By Rajwa Quasim
Taking a good photograph today can involve more than having a high-quality camera. People often focus on how they look in a picture, where to place their hands or how to position their bodies. To address these challenges, especially for people who may not naturally know how to pose, two former TikTok employees have developed an app that uses AI to help.
Melody Chu and Jing Liu launched Superpose, an iOS app that uses AI to suggest poses for photographs. The app generates four AI-powered pose recommendations. Users can save the suggestions and use the app’s Match Pose feature to recreate a particular position while taking a photo.
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According to the founders, the app aims to develop a camera that uses AI guidance to help people take better photos, rather than generating AI backgrounds or placing people in imaginary settings. The app focuses on capturing real-life moments and promoting authentic photography.
Chu said the idea for a photography-pose app came from her own experience. She considered developing one because her husband was not a good photographer.
Chu told TechCrunch, “My husband just takes awful photos of me. It was a true pain point in our marriage where I don’t understand how he gets me to look just so terrible all the time. And I thought to myself, there has to be a way to solve this problem with advancements in computer vision and generative AI. And I decided to set out on my own.”
Chu acknowledged that, because the app is still in its early stages, some of the suggested poses may look unnatural. The company is working to make its recommendations more realistic and personalized.
The founders bring experience from the social media and technology industries. Superpose launched in July. Chu previously held roles at companies including Meta, TikTok, Roblox and Slack, while Liu worked as a founding engineer at a startup focused on 3D face scanning before working on image and video models at TikTok.
The company has raised $2.2 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures, Meitu and OTR Ventures.
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The founders acknowledged that several companies are incorporating AI into photography. Google’s Pixel devices, for instance, already include an AI-powered camera coach designed to provide guidance on framing and composition.
Adobe has also introduced features that use generative AI tools. One, called Photo Critique, provides professional-style assessments to help users take better photos, while another offers suggestions for photo capture and editing.