iPhone Camera Filters: A Complete Beginner’s Guide…

Types of Camera Filters Available on iPhone

Vivid Filters:

• Vivid: Enhances and saturates colors for a vibrant look.
• Vivid Warm: Adds a yellow hue for a warm, sunny feel.
• Vivid Cool: Adds a blue hue for a cooler, frosty look.

Dramatic Filters:

• Dramatic: Increases contrast for a more pronounced, detailed look.
• Dramatic Warm: Combines the dramatic look with a warm golden hue.
• Dramatic Cool: Combines the dramatic look with a cool blue hue.

Mono Filters:

• Mono: Converts the photo to black and white, maintaining natural brightness levels.
• Silvertone: Gives the photo a classic black and white film look with silvery tones.
• Noir: Gives the photo a dark, cinematic black and white look.

Additionally, in the Photos App, there are several more filters available for post-processing:

Original Filters:

• Original: No filter applied.

Mono Filters (same as in-camera):

• Mono
• Silvertone
• Noir

Tonal Filters:

• Tonal: Gives the photo a muted, desaturated look.
• Fade: Gives the photo a washed-out, vintage look.

Vivid Filters (same as in-camera):

• Vivid
• Vivid Warm
• Vivid Cool

Dramatic Filters (same as in-camera):

• Dramatic
• Dramatic Warm
• Dramatic Cool

Transfer Filters:

• Transfer: Gives the photo a lo-fi, distressed look.
• Instant: Mimics the look of classic instant film photos.
• Process: Gives the photo a cool, bluish look.

Here’s how to access them:

1. Open the Camera app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the circular, multicolored icon in the top-right corner (on iPhone X and later) or the bottom-right corner (on iPhone 8 and earlier).

You’ll see a selection of filters that you can swipe through and select.

Each category has a normal and a “warm” or “cool” variant, which changes the color temperature of the photo.

1. Vivid: These filters intensify the colors in your photos. Vivid Warm adds a yellow hue to create a warm, sunny effect, while Vivid Cool provides a blue hue for a cooler, frosty effect.
2. Dramatic: Dramatic filters give your photos a darker, moodier look. Like the Vivid filters, Dramatic Warm gives a golden hue, while Dramatic Cool provides a silver-blue hue.
3. Mono: Mono filters turn your photos black and white, perfect for when you want to emphasize patterns, textures, and shapes instead of colors. Mono, Silvertone, and Noir filters offer different tones of monochrome effects.

1. Open the Camera app.
2. Tap the filter icon, then swipe through the filter options at the bottom of the screen.
3. Once you’ve selected a filter, compose your shot and tap the shutter button.

It’s important to note that these filters are non-destructive. This means that you can remove or change the filter after taking the photo without any loss in quality.

Here’s how:

1. Open the Photos app and select the photo you want to edit.
2. Tap “Edit” in the top-right corner of the screen.
3. Tap the filter icon (three intersecting circles) at the bottom of the screen.
4. Swipe through the filters at the bottom and tap one to apply it.
5. If you want to adjust the intensity of the filter, tap on the filter icon again and use the slider that appears.
6. Tap “Done” to save your changes.