Marc Levoy, the man behind the well-regarded Pixel cameras, I left Google last March. His hard work in computational photography allowed Google turns the Pixel into a well-regarded camera phone even though it only had a 12MP camera in the era of multi-camera setups (right up to the Pixel 4 series, of course). Under Levoy, Google was able to add features like HDR +, Portrait Mode, and Night View. He also worked at Google Glass Explorer Edition before joining Google full time.
Today, Adobe has announced (via The Verge) that Levoy joins the company to create a universal camera app based on his strong computational photography. The Adobe Photoshop Camera app obviously features a camera and includes different lenses and filters. The universal camera app could be based on the above mentioned app but with more features. By the way, if you are interested in visiting Adobe Photoshop Camera, you can find it in the App Store for your iOS device and in Google Play Store for your Android device. As one app user mentioned, “like any other camera app I’ve tried, I find that nothing beats the image quality of the native camera app.” This person’s review of the Adobe Photoshop camera said it’s okay to edit, not shoot.
Improving the app’s camera could be a chore for Levoy; After all, Adobe says Levoy will be part of the Photoshop Camera, Adobe Research, and Sensei AI teams. He will report to the firm’s Technical Director and today was his first day working for Adobe.
You may recall that Levoy featured a video during last year’s Pixel 4 presentation that revealed the story behind the creation of HDR +. At the time, we noticed that Levoy sounded like a teacher (he was one at Stanford) and has a knack for explaining complex things in such a way that even a layman can understand them. We look forward to seeing what kind of magic you can achieve at Adobe.
