Earlier this year, Google lost Pixel’s chief camera engineer amid criticism of the Pixel 4. Marc Levoy has now landed at Adobe as “Vice President and Member” working on Photoshop camera, computational photography and other projects of investigation.
David Imel shared the news for the first time today, and Marc Levoy’s LinkedIn page confirmed it started on Adobe this month. Levoy joined Google in July 2014 as “Distinguished Engineer” and “led the team that developed computational photography technologies for Pixel smartphones, including HDR +, Portrait Mode, and Night View.” He was a presenter at Made by Google 2019 and spoke in depth about the Pixel 4’s camera.
He sees the new role again working in computational photography, as well as in a “Universal Adobe Camera Application” and the company’s Sensei team focused on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve data analysis, advertising and others. creative works. He remains VMware’s founding professor of computing, emeritus of Stanford University.
One of the most immediate areas your contribution could feel is in Photoshop Camera, which launched in June. The application offers a range of 80 filters that can be applied in real time.
The app aims to take advantage of Adobe’s rich history and Photoshop prowess by replacing a camera app for your smartphone. It uses AI and Adobe Sensei to mimic many of the post-processing functions that require quite a bit of skill to achieve in desktop versions of Photoshop.
As we noted in our practical video:
Those results may be a little bit unpredictable, which I imagine largely depends on the device you’re using, but for the most part, they’re one step above what you’ll see in competing apps from mostly unknown developers. I’ve only had problems with areas with muted reflections, as a result the app would try to apply sky replacement effects in strange places. It would be great to be able to “rack up” effects, but that’s not necessarily a massive negative.
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