Create Instagram-esque filters with javascript?

Question

Can I create Instagram-esque filters with javascript?

The images can be processed client-side or server-side(node.js)

I could overlay some pngs and box-shado

Answer 1

You could do it with canvas. See :

Making Image Filters with Canvas

Pixastic Image Processing Library

Answer 2

I ended up finding this, http://vintagejs.com/

Answer 3

Alex Michael has a fantastic open source javascript library for instagram filters: http://alexmic.github.com/filtrr/

Answer 4

I think all filters are public libs wrote in C/C++ that u can import in node =) Give a try