- Google appears to be developing a new feature called “Creator Canvas” (codenamed: Vellum) for Google Photos.
- An analysis of the app files from the Android version of Google Photos v7.88.0.964383857, released on August 17, 2026, confirmed that resource code related to the newly developed “Creator Canvas” (codenamed: Vellum) has been added.
- This feature allows users to freely arrange photos and videos on a canvas based on “albums” to create their own personalized scrapbooks.
Google appears to be developing a new feature called “Creator Canvas” (codenamed: Vellum) for its online photo library service, Google Photos.
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An analysis of the app files from the Android version of Google Photos v7.88.0.964383857, released on Monday, August 17, 2026, confirmed that resource code related to the new feature “Creator Canvas” (codenamed: Vellum) has been added as part of its ongoing development.
<activity
android:theme="@style/Theme.Photos.Dark.NoTitle"
android:name="com.google.android.apps.photos.phoxel.jetty.vellum.impl.VellumActivity"
android:exported="false"/>
<activity
android:theme="@style/Theme.Photos.Transparent"
android:name="com.google.android.apps.photos.phoxel.jetty.vellum.impl.VellumExternalGatewayActivity"
android:exported="true">
<meta-data
android:name="WindowManagerPreference:FreeformWindowSize"
android:value="system-default"/>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.apps.photos.jetty.action.OPEN_CREATOR_CANVAS"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.apps.photos.jetty.action.PICK_CREATOR_ALBUM"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity><color name="photos_phoxel_jetty_vellum_trim_handle_active">#d1eba9</color>
<color name="photos_phoxel_jetty_vellum_trim_handle_active_icon">#8f9582</color>
<color name="photos_phoxel_jetty_vellum_trim_handle_inactive">#2b2d26</color>
<color name="photos_phoxel_jetty_vellum_trim_handle_inactive_icon">#8f9582</color><public type="id" name="photos_album_ui_action_bar_vellum_button_icon" id="0x7f0b0ced" />
<public type="id" name="photos_album_ui_action_bar_vellum_button_id" id="0x7f0b0cee" />
<public type="layout" name="photos_phoxel_vellum_activity" id="0x7f0e05d8" />The newly confirmed Google Photos feature, “Creator Canvas” (codenamed: Vellum), appears to be a function that allows users to create their own personalized scrapbooks by freely arranging photos and videos on a canvas, based on existing “albums.” While Google Photos already offers “Collage,” which lets users fit photos into templates to create a single image, the new “Creator Canvas” feature will allow photos and videos to be placed freely across the canvas.
Given that “Creator Canvas” is fundamentally a feature based on “albums” and includes launch intents such as “PICK_CREATOR_ALBUM” and “OPEN_CREATOR_CANVAS,” it is expected to work in a way where Google Photos first generates a sample, allowing users to further edit and adjust it to their liking.
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