Correction, 10 October 2026: an earlier version of this article explained how to build an Instagram AR filter with Meta Spark AR Studio. Meta shut down the Spark AR platform, including Spark AR Studio and the Spark AR Player app, on 14 January 2025 and removed third-party effects from Instagram, so this guide has been withdrawn.
From the archive. This article was published before Make Tech Easier changed ownership in April 2026.
How to Make Your Own Instagram Filter
This guide has been withdrawn. Meta shut down the Spark AR platform on 14 January 2025.
The MTE Letter
Practical tech reads, once a week.