How to take a photo with a filter in your browser, no app needed

Open Camera with filters, press Turn on camera and allow it when your browser asks. Pick a look, frame the shot, and press the round shutter. The photo opens in the photo editor with the look still adjustable, ready to download.

Steps

1. Open Camera with filters on a phone, tablet or computer with a camera.
2. Press Turn on camera. Your browser asks for permission; choose Allow. The page never opens the camera before you press the button.
3. On a phone with two cameras, the switch button beside the shutter changes between front and back.
4. Under Looks, pick a category (Trends, Seasons, Film, Old cameras and the rest) and tap looks to stack them, up to four. Each has its own strength.
5. Use Background, Light, Text and Stickers on the live view if you want them. Tap the picture to place a light, and use two fingers to size the selected layer.
6. Press the round shutter. The photo opens in the photo editor inside this browser.
7. Change anything, crop or add more, then download.

What you see live, and what you save

The browser's camera feed is often smaller than what the phone's own camera app takes. For the sharpest picture, take it with the phone's camera first and open it in Photo filters, which has the same looks.

Looks that work well live

• 2000s digicam and Disposable under Old cameras give the party-photo flash look, with today's date printed in the corner.
• Ring light under Trends puts a glowing ring behind your head in a dark room. It moves onto your head once you are found; after that, drag it if you change position.
• Snowfall or Fireworks under Seasons add particles that fall in front of and behind you.
• Red silhouette under Trends turns you into a dark shape on red, useful for checking a pose before you shoot.

Person looks, the background and lights need to find the person. The first time you use one, your browser downloads the models that do it, from this site. A pet or an object in front of the camera is not cut out as the person: the page checks for an upright body every few seconds. If finding the person cannot run on your device, person looks darken by brightness live and the photo editor finds the person in the photo afterwards.

Privacy and permission

The camera is opened by your browser only after you press Turn on camera and allow it. Frames are drawn and filtered on the page and are not recorded, kept or sent anywhere. The camera switches off when you press Turn off, switch to another tab or leave the page. The photo you take goes to the photo editor in this browser; it is not uploaded.

If you pressed Block by mistake, allow the camera for this site in your browser's site settings, usually under the icon beside the address, then press Try again.

After the shutter

The photo arrives in the editor with every live setting as a normal editor setting, so nothing is flattened. You can lower a look's strength, add up to three more, move a light, or change text. To flip a selfie back to the mirrored version, use Rotate & size and Flip across.

A small "Made with t.myu" credit starts in the bottom-left corner, as in the editor. Tap the cross on it, or switch it off under Credit, before you download.

Questions

Does the camera record video?

No. Frames are shown with the look and thrown away. Only the photo you take with the shutter is kept, in this browser.

Can I use it on a laptop webcam?

Yes. Any camera your browser can open works. On a computer, the live view and the photo are often lower in resolution than a phone camera.

Why does my selfie look flipped after I take it?

The live view is mirrored so it feels like a mirror. The photo is saved the way others see you. Use Flip across in the editor if you want the mirrored version.

Is it free?

Yes, with no sign-up and no app to install.