How to apply filters to WhatsApp photos
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In recent times, those responsible for WhatsApp have introduced countless improvements and innovations to the messaging application. Its objective? Continue seducing users and get closer to the best we can find in other tools. Such as Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat.
One of the novelties that has just been launched is the integration of filters Something that we already have more than seen on Instagram, but that we had not yet been able to test on WhatsApp.Until now. The company responsible, which is also Facebook, has just introduced this improvement in a beta version.
The last one you have available and that you can download right now. If you have not yet become a beta tester, you will have to take the step before. You will see that it is also very easy, so we are going to tell you everything in this article. Once you've got the update, you can start applying filters to WhatsApp photos.
How to apply filters to WhatsApp photos…
It's actually very simple. If you want to apply filters to WhatsApp photos, you will have to follow these instructions. It won't take you more than a minute to learn how to do the gesture.
1. First, you will need to download the latest version of WhatsApp betaIf you are not yet a beta tester, we recommend you go to the end of the article. There you will find instructions on how to get it. To update the app, simply go to the Google Play Store and go to the My apps & games section. Enter the Beta tab and update WhatsApp Messenger to the latest version.
2. Open the application and go directly to the contact with whom you want to share an image. Once inside the chat screen, click on the attachment icon If you remember, it's right in the text box. Inside the white section and right next to the camera icon.
3. Next, you will have to rescue from your gallery the photo you want to send. If you haven't taken the photo yet, don't worry. In this case, what you have to do is click on the camera icon and capture it.
4. With the image on the screen, you will see that a new legend appears at the bottom. Here it says: “Swipe up for filters”. And it's just what you have to do. Swipe up to bring up the filters.
5. Now you will have to choose the filter that you like the most You will see that there are a total of five: Pop, B/W (black and white), Cool, Chrome and Movie . Select the one that interests you and press again on the screen to apply it. If you still want to add more things to the image, you can do that too.
6. You will see that at the top the editing tools still appear. Thus, you will be able to add text, emoticons, draw pictures or rotate the image as you wish. When you're done, simply click the Submit button.
Before you start applying filters to WhatsApp photos…
You will have to become a beta tester. Because the function is only operational from that version of WhatsApp. Getting it is very easy and will not take you more than a couple of minutes.
1. First, go directly to this link. It's all about you enrolling in the program. It is a very simple gesture, which you can also revoke at any time.
2. And then you have to download the app from WhatsApp beta.
3. Install the tool like any other application. If you want to perform any management on the application (update or uninstall it) you can access it from the beta section, within the My applications manager in the Google Play Store.
