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Apply a filter to your photo, set its strength and compare with the original before you save.
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What a photo filter changes
A filter is a saved recipe of color and tone changes. One tap can warm up skin tones, cool down a gray sky, lift the shadows for a soft faded look or add punch to a flat picture. Instead of moving ten sliders yourself, you start from a finished look and fine-tune it.
This page opens the editor with the filter strip already visible. Each preview shows your own photo, so you see the real result before choosing. There are 36 looks in six groups (Warm, Cool, Soft, Vivid, Black & white and Vintage). They are our own presets with original names, built as color lookup recipes, and every one has a strength slider from 0 to 100%.
How to add a filter to a photo
Add your picture
Drop it on the box, pick it from your gallery or paste a screenshot.
Scroll the filter strip
Tap a preview to apply it. Tap another one to switch; filters do not stack on top of each other.
Set the strength
Pull the slider down until the look feels natural. Faces often look best below full strength.
Export
Save as JPG for Instagram, or PNG if you plan to keep editing in another app.
Picking the right look for the picture
| Photo | Look that usually suits it | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Portraits and selfies | Warm, soft contrast | Orange skin at full strength |
| Food | Warm with a little extra saturation | Greens and reds turning neon |
| City and street | Cool or high-contrast black and white | Crushed black shadows |
| Beach and travel | Bright, airy, slightly faded | White sand losing all detail |
| Night shots | Cool tones with lifted blacks | Visible noise in the dark areas |
A filter cannot rescue a very dark or very bright photo on its own. Fix the exposure first in the Adjust panel, or start on the brightness tool, and then add the look.
Keeping your feed consistent
Accounts with a recognizable style tend to use one or two looks for most posts, at a similar strength. Write down the name and the strength value you like, and apply the same pair to the next photos. Pictures taken in very different light may need a small warmth or exposure correction so they sit well next to each other on your grid.
If you want looks that resemble the classic in-app styles people know from Instagram, the Instagram-style filters page explains which presets come closest. For stronger, more graphic changes such as duotone or glitch, use photo effects.
Filter questions
Can I combine a filter with my own adjustments?
Yes. The filter is one layer of the edit. You can still change brightness, contrast, warmth and the other sliders afterwards, and they work together with the filter.
Why does the same filter look different on two photos?
A filter shifts the colors that are already in the picture. A photo taken in yellow indoor light starts warmer than one taken outdoors at noon, so the same recipe lands in a different place.
Does Instagram add its own filter on top?
No. Instagram only applies a filter if you pick one in the app. If you already edited the photo here, skip the filter step in Instagram or leave it on Normal.
Can I remove a filter after saving?
Not from the saved file, but your original photo is never changed. Open the original again and pick a different look.
More photo tools
Every editing task is collected on the photo editor tools page, and the full photo editor has all panels open at once.