beauty filter

Digital skin smoother

A beauty filter is a digital effect applied to photos or videos that automatically smooths skin, enlarges eyes, slims faces, or otherwise enhances appearance according to conventional beauty standards.

Common on social media apps and video calls: I forgot to turn off my beauty filter before the work meeting.

The term sometimes carries critical undertones about unrealistic standards and filtered self-presentation online.

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flawless · skin · glow · Instagram · Snapchat · social media · blemish · retouch · porcelain · enhance · blur · perfection · unrealistic · photo editing · contour · brighten · wrinkles · pores

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Opposites
authenticity of appearance

beauty filterraw image

Unprocessed sensor data

no filter · candid shot · warts and all · unretouched · au naturel

aesthetic intention

beauty filterbad lighting

Insufficient visible light

digital processing

beauty filterRAW file

Unprocessed camera sensor output

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G