- If you're a '90s kid like me
and love old school graphics with scan lines,
lower bit rates, glitches and the likes,
I've got five photo apps for you that will give your
Instagram photos a dope retro look.
So this is BitCam and it's a simple app for iOS
that lets you mimic the style of old shool computer graphics
and you can see, it's black and white, it's really grainy,
it's really low res.
You can adjust the different resolutions,
there's three settings, FatBits, Standard and Super-Res.
Super-Res.
And this one is at the highest resolution,
it's still kinda grainy, still kinda black and white
but you can also pay for a color option that'll cost you
two bucks which I think is fair.
Additionally you can also adjust the crop size
to one on one.
And that'll fit Instagram better.
Hello.
Okay guys, so this is camcorder, another very simple app.
Basically just replicates a VHS cassette tape look.
In the lower left you'll also see a date and timestamp
so that makes it even more authentic, like the old school
cassette tapes, best way to make a bootleg.
You can see all the scan lines there running across
the footage, just makes it look very lower res.
Perfect for the '80s and '90s.
So we're taking a look at FamCam 64.
If you're an old school video game fan,
this is going to be the app
to turn all of your footage into
retro sprite looking graphics.
There are various filters.
Tons of filters, in fact.
You can see there, dozens here.
My favorite, or maybe least favorite,
for you guys is Virtual Boy.
You guys know what this is.
This is one of the worst video game consoles of all time.
So bad that Nintendo had to quickly discontinue it.
Because, it gave everybody headaches.
You got Game Boy.
Lot of options and there are more options
that you can unlock through the FAMCAM plus
and that'll cost you $2.99.
You can also add a bunch of sprites, video game sprites.
So, if I hit capture here, you can add overlays on top here.
Lots of vintage, retro looking sprites,
like that.
Or if you're a role playing fan, here's a sword.
Lots of different swords here.
So, this app is called Glitch Studio.
You can see it bugging out right now.
There's a bunch of filters over here.
You can see that this one adds scan lines
and all of vignette.
Here's an old school TV.
So you can see some of that CRT effect
rippling through the footage.
There's distortion.
See it shaking, kind of freaking out in a panic,
Kernel Panic-like mode.
More filters here, we can adjust the shade and that...
You gotta pay for most of these.
(laughing)
I like this.
Okay.
You can change the resolution from 4:3 to 16:9.
You can blur certain parts, make your footage
look a little fuzzier for that old school look.
You can sharpen it.
This looks too sharp.
And then you can brighten it, as well.
Fairly decent for a glitchy app.
And the last one is called, 1967.
And although it's called 1967,
it actually mimics the style
of the old school film cameras from the 80's, the 90's.
So, if I take a photo here,
I'll take the selfie.
Use the photo...
And there are a bunch of ads.
That's the worst part of this app.
There are tons of annoying ads, which you can pay to remove.
And then, a whole bunch of different film-like effects.
And get a bunch of old filters to make it look more grainy.
More destroyed,
Low Res,
more, more ads.
Yeah, just a range of different filters.
You can adjust opacity.
There's even an option to add dust to it.
I guess, little specks to make your footage look really old.
So, there you go.
Five photo apps that'll give your Instagram pics
a rad old school vibe.
Let us know in the comments what you think.
Peace out!