Cuong Nguyen

San Francisco 🌁 | Building Scrambo - AI agents for people with too many videos and too little time to edit | Former tech research scientist.

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@contraben @huggingface Wow looks incredible for eval. @contraben does the input videos come with the dataset?

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@SohunSanka Depends. For captions and effects, most tools seem to do well. For edits that require taste like storytelling, color grading, i have yet seen a good one. Trying to crack that problem myself too.

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@mattchowx Great workflow! My early attempts with Remotion was fun but there were a lot of manual tweaks to make it work. Was it easy for you to accept Remotion output from Fable in this project?

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@exploraX_ No man, editors are not cooked. Taste is more important than ever now. I’ve tried video-use too. Their main idea is to plot the audio channel and make cut decisions based on that, clever but absolutely not enough to do good cuts. not happy with most of its outputs.

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

A quick update, I'm no longer at Adobe.
I'm now building https://t.co/vSKqULpmay. I'm excited to bring my expertise on creative & reliable AI agents to embark on this journey. Here's a quick look at what it can already do 👇
If you're in AI agents or video tools, let's connect.

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@talking_kim @acm_chi really cool work!

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

Driving this tech transfer has been fun! We sprinkled some HCI magic here to transform a static AI model into one that understands motion design. And I believe that this approach can help us unlock so much more. Can't wait to share what's coming next.

[Adobe Research @AdobeResearch]

In collaboration with the @AdobeExpress team, @AdobeResearch has made animation effortless with Animate All — a new AI-powered feature that lets Express users add high-quality animations to their designs in just one click! https://t.co/ISQOLNZqHK

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@jbhuang0604 Couldn’t agree more. Sending students out for research internships is also good for them. I did my first in my 4th year, and that experience contributed so much to my growth. Wish I had started as early as my second year.

[Doga Dogan @mdogadogan]

🚀 Hiring PhD summer interns - PLEASE RT!

At @AdobeResearch we're looking for students skilled in HCI & GenAI to transform Web experiences with https://t.co/moaJq5iQaw!

Topics: Web usability, page generation, evaluation, optimization, RAG,...

Apply now! https://t.co/qD2gWCOQjD

[Li-Yi Wei @liyiwei]

Adobe Fresco is free to use now! 🎉 Give a try if you are into painting/drawing/motion and have a touch/stylus-supported device running iOS/Windows, and feel free to let me know if you have any comments or feature requests. (I have been involved in the R&D of this product.)

[Adobe Research @AdobeResearch]

Ready to make an impact with cutting-edge research? @AdobeResearch is now accepting applications for summer 2025 internships from master's and PhD students. Apply now! https://t.co/eS61RzEmqq

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

Joel McHale highlighted the Animate All feature we shipped in Adobe Express! It transforms static posters into dynamic animations. Leading this tech transfer and iterating the AI component through user studies was incredibly rewarding as an HCI researcher. https://t.co/3nzzbel6gY

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@hciphd The text to 3D camera view interaction in MemoVis contributed to this Adobe Max Sneaks. It was awesome to work with the Scenic team to bring this 3D Copilot experience to MAX. https://t.co/QSIW8KzZIo

[Adobe Creative Cloud @creativecloud]

#ProjectScenic makes 2D image creation easier by letting you build a 3D scene layout with a copilot prompt. Control the camera and tweak individual objects, guide the image generation process, and edit 3D scenes more precisely. 🙏 #AdobeMAX

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

I'll be at #UIST2024 next week, excited to connect with everyone and explore the latest in HCI research.
Also here's project MemoVis led by former intern Chen @hciphd. We studied AI-powered text & scribble interactions in the context of 3D design review. https://t.co/dhhDEqGr9U

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

Loving this new feature in Adobe Express that lets you generate coloring pages. My kids are having a blast with it <3.

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@zachzeyuwang very nice work Zach! I saw it at CHI 👏

[Kowsheek @kowsheek]

A little taste of the incredible work artists have done already in #ProjectNeo 🥹

Join our private beta: https://t.co/YJsSraUeAl

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

I sit next to these incredible researchers, what an amazing team. Make sure you watch with audio to experience the magic. https://t.co/pV7GblDl02

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

In late 2022, I joined a small team of researchers to explore content-aware text effects. This led to an incredible journey that moved us from research prototyping to launching a feature in 2023. I've written a brief post reflecting on this technology and what's next.

[Adobe Research @AdobeResearch]

Want to automatically add animated captions to your videos? @AdobeResearch has partnered with product teams to create Caption Video, an AI-driven Quick Action tool in @AdobeExpress to help users get it done in style! https://t.co/pQ2I6KYT90

[Cuong Nguyen @gnouc_]

@nonsequitoria @exii @ozsu Congratulations, Dan!