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"The Lytro camera made a name for itself through photos that you can refocus after you take them, but that was just the first of many tricks you can do with light-field photography. As of today, Lytro owners will now be able to shift the perspective of their photos as well as add special Instagram-like filters.\nThe new abilities roll out today via a software update to the Lytro desktop client. For people looking at the photos, though, absolutely no update is needed \u2014 the embeds work just like they always have, allowing viewers to refocus with a click. The only difference is now there's a line about how to use perspective shift: click and hold.\nSEE ALSO: Will Lytro Ever Go Mainstream?\nFirst unveiled last month, perspective shift requires users to re-process their Lytro photos, which will take a big chunk of time if you have a lot of them. Once it's done, though, anyone viewing a Lytro photo with the feature can change the point of view slightly, bringing the photo to \"life\" in a new way.\nThe nature of perspective shift also puts all parts of the photo in focus simultaneously. You can see the effect for yourself in this photo of a lizard:\n\nAlso added to Lytro's carnival in a photo: \"living\" filters, which add a little artistic flair to your pics. The filters are specially created for light-field photos, centering the filter's effect around the focus point the viewer clicks on. The Glass filter, for example will center the filter around the focus point, so when a viewer clicks on it, other parts of the picture become rippled:\n\nThere are nine filters in total, and their effects have more in common with Photoshop than Instagram, with names like Mosaic, Film Noir and Carnival. My favorite is Crayon, which locks color saturation with focus, turning the everything black and white except for the part of the photo you clicked on:\n\nLine Art is the most extreme of the filters, transforming your photo from a living picture into more of an abstract line drawing:\n\nWhat do you think of Lytro's new tricks? Share your thoughts in the comments.\nPhotos by Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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