Hand controlsFace filtersWindowsDrawMusic & beatYou vs worldDuet, loops & reelsParticlesTextLooksSetupEdit a take
Choose where the effect appears
Live turns off Freeze and Delay
Restyle
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Make an L with both hands, or pinch with one
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Lensbender v0.9
Tap sets
Intensity
Variation
Hue
Every effect reacts to Intensity and Variation, so each one has a range of looks. Hold a finger pinch to turn them like dials.
Mode
Frame
Time
Palm freeze hold
Time with both hands (hold for a moment): 🖐️🖐️ both palms open (hold 4s, adjustable) = freeze / unfreeze · left L + right open palm = delay · right L + left open palm = live.
Sensitivity
Tap = touch your thumb to a finger and let go. Hold = keep touching: dials follow your hand up and down, other actions fire after a short ring fills. The dot lights up when a pinch is seen. Thumb + index is always your frame and paintbrush. While you use a control, your frame holds still.
Plug in real Snapchat Lenses (masks, wigs, glasses, helmets, face paint) and they show up wherever you put the Face Filter effect: inside a hand frame, a window, or everywhere.
API token
Lens groups
Not connected.
How to get lenses (about 10 minutes, free)
Sign in at developers.snap.com → Camera Kit, create an app, and copy its API token (use the staging token while testing).
In my-lenses.snapchat.com, make a Lens Group for that app and copy its ID.
Add lenses to the group: build them in Lens Studio or Lens Web Builder from face-mask, hair, glasses and face-paint templates, or add the free Camera Kit Sample Lenses. Snap doesn't let apps load other creators' public lenses unless you get them through Lens Packs or the creator.
Paste both here and tap Connect. Open Lensbender from an https address.
New sticks to
New shows
New edge
Make a window: draw a closed loop in Draw mode, or pin your current hand frame. Move it: start a thumb + index pinch inside it and drag. Resize / turn: pinch it with both hands. Delete: drag it to the edge of the picture and let go. Object windows follow whatever you drew around.
Brush
Color
Size
Lasts
Mirror
Motion
Sticks to
Draw with
Pinch thumb + index to paint, open palm erases. Close a loop around anything and it becomes a window. Switch Frame ↔ Draw with a finger tap (left thumb + middle by default).
Effects hit
Backdrop
Clones
Spacing
Clone look
Person cutout loads the first time you use it.
No song. Load one for beat-synced cuts, or tap a tempo (T).
Beat
Cut on
React
With
Opacity
Boomerang and Loop grab the last ~2 seconds. The reel cuts your latest take's busiest moments on the beat.
Text
Advance
A look saves effect, intensity, variation, frame, draw style, backdrop and clones. Map "Next saved look" to a finger to flip between them live.
Format
Quality
View
Motion
Show
Pick the raw camera video and the performance log from a saved take (or tap Edit & restyle right after recording). You get a timeline: scrub, split, change the effect of any part, trim, then export.
Space record · ←→ effect · ↑↓ intensity · F time (live/freeze/delay) · D frame ↔ draw · Q hold for slow-mo · M pin window · Del delete window · Z undo · C clear · G shuffle · P song · T tap tempo · O boomerang · I invert · S skeleton · V view
Lensbender
Turn your camera into a playground of effects. Your hands control where the effect appears.
Turn on your camera
Tap Start camera below, then choose Allow when your browser asks.
Make a frame with your hands
Hold both hands where the camera can see them. Make an L with each thumb and index finger, like two corners of a picture frame. The effect appears between them.
Try an effect, then record
Tap an effect to change the look. Move your hands to reshape the frame. Tap the round Record button to start and again to stop.
Start in good light and keep your hands in view. You can use the on-screen buttons while you learn.
Try a hands-free shortcut
On your right hand, touch your thumb to your middle fingertip, then let go. This switches to the next effect.
Once you’re inside, open 💡 Hand guide for more gestures.