Shipped Features
Research that has shipped into Adobe products.
Intelligent Object Removal
As first author and original contributor, I built the image inpainting technology behind Adobe's object-removal features.
- One-Click Delete and Fill / Content-Aware Fill — Photoshop, 2022
- Content-Aware Remove — Lightroom / Camera Raw, 2022
- Remove Tool — Photoshop, 2023
Related research: CM-GAN — H. Zheng et al., ECCV'22
Seamless Generative Editing
As first author and original contributor, I built the local-refinement technology that blends generative edits seamlessly into the original image.
- Generative Fill / Generative Expand — Photoshop / Firefly. My CM-GAN model powered the 2023 launch; my PixPerfect refiner powers the updated Generative Fill / Expand model in 2024 · 2025 · 2026.
- On-device Remove Tool — Photoshop, 2026
- Blemish Removal — Lightroom, 2026
Related research: CM-GAN — H. Zheng et al., ECCV'22 (2023 release) · PixPerfect — H. Zheng et al., NeurIPS'25 (2024 onward)
High-Resolution Image Upscaling
As project lead, I led the high-resolution upsampling and restoration technology behind Adobe's next-generation upscaler.
- Generative Upscale / Photoshop Upsampler — Photoshop (pre-release, 2026)
Related research: ZipIR — Y. Yu, H. Zheng et al., arXiv'25