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Flickr copies Instagram; brings new design, HD video and image search

New Delhi: Yahoo-owned Flickr has received its most dramatic makeover, by completely overhauling with a total redesign of the apps for iOS and Android that make it a more direct competitor to Instagram and other



The app brings quick sharing and browsing. Other features in Flickr 3.0 include Auto Sync feature, which allows users to upload original quality images from the smartphone directly to the Flickr account. The updated app also offers batch-editing, which lets users to organise Flickr images and videos into albums or edit privacy settings, along with delete option. In addition, Flickr 3.0 comes with new search feature which shows search results based on groups, people, time, date and location.

Users can now record 30 seconds of HD video on iPhone and use the same live filters available with photos. Flickr has also introduced new editing tools such as levels, crop, colour balance, contrast, saturation and live filters (total of 14 live filters for iOS) for HD video editing to its iOS app.

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