Adding a filter to make your Instagram pictures look better is like, so 2013, you guys.
The company has added new features to the app in which you can adjust warmth, saturation, shadows and more, plus you can use a sliding scale to decide how much of said effect you want to apply to the image. It’s good for stuff like making your image slightly more crisp, or lightening up a shot that was taken in darker conditions (such as all of those late-night ’grams that are actually quite helpful in reminding you of what you did last night).
Basically, you can do a lot of the stuff you’ve been doing in Line Camera or similar photo-enhancing apps without having to leave Instagram. Which is cool. Who doesn’t love a ’gram time-saver?
On the ’gram tip, the company has responded to Scout Willis’s one-woman topless crusade against its no-nipple policy. In an interview with BBC Newsbeat, Instagram co-founder/CEO Kevin Systrom said: ‘Our goal is really to make sure that Instagram, whether you're a celebrity or not, is a safe place and that the content that gets posted is something that's appropriate for teens and also for adults. We need to make certain rules to make sure that everyone can use it.’
The company said Willis’s account can be reactivated, but only without the topless pictures. We imagine the same goes for Rihanna, whose account had 1.3 million followers before being deleted after she posted a topless photo.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.