tell us your phone model and what happened. It goes straight to the developer.
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