Flickr Releases Update for iOS App – Now Offers “Live Filters”

Flickr has updated its iOS app with “Live Filters” that let you see and control what your final photo will look like before you even take it. The filters can also be customized after the photo is taken.

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“A lot of Flickr’s new camera features are what you’ve been asking for,” Markus Spiering, head of product at Flickr, said in an official blog post. “Live Filters let you see how your photo looks while you take it. Swiping through live filters, you can choose composition grids, focus lock and exposure points to better set up your shot. Even our preview tiles let you see what your shot looks like live.”

What’s New in Version 2.20.1134

• The Flickr Mobile App has a brand new set of filters! With a new range of dynamic and stunning effects you’ll be able to personalize your photos like never before.
• Live filters! Now you can scroll through and preview the effects of each filter before you snap your shot. Choosing the right one is no longer a guessing game.
• Tired of stock filters? With the Flickr Mobile App you can customize your filters to get the exact effects you’re looking for.
• We’ve also got new camera tools. Perfectly compose your shots with awesome grids, pinch to zoom, and the ability to lock your focus and exposure points.
• Professional editing tools. The editing tools you usually pay for are now free with Flickr. Enhance, crop, sharpen, adjust color, use levels, add vignettes and more.
• Now our camera and editing tools have beautifully animated transitions, giving users the best camera experience yet.

Yahoo has been investing in Flickr in order to bring the Flickr platform back to life. The company did a complete branding overhaul in May, and made recent acquisitions of companies like KitCam and Ghostbird in an effort to reclaim a prominent place in the photo-sharing marketplace.

The Flickr iOS app is available FREE in the App Store. [DIRECT LINK]