Head-to-head: Twitter vs. Instagram filters (pictures)
Twitter on Monday released a new version of its mobile app featuring filters that directly competes with Instagram. CNET compared one photo using all of Twitter's and all of Instagram's free filters.
With Twitter having released a new version of its mobile app on Monday that allows users to add filters, it is now competing directly with Instagram. But while Instagram offers 18 free filters, Twitter launched with just eight.
Still, it is interesting to compare what each of those basic filters look like. So CNET took a single photograph and filtered it using every available basic option in both Twitter and Instagram.
This is the unfiltered photo, taken in Berkeley, Calif., at sunset.
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Twitter filter grid
One advantage Twitter's filter feature offers over Instagram's is a grid showing how any photo will look using each of the initial eight available filters.
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Twitter - Vignette filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Vignette filter.
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Twitter - Black & White filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Black & White filter.
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Twitter - Warm filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Warm filter.
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Twitter - Cool filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Cool filter.
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Twitter - Vintage filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Vintage filter.
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Twitter - Cinematic filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Cinematic filter.
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Twitter - Happy filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Happy filter.
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Twitter - Gritty filter
This is the sunset photo using Twitter's Gritty filter.
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Instagram - Nashville filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Nashville filter.
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Instagram - Hefe filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Hefe filter.
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Instagram - 1977 filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's 1977 filter.
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Instagram - Valencia filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Valencia filter.
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Instagram - X Pro II filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's X Pro II filter.
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Instagram - Sierra filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Sierra filter.
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Instagram - Hudson filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Hudson filter.
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Instagram - Amaro filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Amaro filter.
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Instagram - Rise filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Rise filter.
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Instagram - Willow filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Willow filter.
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Instagram - Brannan filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Brannan filter.
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Instagram - Inkwell filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Inkwell filter.
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Instagram - Walden filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Walden filter.
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Instagram - Toaster filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Toaster filter.
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Instagram - Lo-Fi filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Lo-Fi filter.
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Instagram - Earlybird filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Earlybird filter.
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Instagram - Sutro filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Sutro filter.
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Instagram - Kelvin filter
This is the sunset photo using Instagram's Kelvin filter.
