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How to do TikTok’s ‘How I Would Look In The 70s’ Filter and go back in time

A filter is taking over TikTok that shows what you’d look like in the 70s, the post-war baby boom era which is famously associated with the hippy movement.

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TikTok’s ‘How I Would Look In The 70s’ Filter

The viral filter uses artificial intelligence to take you back in time to the 1970s, which was now 50 years ago.

You upload a photo of yourself and the effect does the rest for you, changing your appearance so it looks like the image was taken five decades ago.

It adds a sepia effect to the picture and alters your hair, face, and clothes to a stereotypical 70s style, with long hair and retro fashion.

The TikTok filter then does a cool ‘before and after’ effect and adds text that says: “How I would look in the 70s.”

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How to do the 1970s AI Filter on CapCut

  1. Download a free app called CapCut
  2. Open TikTok and press ‘Home’
  3. Click on the magnifying glass
  4. Search ’70s Filter’
  5. Click on a video that has used the effect
  6. Press ‘CapCut | Try this template’
  7. You will be redirected to CapCut
  8. Press ‘Use template’ and upload an image
  9. Tap ‘Export’ to save or share on TikTok

Try ‘How I Would Look In The 1930s’ next

A similar filter is also taking over social media called ‘How I Would Look In The 1930s’ which does the same thing for a different era.

It turns the image black and white and makes it look like you were alive almost a century ago using artificial intelligence.

The 30s was an interwar period following the Roaring 20s, known for the Great Depression in the United States.

It was defined by�a global economic and political crisis, but still held many traits and fashions of the previous decade.

The 1920s was a decade of profound social changes, with the rise of mass entertainment, changing gender roles and more freedom.