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Jazz Up Your Facebook Photos With Text, Filters on iOS

Tap the magic wand button in the bottom left corner to access filters, a text button, and stickers.

By Angela Moscaritolo
June 29, 2015
DON'T USE Facebook Fatigue

Facebook is about to make it a lot easier for users to spruce up their photos before posting them to the social network.

According to TechCrunch, Zuckerberg and Co. appear to be testing a new Snapchat-like photo uploader for the Facebook iOS app, which will let you jazz up your photos with text, filters, and stickers.

Facebook iOS photo edit toolsJust select a photo like you normally would and you'll see a vertical line swipe across the image. From here, you can swipe right to select a different filter.

At this point, Facebook's selection of filters is small. There's Auto, which will just correct the color; Vintage for a sepia look; Spring to brighten it up; Summer to give your image a golden tone; Fall for a more orangey look; Winter for a more muted, moody look; and Snow for black and white.

You can also tap the magic wand button in the bottom left corner to access a number of other editing tools, including the same set of filters, a text button, stickers, and the ability to crop and tag the photo.

If Facebook's default sticker selection doesn't cut it, you can download additional sticker packs like "pride," "summer vacation," and "birthday party" for free. When adding text to your image, you can use a slider to choose the color you want it to be, then pinch and drag the text to place it in the perfect spot.

At this point, there's no word as to how many iOS users have the new photo-editing tools, but it's worth taking a look if you upload photos to the social network from your iPhone. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the new features.

As TechCrunch pointed out, the Facebook Android app already lets you add text and stickers to your photos, but doesn't have any filters besides auto-enhance.

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About Angela Moscaritolo

Managing Editor, Consumer Electronics

I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts covering smart home, home entertainment, wearables, fitness and health tech, and various other product categories. I have been with PCMag for more than 10 years, and in that time have written more than 6,000 articles and reviews for the site. I previously served as an analyst focused on smart home and wearable devices, and before that I was a reporter covering consumer tech news. I'm also a yoga instructor, and have been actively teaching group and private classes for nearly a decade. 

Prior to joining PCMag, I was a reporter for SC Magazine, focusing on hackers and computer security. I earned a BS in journalism from West Virginia University, and started my career writing for newspapers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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