# \[react native\] How to display a file on the screen and apply an effect to the image or video selected by the user

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**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/react-native-how-to-display-a-file-on-the-screen-and-apply-an-effect-to-the-image-or-video-selected-by-the-user/141 "2022-12-07T06:02:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ely](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.deepar.ai/ely/32/200_2.png) [@ely](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/ely)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/react-native-how-to-display-a-file-on-the-screen-and-apply-an-effect-to-the-image-or-video-selected-by-the-user/141/1 "2022-12-07T06:02:51Z")

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hello  
How can I implement adding an image file in a photo or adding a video file and then displaying the selected file on the screen in react native?

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**Author:** ![ely](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.deepar.ai/ely/32/200_2.png) [@ely](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/ely)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/react-native-how-to-display-a-file-on-the-screen-and-apply-an-effect-to-the-image-or-video-selected-by-the-user/141/2 "2022-12-07T06:04:04Z")

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**Author:** ![jelena](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.deepar.ai/jelena/32/14_2.png) [@jelena](https://forum.deepar.ai/u/jelena)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.deepar.ai/t/react-native-how-to-display-a-file-on-the-screen-and-apply-an-effect-to-the-image-or-video-selected-by-the-user/141/3 "2022-12-08T20:03:06Z")

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Hi, you would decode the video either yourself or with a 3rd party library and feed individual frames to DeepAR via processFrame