Instagram for Android updated with tilt-shift feature

May 9, 2012

Instagram for Android updated with tilt-shift feature 4

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Instagram may be on the verge of a billion dollar takeover from Facebook but thankfully the pending deal isn't standing in the way of progress. The in-house developers have been hard at work updating the Android application in order to bring a few extra features that were missing at launch and, most importantly, bringing it up to date with the iOS counterpart. Tilt-shift, a feature that allows the photographer to adjust focus and add a blur effect to their shots was available on iOS from day one so it was a notable absence from Android version 1.0. It's great to see that it has finally arrived on Android.

If you're a would-be photographer just itching to get your creative juices flowing, you'd better hit the link below to grab the download.

Google Play Store

Chris Stewart Author

Originally from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland, I'm now living in the UK's second city, Birmingham. I've had a passion for gadgets from a very young age, it all started with my Commodore 64 at the tender age of 2 years old. I purchased my first mobile phone aged 17 and it was from there the obsession began. Having now gone through 33 phones in 13 years it's safe to say my passion for phones is alive and well! My current phone is the Galaxy Nexus as I'm a big fan of the pure Android experience. I've been working in the Banking industry for the past 10 years and I'm currently working in Human Resources for one of the World's largest Retail Banks. I spend my spare time with my wonderful wife and young family and when I'm not fiddling with phones and tablets I can be found playing football (soccer for you guys in the States!), watching Mixed Martial Arts, tinkering with cars or listening to music.

2 comments

ElTxoni says:

May 11, 2012 at 1:24 AM

Sorry to say guys… but this is about *imitating* tilt and shift, and actually quite badly, compared to the effect achieved by photographers using tilt-shift lenses. Will there be some time in the future where people start noticing that capturing light and drawing with photoshop is inherently different thanks to physics of 3D travelling light and optics?

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Moneyinfographics says:

May 9, 2012 at 3:59 PM

I’m so getting into Instagram at the moment. My baby son features in pretty much all my photos

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