InstaCRT — Real Camera Filter app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 1584 ratings )

Photo & Video Entertainment
Developer: Martin Ström

0.99 USD

Current version: 1.6.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 22 May 2012
App size: 9.59 Mb

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ InstaCRT ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The worlds first real world camera filter.

☞ Now with color support! Still using the same grayscale CRT! ☜

An app that gives your digital photos the only thing they dont have. A trip to the real world - and back again.

Hi there. Relax. Lets talk for a while.

Are you growing increasingly tired of your digital photos? Do you ever feel that your hipster-crossed faux vintage filtering just doesnt do it anymore? Are you looking for something more … real? Im glad you are.

InstaCRT is the result of an unlikely collaboration between developer Martin Ström, filmmaker Ruben Broman and photographer Erik Wåhlström. Its our response to an ever increasingly digital world. Its our response to all the faux photoshoppn filters out there. Lets long for something real, tangible - in short, something really real.

Lets say it again.

InstaCRT.

The worlds first real world camera filter.

— How InstaCRT works —

1. You take and upload a photo from your iOS device.
2. The machine (located in a studio in Stockholm, Sweden) receives the photo and projects it onto an CRT screen originally connected to a VHS camera from the 80’s (kids: Wikipedia that).
3. A super modern SLR camera takes a photo of the screen.
4. For the color version, the photo is separated into three grayscale photos (one for each channel Red, Green and Blue). Each channel is then sent through the machine before they’re combined into a full color photo.
5. The InstaCRTized photo is sent back to your iPhone.
6. Share your photo with the world (and on Instagram)

Pros and cons of InstaCRT — Real Camera Filter app for iPhone and iPad

InstaCRT — Real Camera Filter app good for

Previous review is unrepresentative. Im a 4s user and photos generally take less than 30 seconds. Photos are auto-cropped to 4:3, so subject should e centered. There are options to import from and save to the camera roll. Images can be quickly shared via the decelopers website, instagram, twitter, or email. Occasional stalls can be easily solved by relaunching the app. $2 is a bit much for one camera filter. I justified it by telling myself it was admission to an art project, which this most certainly is.

You take a picture. The app uploads it to somewhere in Sweden and reshoots it off a CRT. It then sends it back to you. Pixelvision lives!

This app is my favourite. It adds grain & character. Worth the $

Some bad moments

• pictures come out Beyond dark. Not dark in a "cool, obscure, retro/vintage way". I mean each pic I took and sampled from camera roll are ugly as sh*t dark. Mostly black •and not that I care cuz I back up camera roll to the cloud but it wiped my entire camera roll clean of pics and videos. •••this app shouldnt be in the appstore right now as its very broken--even Free its a liability

It displays " your photo will be ready in 10 minutes " for 30 minutes before restarting and losing your progress.

I hope they change it in next update. It changes the shape of your picture and only add some "bookeh" effect that you can easily add in any app.

Gives one(!) crappy effect on photos... Total rip-off! Paranıza yazık etmeyin. Tek bir saçma efekt, ki iyi de görünmüyor...

I have tried a few pictures and nothing happened. Then it said it would take an hour. Sorry but I hate I spent money on it.

one hour? itd be okay, except your iPhone cannot do anything else for one hour. how do I get a refund?

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