YOUR iPhone has a hidden camera trick that can upgrade your Instagram photos in seconds.

The clever hack lets you quickly add sketches – and other creations – to an Instagram Story.

There's a clever Instagram camera trick that works using copy and paste

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There’s a clever Instagram camera trick that works using copy and pasteCredit: Apple / TikTok / @katamogz

First, open your Apple Notes app and then sketch a quick design.

Then use the selection tool to circle the object you’ve created.

Now hold your finger down and choose copy.

Then go to your Instagram Story and create a post.

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Open a text box, hold down your finger and then choose the paste option.

And your creation will appear on top of the Instagram Story.

It means you can use drawing options that might not be available inside Instagram.

You could paste other things to your stories too.

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The clever hack was shared by Apple whiz Katarina Mogus, who regularly posts iPhone tricks on TikTok.

Her video – posted on the @katamogz channel – has already earned thousands of likes.

One fan wrote “Wow!!! Amazing tip.”

Another said: “This hack is so useful!”

That’s not all

There’s another iPhone camera trick that you might be interested in.

It’s a way to quickly and easily zoom in and out while shooting video with an Apple smartphone.

For the uninitiated, zooming is generally done by pinching or spreading your fingers.

But this can be tricky to do sometimes while recording on an iPhone.

And it can often leave you with a jittery zoom, which won’t look good in final footage.

First open your camera app up.

The press and hold on the shutter button to begin recording video.

Then simply drag your finger up or down the screen to zoom in or out respectively.

This means you can create ultra-smooth zooms with just one hand.

You can do this from the photo or video modes in the camera app.

Ben’s video has already received hundreds of likes in under a day – and is proving popular with Apple fans.

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One commented: “Woah! I am deffo gonna be using this!”

Better still, the trick also works on Snapchat – so you can shoot and zoom using this hack directly inside the app’s own camera.

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