This series illustrate my shaders on Shadertoy.com, which renders Instagram filters in real time.

Brannan Filter

Brannan filter emphasizes the grey and green colors, and paints a metallic tint upon the photos.
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I write this shader to stylize your photos in batch on my own ShaderToy renderer 🙂 (To be open-sourced soon…)

 

Steps

  • Overlay the greyscale image upon the original image
  • Emphasize the red & green colors
  • Multiply by a metallic tint

 

Earlybird Filter

The Earlybird filter assigns the photo with a dated appearance. It uses sepia tint and faded colors as masks to render a Polaroid feeling.
I write this shader to stylize photos in batch on my own ShaderToy renderer 🙂
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Steps

  • Lower the saturation
  • Increase contrast
  • Multiply by a gradient tint mask

Starea Filter

The Starea filter renders the buffer with a blue atmosphere. It uses sepia tint and emphasize the blue part.
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