Prisma's filters can turn videos into moving paintings (video)

 October 7, 2016 - 12:42 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Prisma for videos doesn't sound so enticing now that Prisma itself has begun supporting the format. The popular app can now apply filters to videos and spit out 15-second snippets that look much more artistic than their source. Even better, it can process files even if you're offline, which the team made possible by optimizing the algorithm. The bad news is only the iOS version of the app supports videos for now, but the team is working on bringing the feature (along with offline processing) to Android, Engadget reports.

If you've ever used the app, you know that it can take some time to pass images through its filters, so you may be wondering how much longer videos take. It all depends on your device: it will take iPhone 7 up to 30 seconds, iPhone 6s a full minute and iPhone 6 two minutes to reveal your 15-second masterpiece.

At the moment, videos only work with nine filters, but the developers plan to add more until all their filters can be applied to both photos and videos. While the app sounds more useful now, this still isn't Prisma's final form: the company promises to add support for GIFs "very soon," so you can give those reaction GIFs the artistic touch they deserve.