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Facebook recently bought Instagram and many people guess the social network wanted soon that retro photo functionality for Facebook users well now Facebook camera is here and it's got plenty of features to be excited about I'm Jason Parker for CNET and this is a first look at Facebook camera Instagram rocketed in popularity because of its filters that made everyday photos fancy and a social platform that made sharing easy the new Facebook camera app for iPhone offers many of the features people loved about Instagram and adds new ones that Facebook users will certainly appreciate right as soon as you launch the app you can see the camera icon in the upper left for taking a picture which I'll get to in a moment but you can also see thumbnails of your latest shots below that is your Facebook feed with great big images posted by your friends and options too like the photo or comment on the post in the lower left the new layout is excellent for viewing photos and I think it'll be easy for Facebook fans to embrace this app but back at the top you have the option to snap a fresh picture or you can swipe downwards to access photos in your photo library one thing you'll notice here is that you have the option with the Facebook camera app to batch upload photos by touching all the images you want to use notice how the pulse button in the lower-right shows how many you have selected from there you can touch the post button to bring up options for the location of the shot tag as many friends as you like then touch post in the upper right to send them to your Facebook feed you also can hit the gear icon to choose who can see the photos as many of you Facebook fans probably already know all of these features were sorely lacking on the regular Facebook app snapping pictures is just as intuitive simply tap the camera icon in the upper left to open the camera after you snap a picture you can use the tools at the bottom for cropping and adding effects the crop tool brings up a grid and you can touch and drag each corner to frame your subject you also can use the rotate button at the bottom to make sure your photos post with the right orientation when you're finished hit the check box now you're ready to add effects the Facebook camera app offers 14 effects to choose from and you can swipe through and touch any of them to preview what it will look like I'll choose boost for my photo with the effects selected you can the post button to add the location tag your friends and add a headline like I did earlier the Facebook camera app is available now for free at the itunes app store and I think any Facebook user should download this app immediately thanks for watching everyone this has been a first look for the Facebook camera see you next time