Welcome to Photo Filter Fun on Pet Parade 274.
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Photo Filter Fun Using Photolab
Today we are using an image that you may recognise from this post. Spot from the cat cafe had been fragmented and transformed with a Photolab filter.
Photolab is available for iPhone and Android smartphones with free and modestly priced subscriptions. Many of the filters can be a real eye opener, so I will share more over the coming weeks.
I used Stylised Effects Square Abstract Art Filter for Spot’s transformation.
Although I am very pleased with the original, I was curious how filters would work in such a picture of dramatic contrasts. This is part of the fun of using your smartphone filters so I recommend you try one or two yourself.
This is the original, just in case you were curious!
Photo Filter Fun Question
Do you have a spectacular filter you love?
Or an app you want to recommend?
Please let me know in the comments. It’s hard to keep up with all the new discoveries appearing! Photolab is a favourite but we hear good things about PiZap and even Instagram’s filters can be very effective. Let us know your favourites.
Photo Filter Fun Tips
- Save an image immediately if you like it. It’s easy to forget which setting you used.
- Keep exploring. Even a subdued filter could create a surprising image.
- Remember you can add text later to a filtered image and make a great meme.
- Share your finished filtered images. Instagram as #filterfun and #filterfriday and other hashtags.
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Marjorie and the Dash Kitten Crew
having Photo Filter Fun!
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I love reading that you are experimenting with video and photos. You will be teaching me now. 😉 Meowza. Happy Holidays.
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I love playing around with various filters. I haven’t tried Photo Lab yet, but will add it to my apps on the phone.
Photolab is so inspiring!
Great tips! My husband does all of our photography because I am more of a snapshot photographer.
Mew Mew hi, Miss Marjorie. Mom and I use filters on occasion in Photoshop Elements; there are many options there. One of them we used last week was the ‘Note Paper’ filter. We’ve explored filters a in Instagram app using the smartphone but haven’t saved any pictures with them applied there. Hugs.
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We love Photoshop Elements it’s amazingly useful and doesn’t break the bank either.
I don’t use filters very often, but the one you used is really cool! I really like the effect. 🙂
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I love the original photo! I tend to brighten some of my photos up with instagram’s built in editor but that’s about it. My husband has Lightroom on his computer and that can do a lot more but I don’t use it very often.
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I love the filters, but I usually forget or maybe too lazy to apply 🙂
I don’t really do a lot of filtered photos like that at all! I tend to just lighten my pics up with Instagram’s built-in editor. I did download an app recently at the recommendation of another fellow blogger. It’s called Snapseed, and I haven’t had a chance to dig in yet!
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I pretty much stick to regular photos – I’m lucky to get a decent photo. All the extra work of filters and fun just seems like extra work. Maybe when I have more time I’ll learn filters. The arty looking pictures are pretty cool I have to say.
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I love how many of these filters transform photos so they look like paintings and works of arts. I feel kind of silly admitting I haven’t used them. I keep saying I’m going to experiment but then never end up getting to it. So silly I know.
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Great foto. We don’t play ’round with our fotos much these days. We need to get back into that. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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We mostly use Photoshop. We’ve tried PhotoLab but can never find all the cool filters you and Mudpie use. Maybe cos we’re cheap, I mean poor and only have the free version.
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I was told that they change the filters available on a regular basis. It might be worth trying again CK.
Thats ever such a nice filter. You are a real wi with these tech gadgets and apps, way better than Mrs H will ever be…. I think her talents lay elsewhere, MOL
Toodle pips and purrs
ERn
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We didn’t know about Photolab but we’ll sure check it out!
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Still working on learning Photoshop on the PC … can’t even think of trying stuff on my phone yet! Tech overwhelms me, good for you!
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I haven’t worked much with filters … just one more way I’m WAY behind the curve as a blogger!
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That is a nice effect.
That is a great effect with that filter. Spot is very handsome. All the apps on my phone have stopped working and until I get a new one I can only use it for calls texts, emails and limited internet. It is a real PITA. When I do get a new one I will have to look into that app.
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