camera filter

Light-altering lens attachment

A camera filter is a transparent or translucent attachment placed over a lens to alter the light entering the camera.

Physical filters may reduce glare, block UV light, enhance colors, or create effects like soft focus.

In digital photography and social media, camera filter more often means software that modifies images—smoothing skin, adding color grading, or overlaying graphics: She used a filter that made everything look vintage.

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Modifying content via software

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optical intervention

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