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With Taylor Swift 11th album “Tortured Poets Department” being released on April 19, 2024, social media has been flooded with reviews and reactions of this new music album.
The reviews and discussions are mostly surrounding TTPD's "Tortured Poets Department", "Fortnight", "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?", and "Florida!!!". And people are trying out the Tortured Poets Department filter, which is Black and White video filter on their shorts.
☝️The Tortured Poets Department filter surely brings B&W aesthetic into style!
This is why in this blog, we will demonstrate different ways to add black and white TTPD filter to video, just like the music video itself.
How to Make The Tortured Poets Department filter?
To achieve the black and white look seen in Taylor Swift's new music video, we've outlined two methods you can try:
- Apply black and white filter
- Adjust the saturation
Both approaches can give you the TTPD filter effect, but using various black and white filters in your video can offer more versatility and angles. Let's take a look closer look at these two methods.
Utilize B&W Filter
In YouCam Video, you have a wide range of black and white filters to choose from. Each offers a unique retro touch to your video.
We have come up with several b+w filters you can consider trying:
- Art > Noir
- Film > Film 04
- Retro > Shadow Symphony
- Color > Black & White
Adjust the Saturation
You can also try adjusting the 'Saturation' under Adjust in the toolbar. All you need to do is to tune the Saturation to -100, and there you have it.
One advantage of this method is that it's free compared to many other Black and White filters. However, its drawback is that it only offers a single black and white effect, which can be quite limiting.
Other TTPD Filters You can Try
Apart from ways to get TTPD filter on your video, there are more filters and effects to recreate the music video!
The Paper Flying Effect in TTPD
In YouCam Video, there's a neat effect that mimics paper flying, like a scene in "Fortnight," one of the songs from The Tortured Poets Department.
If you'd like to apply the black and white paper flying effect, you can simply export the video as it is and then add the black and white filter afterward.
Add a Retro Touch
You can also add a little retro effect in your video, and this is how to do it.
- First, go to 'Filter' and apply black and white filter to the video
- Second, navigate to 'Effects' and apply some 'Retro' effects
Want to recreate Taylow Swift's TTPD Album Cover? Check out this blog instead
👉 Re-Create Taylor Swift's TTPD Album Cover With Free Templates
Some Interesting Facts about The Tortured Poets Department
How Many Songs are in Taylor Swift's TTPD Music Album?
Taylor Swift's latest album features a whopping 31 songs, with the shortest running at 2 minutes and 18 seconds, and the longest at 5 minutes and 45 seconds. Since albums usually contain between 12 and 15 tracks, fans are amazed by Swift's prolific songwriting.
Why are there so many songs in TTPD Music Album?
According to some Swifties theories and Taylor Swift herself, she's been through a rough patch and documented these moments with music and notes.
Now, she's transformed them into a music album she wants to share with her fans and others. Following a period of significant personal upheaval, the album delves into themes of love, loss, and vulnerability.
Rolling Stone comments that it's probably the most personal album of her life, once again turning her heartbreaks into art.
What are the Best Songs in TTPD?
We've been seeing lots of shorts ranking TTPD tracks lately. Everyone has their own favorite songs, but we'll try to stay neutral.
According to the current YouTube views for each TTPD song, the top 5 looks like this: (updated on April 26)
- Fortnight - with 40M views
- I Can Do It With a Broken Heart - with 4.7M views
- The Tortured Poets Department - with 3.7M views
- So Long, London - with 3.2M views
- Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? - with 3.2M views
