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Heh.. not very much on the "how" but I appreciate the effort!

I guess we'll be seeing a lot of these filters pop up in other apps now. I don't really mind, a lot of people gave shit to Instagram for being a billion-dollar-app which made photos look worse, but I think I prefer fake-shitty than the weirdly-sharp digital look that most cell phones produce.

Anyway, bravo, and that's for releasing this as free software!

Hey Mizza, you read the github page here https://github.com/gobackspaces/DLCImagePickerController#rea... for more info.

I think open-source obj-C has a long way to go, and I want to help as much as I can.

As for "fake-shitty" I assure you, these are not shitty, nor are they meant to be straight copies. Check out this high res version of the output http://i.imgur.com/0OncO.jpg

Heh, when I mean 'fake shitty', I mean the filters themselves are meant to make the photos look aged, blurry, etc. "Fake shitty." Wabi-sabi.

Ah, completely understand. Valid point.

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