My now-teammates’ work on Neural Filters is exactly what made me want to return to the ‘Dobe, and I’m thrilled to get to build upon what they’ve been doing. It’s great to see Fast Company recognizing this momentum:

For putting Photoshop wizardry within reach

Adobe’s new neural filters use AI to bring point-and-click simplicity to visual effects that would formerly have required hours of labor and years of image-editing expertise. Using them, you can quickly change a photo subject’s expression from deadpan to cheerful. Or adjust the direction that someone is looking. Or colorize a black-and-white photo with surprising subtlety. Part of Adobe’s portfolio of “Sensei” AI technologies, the filters use an advanced form of machine learning known as generative adversarial networks. That lets them perform feats such as rendering parts of a face that weren’t initially available as you edit a portrait. Like all new Sensei features, the neural filters were approved by an Adobe ethics committee and review board that assess AI products for problems stemming from issues such as biased data. In the case of these filters, this process identified an issue with how certain hairstyles were rendered and fixed it before the filters were released to the public.