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Flickr introduces photo filters, taking a cue from Instagram and Twitter

Yahoo! continues to enhance its photo sharing platform, Flickr. After a complete revamp of Flickr's interface and services last spring, Yahoo! has now added a photo filter option to the Flickr mobile app, allowing users to add a number of different special effects to their images.

The popular photo-enhancing filters feature is now available on all of the major photo sharing apps, as users of Instagram (Facebook), Twitter and Snapseed (Google) have already grown accustomed to transforming their photos at the touch of a finger.

In addition to offering a set of predefined filters, the new Flickr mobile app update allows users to create custom filters, and even add 'live' filters while taking a photo.

Additional camera tools have also been added, including a grid display, pinch to zoom, better control of exposure points, and a focus lock. Finally, the app still offers all of the classic photo editing tools, including color and brightness adjustments, and the ability to crop images, for example.

Following a recent update, the Flickr service provides users with a full 1TB of online photo storage.

The Flickr mobile app can be downloaded from the App Store (iOS) or from Google Play (Android).

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