Instagram 3.2: The Apps Largest Upgrade Offers a New Filter

Instagram 3.2: The Apps Largest Upgrade Offers a New Filter

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San Francisco, CA—Instagram released the largest upgrade to its Instagram iOS camera app since it was revamped just over one year ago. The camera has been the core part of the Instagram experience since the day the app launched and as a result, the company made significant improvements to its look and speed.

The look of Instagram’s camera has been upgraded with the following changes: a new Instagram-themed shutter and shutter release button; a preview of the most recent photo on the camera roll; an improved camera roll image selector (iPhone 5) for quick access to the last photograph; and an optional grid guide for live photos and a permanent grid guide for the scale & crop screen.

To address users’ requests for a new filter, Instagram provides the Willow filter in both the latest iOS and Android releases. Willow is a monochrome filter with subtle purple tones and a translucent glowing white border. The filter is designed to work well on portraits, still life and architecture photographs with contrast.

Improvements were also made to the app’s tilt-shift function. In the past, there were vast differences in the effective strength of the blur between the preview screen and the output in a user’s feed and camera roll. With this update, the blur seen is the blur you’ll get. The blur algorithm was also overhauled to increase quality and accuracy. Tilt-shift now gives a more realistic rendering of depth of field because of these improvements and subtle tweaks to how an image is rendered.

Other improvements in Instagram 3.2 include: a news feed redesign that’s easier to digest, in addition to larger images; an enhanced welcome screen design; infinite scroll on user profiles and other grid views; filtered photos are now saved to a separate album called “Instagram” in the iOS camera roll; and a Foursquare button was added on location pages that opens the Foursquare application or mobile website, with details about the venue.

Instagram for iOS version 3.2 is available for download in Apple’s App Store, and Instagram for Android version 3.3 is available on Google Play. instagram.com

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