So you are wondering how to put Snapchat filters on videos from your camera roll?
If you have videos or photos in your phone’s camera roll and want to enhance them by adding filters, it’s possible.
Filters and lenses are very easy to be applied to videos rather than photos.
The reason is that photos are fixed and don’t move while videos do, so filters will be applied easily and fast to the videos.
So to put Snapchat filters on Videos from your camera roll, open the camera roll page on Snapchat and pick your video, then edit it, and tap on the “Magnifier” icon to put the filter on it. It’s done on Snapchat itself, so you don’t need any 3rd party apps.
Moreover, the same method work with photos in your camera roll.
So today, I will teach you how to put Snapchat filters on video from your camera roll.
How To Put Snapchat Filters on Videos From Camera Roll
To put Snapchat filters on videos from your phone’s camera roll, tap on the two cards icon, then select the video you want to add the filter on and tap on “Edit” to start editing the video.
On the editing page, you need to tap on the “Magnifier” icon.
Then you’ll be redirected to the filters page, where you can choose what filter you want to add.
Keep in mind that the filters available to use on your videos are limited, so you can’t use all the available filters on Snapchat.
After that, you can save the video on your phone or post it on your Snapchat.
1.Tap on the “Gallery” icon on Snapchat
Firstly, you need to open your Snapchat camera page, then you need to tap on the “Two Cards” icon.
After that, a new page will show up, which is your “Memories” page.
On that page, you need to tap on the “Camera Roll” option in the top menu to access your phone’s gallery.
2.Select your video from your phone’s camera roll
When you open the “Camera Roll” page, you’ll find all your phone’s videos and photos that you want to add Snapchat filters on.
So here you can pick the video you want by tapping on it.
Then your video will be opened on a new pre-editing page.
On that page, tap on the “Three Dots” at the top right of the screen.
Then a new popup will show up.
Tap “Edit Snap” on the popup to navigate to the editing page.
3.Put Snapchat filters on the video
When you reach the editing page, you need to tap on the “Magnifier” icon in the options’ menu at the right of the screen.
Then the Snapchat filters page will open, so you can select and put the filters you want on your videos from here.
There are multiple menus at the top of the page.
In our case, we will select a face filter.
So, in order to select a face filter or lens, you need to tap on the “Face” option.
You can also unlock the butterflies lens on Snapchat from this page.
However, you may not find your desired filter on the filters page.
Yet, there is a big enough list to choose a filter from.
4.Save or post the video on your Snapchat
Finally, when you apply the filter you want on your video, you can proceed to save it on your device or post it on Snapchat.
Now, to save the video on your device, tap on the “Share” button at the bottom of the page.
Then swipe the menu to the left to find the “Download” button and tap on it.
After that, you’ll find the video on your device’s gallery.
If you want to post the video on Snapchat, simply tap on the “Send To” button.
Then, on the new page, tap on “My Story” to post the video on your Snapchat story, or select any of your friends to send it to them.
So this is how to put Snapchat filters on videos from your camera roll.
How To Put a Snapchat Filter on a Photo
To put a Snapchat filter on a photo, tap on the “Two Cards” icon, and select the photo you want to put the filter on, then add the filter to it. However, some filters won’t work with photos, because photos are fixed and don’t move.
Yet, if you’ve added a video, all the filters will work normally.
This method is the same as the method above, but there is a slight difference, so here’s how to do it:
- Open the camera page and tap on the “Two Cards” icon;
- On the new page, tap on the “Camera Roll” to find the desired photo on the phone’s gallery;
- Tap on the photo that you want to add the Snapchat filter to edit it;
- When the editing page of the photos opens, tap on the “Three Dots”;
- Tap on “Edit Snap” to edit the photo and add the filter;
- Tap on the “Magnifier” icon then select your desired filter to apply it and post it as a Snap on Story or send it to a friend;
Keep in mind that it’s better to have a photo of a face that you want to apply the filter on.
Otherwise, you’ll end up receiving an error on Snapchat that “Something went wrong please try again later”.
You can fix this issue by simply closing the Snapchat app, then reopening it again, and restarting what you were doing recently.
Can You Put a Snapchat Filter on a Photo From Camera Roll?
Yes, it’s possible to add filters to a photo from your camera roll on Snapchat. Yet, it’s suggested to add a photo of someone, not a landscape or an object, as the Snapchat filters are mainly made to interact with faces and be applied to them.
Otherwise, you may only get the colors of the filters but not the effect of it.
For example: if you choose the butterfly lens that has a light color filter on the background, you’ll only get the background color for a photo that has objects only and not faces.
However, when you apply such type of filters to videos or photos with faces, the filter will completely work with all its elements by adding the background colors and applying the faces effects.
Conclusion
There are tutorials that tell you that you need to use a PC or a Laptop to download 3rd party apps and put the filters on the Snapchat videos.
These are old tutorials that still work, yet, you can alternatively do it on the Snapchat app itself.
So to put filters on the videos from your Camera Roll on Snapchat, you need to select the desired video and edit it, then tap on the “Magnifier” icon to apply your filter.
Therefore, you can post your video on Snapchat directly or save it in your phone’s gallery.
So today, you’ve learned how to put Snapchat filters on Videos and on a photo from your camera roll.
Further Reading
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