The selfie does not escape trends. For the past few months, we have seen beautiful retro photos appear on social media timelines. Would you also like to give in to vintage selfies? We explain in this tutorial how to give a retro look to your shots with the Retrica photo application..
The new generation selfie
The fashions follow each other and look alike. Looking at the photos shared on Instagram, you could think you came back in the 70s. Images evoking photos taken with a Polaroid flower on social networks.
Blurry, saturated colors, grain effect we are far from the perfect photos of our latest smartphones. No doubt, the world of photography is riding the vintage wave ..
If you are nostalgic for mainstream film cameras like the Kodak Instamatic, rejoice. The Retrica application offers nearly a hundred filters to give your snapshots that outdated look of instant photos.
Retrica is not a photo editing application
No need to download Retrica to give a retro look to the images in your photo gallery. Unlike most photo editing applications available on the Play Store, Retrica applies its filters in real time and not after the photo is taken. The app acts as a camera..
This may seem surprising at first. And yet this disadvantage soon turns out to be an advantage. This system allows you to preview the effect of the filter before you even take the photo. The time savings are considerable.
No need to go through a third party application to give a retro effect to your selfies. The shooting, the effects, the frames are all done directly in Retrica. It's simple, fast and terribly effective.
Give a retro effect to your photos with Retrica
Like everyone, you have certainly already taken selfies. These self-portraits taken with one hand are wildly successful. We will now see how to beautify them with the Retrica app.
- Open the Google Play Store
- Download the Retrica app
- Once the installation is complete, launch the photo application
- Select one of the filters offered by the application. There are more than a hundred classified by category (chic, elegant, etc.)
- You can also define the contours of your photos (shaded, blurred), choose the format or add a frame
All you have to do is press the shutter button to capture the scene. Once the photo is taken, it will appear on the big screen. 
Retrica will suggest that you post it on your social networks (Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, Facebook, etc.), send it by email or save it directly in your smartphone's memory.
The application interface is very pleasant to use. Retrica offers all the functionality that we have come to expect from this type of application. In the burst mode program, self-timer function, focus management, choice of camera, ActionSampler mode to automatically assemble several images.
