The invention discloses a picture processing method and apparatus, and belongs to the technical field of picture processing. The picture processing method comprises the steps of displaying a news picture filter control; displaying a pattern icon of at least one news picture filter when a trigger instruction acting on the news picture filter control is detected; when a trigger instruction acting on a first pattern icon of the pattern icon of the at least one news picture filter is detected, performing processing on a to-be-processed picture based on the first news picture filter corresponding to the first pattern icon, and displaying the processed picture. By adoption of the picture processing method and apparatus, the usage rate of the filter function can be improved.