A simulated photographing special effect generation method is provided, comprising: in response to a setting operation of a user on a special effect behavior event, adding a photographing behavior event; in response to a setting operation of the user on an image element associated with the photographing behavior event, determining an image element before photographing and/or an image element after photographing associated with the photographing behavior event; in response to a setting operation of the user on a trigger condition of the photographing behavior event, determining a trigger condition associated with the photographing behavior event; and storing the image element before photographing, the image element after photographing, and the photographing trigger condition which are associated with the photographing behavior event in association in a special effect configuration file.