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One Instagram creator's augmented reality homage to Disney's deep bench of animated characters has earned him fifteen minutes of fame. Taking a page from the enchanted book attraction at the Sorcerer's Workshop of Disney California Adventure, content creator Arno Partissimo published an Instagram AR camera effect called 'Which Disney' that spins a virtual roulette wheel to match users with. ChatRandom is born out of a fusion of a dating app and a social media service. Emulating Tinder, the app lets you swipe left to skip a profile or swipe right to connect with them. Its Instagram-like feature, meanwhile, offers fun filter options to make your profile photo more attractive. Screenshot from Google Play Omegle.

30 December 2019, 21:25 | Updated: 2 January 2020, 22:11

The 'Which Disney character are you' Instagram Stories filter is all the rage. Here's how you can add the Disney filter to your Instagram camera and try it out for yourself.

Instagram users are spoilt for choice when it comes to Stories filters. The new 'Which Disney character are you?' filter is no exception. You've probably seen your favourite celebs and influencers giving the filter a spin – but how do you get the 'Which Disney are you' filter on your Instagram Stories?

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The Disney filter was created by Instagram user @arnopartissimo, who has made other filters before (though none quite as viral). To get the Disney filter, you can save it to your Instagram camera or simply 'try it'. This can be done in a couple of ways, but we'll show you how to get the Disney filter by searching for it in 'browse effects'.

First things first. Make sure your Instagram app is updated to the latest version.

Here is how to get the Disney character filter on Instagram.

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— Trevor Wallace (@TrevWall) December 30, 2019

Step 1 - Open up your Instagram camera and navigate to the 'Browse Effects' option along the bottom.

You should see a row of filters along the bottom of your phone screen. Navigate all the way to the end until you see 'Browse Effects', which looks like a sparkly magnifying glass. This will allow you to search for the Disney filter, specifically.

Step 2 - When you're taken to the 'Effect Gallery', press the magnifying glass in the top right and search 'Which Disney'.

Step 3 - @arnopartissimo's filter will show up. Click the story and either press 'Try It' or the press the downward pointing arrow to add it your cameras.

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If that doesn't work for you, go to @arnopartissimo's Instagram profile, head to his filters (the third tab) and tap 'which Disney' to check out the filter!

Et voila! Next time you go to upload an Instagram Story, the Disney filter should be ready to use.

What do you guys think? Which Disney character are you actually?

Have you spent time trying to decode gibberish, say tongue twisters, or figure out which dog breed you are? You’ve been using MLH Top 50 community member Chris Gu’s Instagram filters. Together his filters have been seen billions of times.

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Chris recently sat down with us on Twitch to tell us more about the process of creating a viral Instagram filter.

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Getting your start

You don’t need to be an expert to build a viral Instagram filter. Chris’s path started the winter-break of his senior year of college when he participated in a tech entrepreneurship program called TAVtech in Tel Aviv. Feeling overwhelmed by the cybersecurity track, his friend suggested that he try making an Instagram filter with Spark AR.

Chris started by creating the filter, “Which Dog Breed Are You?” in a day after watching a YouTube tutorial. Chris was blown away to find out he had gotten over 160 thousand views in the first day and 2.7 million by day three. The pleasure he got from having so many users enjoy his filter catapulted his interest in making more.

So what made his first filter go viral? When Chris was creating his first filter, he thought, “What is something everybody likes?” His immediate response was dogs. “It wasn’t the best looking filter, but it did the job.” Chris believes it went viral because What Are You filters were growing in popularity when he released it.

Build a filter that takes advantage of trends and existing interests.

Today, he uses the same methodology for his viral filters, but is able to make them in a matter of hours without the YouTube tutorial.

Going Viral

Chris’s most notable filter is his Gibberish filter in which users are given a phrase that they must speak out loud in order to figure out the true phrase which it sounds like. His filter took off after Chris messaged his favorite YouTubers, Elle Mills and Jenn McCallister, to see if they would share his filter since it was inspired by a video of them playing a similar game with their friends. They saw his message and shared a video of them playing the game on their Instagram stories. Through their combined audiences, the filter reached hundreds of thousands of people within one day. The filter was used by people such as Jason Derulo, Shane Dawson, Chance the Rapper, Pentatonix, Eva Chen, Addison Re, Joe Jonas, and many more. As of May 12th, the filter has 3.3 billion impressions.

Work with others to gain an audience.

The “Secret Sauce” for Filters

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Chris explains the formula for a successful filter is:

  • Replayable. For game filters, it has to be replayable. You don’t want to create something that a user will use once. They need to feel compelled to do it again and again. It keeps the user interested in the filter and makes them more inclined to share them in their stories.
  • Short and Sweet. It can’t be too long of a game. Stories are 15 seconds long so if your game is a minute long, you’d have to post four stories and most people don’t want to watch their friend do something for a minute.
  • Shareable. You want to get users to share it on their story because it will lead to audience growth and keep the chain reaction going.

Chris’s Process

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Chris is all for making what makes you happy and that’s exactly what he’s been doing. Rather than creating filters to achieve virality, he creates filters he thinks his friends would use and so far, he’s made over 20! Ranging from skin smoothing to smile scores to tongue twisters, it’s clear that his imagination knows no bounds.

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His creative process starts with writing down ideas in a notebook and drafting initial designs. He will then move into Figma where he will design the filter and eventually move into Spark AR to make the patches and add in the code.

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Today, Chris’s personal social media has blown up as well, gaining over 80,000 new followers on Instagram. He commented on how strange it is to now have over 60,000 people watch his Instagram stories which could be anything from school work to side projects to singing but he says that not much has changed in his everyday life otherwise. He has also experienced some negative comments which he was not used to getting on his social media. “With the larger audience I’ve gained, I’ve definitely encountered people who were not fans of my filters. Honestly, it’s not too bad in the grand scheme of things because you can’t satisfy everyone, but it just sucks when people comment/dm me about it.”

Getting Started

Spark AR is Facebook’s AR studio designed to make stickers and filters. If you’re interested in getting started, Chris suggests going on YouTube. This is where he started and learned how to create his first filter. Many hackers in the community have created deep-dive tutorials that are extremely helpful. He also advises that you find something you’re passionate about and incorporate it into your filter. For instance, Chris has always loved to sing so he created a karaoke roulette filter.

If you want to get going the same way Chris did, he recommends watching the YouTube channels Catalyst and Emiliusvgs.

If you simply want to see Chris’s next creation follow him on Instagram or follow @MLHacks, where we’re sure to post some of his and the hacker community’s best filters.

Happy Hacking!