People on TikTok are reimagining how to use a popular new filter that places or flattens you in a photo, and it s making people very emotional.
Young TikTokers are uploading old photos of parents or other loved ones who ve died so they can have current photos of them together.
Those who have used the Green Screen Scan effect in this way told BuzzFeed News that the experience was overwhelming and heartbreaking but also cathartic.
The Green Screen Scan imposes the user onto any photo they choose to upload in the background so that the results, or new photo, looks like one flattened image. Like many videos on the app, the filter was first used jokingly as a way to convince a parent that you were somewhere that you were not.
People Are Using a TikTok Filter to Take Touching Photos With Their Late Loved Ones
The latest TikTok trend focuses on an incredibly touching premise: allowing users to take photos with their loved ones who have passed away. People have been using the social media platform s Green Screen Scan filter, which essentially lets a person take a photo of themselves using an older picture as the backdrop, thereby superimposing the images.
While this special filter was used for creating other forms of content at first, 19-year-old Alexis Puckett knew that she wanted to apply it to an old photo of her father, who died of esophageal cancer in 2018. Since sharing her sentimental creation on the platform, it s racked up 7.5 million views as of press time. It made me really happy to be able to see myself now with my dad because he has missed out on so much after passing, as I was only 17 when he passed, she told Buzzfeed.