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Twitter just announced that it’s adding Instagram-like photo filters in its iOS and Android apps. This has been a long time coming, but interestingly comes hot off the heels of Instagram recently pulling support of its pictures being shown inside Twitter.
Yep, when you get the updated Twitter app, you’ll be able to take pictures and make ‘em look hipster cool with new snazzy filters. What kind of filters are we talking about? Twitter says there are eight filters ranging from black and white to vintage to “gritty”. Twitter’s photo filters don’t come with Willow-esque names like Instagram, instead they opt for photo-friendly names like, “warm” and “cool”. You kind of know what the filter will look like by its name.
The filters were made by Aviary from the ground up and can all be previewed at once (think of a preview grid like those weird effects in a Mac’s Photo Booth). Twitter is also offering basic editing tools like cropping and zooming so you can get the picture just right. [Twitter]
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Pfft.
I’ve never understood Twitter, now this just makes me want to question it even more. From What I do understand of Twitter is that they should just rename it “douchebag-attention-marketing-bimbo.com” and have done with it.
am with you there, and although i set up a twitter account i never use it,
Now, has this just made Instagram irrelevant?
I hope so!
I think Instagram became irrelevant the moment it wasn’t Twitter that bought them.
Facebook was always going to try to protect their corner to drive people to the web interface, and no longer using Twitter Cards to allow Instagram pictures to appear live in a Twitter feed means that they may as well be separate entities.
Now we’ll find out whether it’s the established user base that was keeping Instagram alive, or whether it was the ability to post to Twitter. I have a feeling it’s the latter, and eventually we’ll see a repeat of Flickr.
Oh great! Now there’ll be even more vintage baby/cat/food/friend with mustache photos on my twitter feed…