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Shantanu A

@studio_by_vc

Founder

India
English, Hindi
About me
As an innovative software engineer with over 10 years of experience, I specialize in developing impactful solutions for desktop and mobile imaging products. My background includes shipping industry-first features and implementing scalable system refactors that enhance user experience. I have successfully contributed to renowned applications with more than 100 million downloads and multi million MAU. If you need a professional who can deliver high-quality results and transform complex challenges into intuitive solutions, I am here to help. Let's discuss how I can bring your project to life.... Read more

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Work experience

Self_Employed

Founder

Self Employed

Apr 2026 - Present • 4 mos

Founded Vichitra Collective (www.vichitracollective.com) as an independent computational photography and software studio after leaving Adobe. Building two open source projects: vc_image_utils, a C++ RAW image processing and computational photography library for HDR camera work, and devspec_toolkit, an AI driven, schema first software development harness that turns AI assisted development into a deterministic, machine checkable pipeline. Also writing and publishing photo essays and technical posts on computational photography and AI driven development on my website, and continuing to practice and exhibit photography.

Adobe

Computer Scientist

Adobe • Full-time

Jun 2016 - Apr 2026 • 9 yrs 10 mos

Imaging product engineer with Adobe Lightroom (Android) and Photoshop Elements. •I drove the user experience, implementation and influenced the design decisions behind most editing workflows:presets & profiles,crop & geometry,masking,healing/distraction removal, export,CAI/C2PA, editing controls like sliders and touch gestures. •Agentic & AI-assisted editing:I originated the concepts behind Lightroom's one-tap intelligent edits and AI-assistant/guided editing, which were later adopted into the shipping product. • Customer advocacy+product analytics:built Lightroom Android's first engineering-driven user-feedback→roadmap,set up workflow analytics to pinpoint friction,driving 30%+ reductions in workflow errors. •Practicing photographer & speaker:Adobe Art Fair (Phone Photography) winner; work exhibited in in various Adobe photography events (London,NYC,San Fransisco);led knowledge sessions on photography and RAW pipeline. Named inventor on a US patent for an intelligent color-hinting UX