{"id":50462,"date":"2020-07-21T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2664870"},"modified":"2020-07-21T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T22:20:00","slug":"adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe hires former Google Pixel engineer Marc Levoy to build a universal camera app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1360.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title_desc\">Marc Levoy, the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the Google Pixel camera, has now been hired by Adobe to create a universal camera app.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget-list\">\n<div class=\"publisher\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/st1.bgr.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Marc-Levoy.jpg\" alt=\"_Marc Levoy\" width=\"586\" height=\"332\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"publisher\">\n<p>Adobe has hired a former Google engineer Marc Levoy, who was responsible for developing computational photography technologies for Pixel phones. These include HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night Sight. The executive will now serve as vice president and a member of the company&rsquo;s camera department team to develop &ldquo;a universal camera app&rdquo; for Adobe.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/android-11-september-8-release-date-google-smart-home-video-902003\/\">Android 11 might get released on September 8; reveals Google video<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The signing of Marc Levoy is an important move for Adobe<\/h2>\n<p>In conjunction with Adobe, Levoy could direct plans towards the design of a high-quality camera. However, this time based on a broader market that includes any smartphone. &ldquo;His efforts will be centered on the concept of a universal camera app,&rdquo; the company told&nbsp;<em>The Verge<\/em>. Moreover, it is speculated that this universal camera tool could allow any applications like Facebook or Twitter to implement in its software.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s20-google-pixel-phones-get-july-security-update-901571\/\">Samsung Galaxy S20, Google Pixel phones get July security update<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It could take advantage of Adobe&rsquo;s more sophisticated techniques to implement editing tools, effects, and filters. At the moment, the details on the software are scarce. However, Adobe can likely create something that will rival the best third-party camera apps, including a camera with manual controls to offer a more robust photography experience.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/google-pushes-android-11-beta-1-5-version-with-minor-fixes-898480\/\">Google pushes Android 11 Beta 1.5 version with minor fixes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Levoy is the brain in charge of powering the Google Pixel camera. He has served as director of the Google research team since 2014. To recall, he was also in charge of the powerful and innovative computing technology implemented in Google&rsquo;s smart devices. He worked on computational photography projects for the Pixels, including HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night View.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Adobe has digital camera applications in both Photoshop Camera and Adobe Lightroom. However, it now intends to expand and improve it. The company also reported that it has other projects like the Photoshop Camera, Adobe Analysis, and Sensei AI teams.&nbsp;Marc Levoy was with the Google team until March 2020. In addition to developing Google Pixel 4 camera technology and driving other companies like Apple to develop more competitive cameras. He is also a computer graphics researcher at Stanford.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app-904072\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app-904072\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>BRG.In Staff<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>BRG.In Staff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1360.png\" alt=\"\">Marc Levoy, the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the Google Pixel camera, has now been hired by Adobe to create a universal camera app. Adobe has hired a former Google engineer Marc Levoy, who was responsible for developing computational photography technologies for Pixel phones. These include HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night Sight. The executive will now serve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/21\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app\/\">Continue reading <span>Adobe hires former Google Pixel engineer Marc Levoy to build a universal camera app<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adobe hires former Google Pixel engineer Marc Levoy to build a universal camera app - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/21\/adobe-hires-former-google-pixel-engineer-marc-levoy-to-build-a-universal-camera-app\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adobe hires former Google Pixel engineer Marc Levoy to build a universal camera app - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marc Levoy, the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the Google Pixel camera, has now been hired by Adobe to create a universal camera app. Adobe has hired a former Google engineer Marc Levoy, who was responsible for developing computational photography technologies for Pixel phones. 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