Some People Using ‘#NoFilter’ on Instagram are Fooling You [STATS]

How many times do you see an Instagram picture with the hashtag “#nofilter” and are in awe of such a beautiful shot? Well, according to social media management company Spredfast, not everyone who writes “#nofilter” is actually using no filter on their images. Using data from Instagram’s public API, Spredfast was able to discern the… Continue reading Some People Using ‘#NoFilter’ on Instagram are Fooling You [STATS]

Flickr Celebrates 10th Birthday and 1 Million Photos Uploaded per Day With Historical Timeline

Flickr just celebrated its 10th birthday and a decade of hosting images. Flickr originally launched at the O’Reilly Emerging Tech conference back on February 10, 2004. In March of 2004, Flickr raised its upload limit to 1 MB per photo. Not long after introducing tags and comments for photos, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo in… Continue reading Flickr Celebrates 10th Birthday and 1 Million Photos Uploaded per Day With Historical Timeline

Google+ Adds Advanced Photo Editing Tools and Instagram-Like Filters

The future of graphic design and photography just became a little more “blurry.” With a new set of editing tools and filters for photos, Google+ is looking to make its network better suited to creatives. You can now apply basic adjustments to fine-tune, crop, and rotate images as well as apply Instagram-like photo filters such… Continue reading Google+ Adds Advanced Photo Editing Tools and Instagram-Like Filters

Flickr ‘Instagramifies’ iPhone App, Now You Can Apply Filters Directly to Your Camera

Flickr wants you to meet your new camera. Recently, Yahoo revamped the Flickr site making it bigger and more Insagram-like. Today Flickr launched a new iPhone app too, complete with live customizable filters so you can see what your photo looks like while you take it. This was one of the most requested features by… Continue reading Flickr ‘Instagramifies’ iPhone App, Now You Can Apply Filters Directly to Your Camera

Vimeo Looks to Become the Instagram of Video Adding 500 New Creative Filters

The popular video sharing service Vimeo, has added a new video-editing tool called “Looks” that adds Instagram-like filter effects to your videos for a more professional look. Vimeo has gone to great lengths to become a go-to place for creatives and video producers. Just last year they added a paywall option, a “tip jar” for… Continue reading Vimeo Looks to Become the Instagram of Video Adding 500 New Creative Filters