Instagram's 18 filters seem a little inadequate.

The more competitive picture-editing applications are, even the Instagram 18 filters seem to be a little inadequate. Instagram today released version 6.0, both IOS and Android versions are updatable. In the new version, users can adjust the intensity of the filter themselves, and the addition of 10 new filters can help modify more details of the picture.

Instagram 6.0 gives users more freedom to adjust their own brightness, contrast, cold and warm color, saturation, highlights, shadows, gradients, sharp and so on. Just click on the new Wrench button on the edit page to start the adjustment. Each dimension is divided into 100 points, and each person can choose the appropriate filter strength according to their preferences. When the adjustment is complete, you can touch the picture to see how the effect is compared before and after the edit.

Photography, filters, sharing, "walking lightsome" Instagram has always been known for simplicity. But today, picture editing software is starting to go mainstream. Vsco Cam has just financed 40 million dollars and is moving toward the top spot in the App Store Picture Video category, and another picture application, Afterlight, has also been a success in the past year. Even IOS 8 's own photo apps add features like "exposure" and "high Light". Two years ago, Google's takeover of Snapseed also heralded the rise of image-editing applications. It's not hard to understand why the Instagram 18 filters are far from enough.

Instagram wants to meet the needs of the users, and this expectation is being continuously met by other applications. Up to now, 23 million pictures have been tagged with VSCOcam, retrica can provide 80 different filters. Obviously, Instagram users are looking for different ways to express their feelings. However, adding too many features also increases product redundancy. Instagram solves the problem by moving some of the features (such as "cropping") to a separate list, and if the user simply wants to add a filter to the picture, you can completely ignore the list.

Today's update is the first time Instagram provides users with advanced editing tools that are not uncommon in other applications. In the future, Instagram may need to get closer to the needs of users, and more importantly, how to integrate and adapt to IOS 8. IOS 8, released yesterday, adds to the communication in the application and improves scalability. Apple shows how to use the camera to take pictures first, and then seamlessly enter the Vsco Cam editor. If possible, Instagram also intends to take this step-take photos with other applications, return to Instagram Edit, and then share a key.

New features, just to keep more users. The new tool is not just to enhance the user customization experience, but also to make Instagram's original advertising platform more natural and vivid.