Microsoft Pix is a

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application developed by

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for

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. Microsoft Research announced Pix in July, 2016, calling it an "intelligent camera app".Killian Bell, "Microsoft says its new camera app is even better than Apple’s", '' Cult of Mac''
July 27, 2016
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Photosynth Photosynth is a discontinued app and service from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and 3D reconstruction, generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographe ...

. Its features include: * Adjusting settings automatically for faces. * Combining photos from before and after the shutter button is pressed. Normally it captures ten frames, selects the three best, and combines those to reduce noise. * Creation of comix. * Document capture, including business cards.Mallory Locklear, "Microsoft Pix can add business card info to your contacts", ''

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/ref> * Focusing on objects of interest. * Short, looping videos. * Stylizing. * Video stabilization and time-lapse.

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