Instagram needs no introduction. We are talking about that application for iPhone (and for iPad, if you don't mind using the interface deformed to adapt to the size of the tablet screen), halfway between a social network, an image aggregator and a utility to give your photos a nice effect retro using filters.
While waiting for the release of Instagram on Android (something that the head of the company responsible for the application confirmed a few weeks ago), users of Apple's phone can update this utility to version 2.0, which comes with some news, some more interesting than others.
Altogether, five new additions are added with Instagram 2.0. To begin with, the most interesting thing is the real-time filter display system. With this, we will not have to wait to take the capture to see the result with the retro effect that we have chosen, but the filter layer will be superimposed on the image itself.
However, once the photo is captured, we can experiment with the different filters until we find the point that we want to print on the image, so taking a snapshot with a certain effect will not be an exclusive option.
On the other hand, the update brings with it four new filters to play with Instagram: Hudson, Rise, Amaro and Valencia. The first bet on a saturation above normal, giving a very lively aspect to the colors that we have framed; the next two put that same index below the average degree, betting on raising the brightness a little, providing a very seventies look that users of the application like so much. The last one, with clear reference to the Levantine city, takes as a reference a low saturation and contrast.
In addition, with Instagram 2.0 we could rotate the images once taken, as well as add or remove artificial borders to give them even more look from another era. The photos also captured can be stored in the library in high resolution (with a maximum size of 1936 x 1936 pixels). Unfortunately, the images that we upload to our online profile on Instagram will retain dimensions of 612 x 612 pixels.
