TikTok’s old face filter: What is it and how to use it

TikTok users have become obsessed with the ‘old age’ filter, which alters your face to give you an idea of what you might look like as you get older.

Last year, TikTok users went crazy over TikTok’s Teenage Filter, which depicted what they looked like as teenagers. Now, people can age themselves a few decades in a matter of seconds, using an ultra-realistic AI aging filter.

The filter, which has over 9 million videos on TikTok, provides a rendering of users’ faces with realistic aging, including wrinkles, crow’s feet, and often gray hair. 

If you’re curious about what you’ll look like when you’re old and gray, here’s our guide on how to get the viral “cool old” age effect.

How to do the old age filter on TikTok

While some “old face” filters have gained traction on TikTok, the viral “cool old” effect is only available on FaceApp. Once you have downloaded the app, simply follow these steps to access the filter:

1. Open FaceApp.
2. Scroll through different features until you find the one that says “Age.”
3. Under that, you will find a number of options. To do the viral trend that makes you look old, select the “cool old” feature.
4. Apply the effect to your photo uploaded to FaceApp and save it.

When your final image from FaceApp is ready, go back to TikTok and find a TikTok that has the CapCup template used for the trend. Click on “Use Template,” and make sure to put your old image first and your young image second.

Many TikTokers have added the song ‘Forever Young’ by Jay-Z to their videos, but you can use any audio you think suits your aged picture the best.

If you want to try out more of TikTok’s most popular filters, you can check out our guides here:

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