The mastermind behind the camera from Google Pixel is going to Adobe to work on a "universal camera app" for the software giant, Adobe said on Monday.
Marc Levoy, who made Google's smartphone software a leader in mobile photography, pioneered multiple camera functions for the device, even if the phones had trouble getting a hold of consumers. Levoy led the Google research team to create portrait mode, which lists smartphone photos to make them look professional, and Night Sight to brighten pictures in low-light conditions.
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Levoy, who left Google in March, is seen as a pioneer in "computer photography", which relies on software to improve images. Many of the features he developed for the search giant have landed on competing devices like Apple's iPhone.
The announcement comes when Google has shaken up its Pixel team. Mario Queiroz, the former head of the Pixel division, left the company earlier this year after leaving the smartphone team last year. Sales of Google's flagship smartphone have been weak in recent years, a slump Google managers blamed it about competition in a premium phone market dominated by Apple and Samsung.
Google's latest smartphone, a mid-range device called Pixel 4A, is expected in the coming weeks after obvious delays.
Google did not respond to a request for comment.
At Adobe, Levoy will focus on photography initiatives across the company, including Photoshop Camera and Adobe Research.
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