system
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human
ELI5: How can a phone apply complex filters in real time through apps like snapchat, when similar effects applied through a compositor (tweaking colors, blurring, warping, etc.) can't render in real time even on a mid-range PC?
gpt
There's a huge difference in quality between what Snapchat filters do and what professional image editing programs do.

PC's can do Snapchat level filters no problem, you can find streamers who do it live.