{"id":319,"date":"2016-07-29T00:09:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T23:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/?p=319"},"modified":"2016-07-29T00:16:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T23:16:44","slug":"quick-post-29072016-instagram-filters-get-trounced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/29\/quick-post-29072016-instagram-filters-get-trounced\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Post: 29\/07\/2016 \u2013 Instagram filters get trounced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve played with a multitude of Instagram filters in the past, and yes, there&#8217;s a number of them that do a pretty good job of turning a normally dodgy photo into something quite pleasing to the eye. \u00a0But, in essence its still the same photo file, it&#8217;s not been transformed as such.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_308\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-image-308 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_14.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My thinning pate artistically transformed<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>It&#8217;s definitely not\u00a0Instagram<\/h3>\n<p>Enter Prisma, which brings with it a mallet of artistry, and plants in firmly in the head of Instagram (and likely gives it a good kicking as well).<\/p>\n<p>Never before have I really been taken aback by an app which does a job so simplistically, but provides an incredibly complex result.<\/p>\n<p>So what is it actually doing? \u00a0Well, the software takes a new approach to filters, and uses a convolutional neural network technique (no, me neither&#8230;), which means it scans the photo to understand its structure. \u00a0It then applies a particular style to the photo, recreating it with spectacular results.<\/p>\n<h3>Everyone wants it<\/h3>\n<p>The only problem with it at the moment, (and the main thing to remember), is that this is all done in the cloud, so you&#8217;ll need to be &#8216;net connected, and be happy that your photos are being handed off to the a server\u00a0for processing. \u00a0This also means that at times of high demand, the app sometimes doesn&#8217;t complete the job, or takes an age &#8211; something I expect will improve as more resources are thrown at it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-image-311 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/33e48638da578679eb4e7206fed763dcresNetFinal_final3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Might have been out in the sun too long<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The app has been available for a few weeks now on iOS and has just arrived on Android.<\/p>\n<h3>Where can I download it from?<\/h3>\n<p>Get it from\u00a0Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/prisma-art-photo-editor-free\/id1122649984?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">App Store<\/a>, or if you&#8217;re an\u00a0Android user <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.neuralprisma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Play<\/a>\u00a0is your port of call.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-313 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/prisma1.png\" alt=\"prisma1\" width=\"934\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/prisma1.png 934w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/prisma1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/davidjohntaylor.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/prisma1-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve played with a multitude of Instagram filters in the past, and yes, there&#8217;s a number of them that do a pretty good job of turning a normally dodgy photo into something quite pleasing to the eye. \u00a0But, in essence&hellip; 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