Articles
Articles on AI models and working with photos
Breakdowns, checklists and practice: how to get a faithful likeness, what drives generation quality, and where the models hit their limits.
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Which Photo to Upload to an AI: A Checklist for Light, Angle and Sharpness
A breakdown of the source image along the four parameters that determine likeness, plus the typical mistakes that make a generation return someone else's face.
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Which Photographs Animate Well and Which Are Not Worth Trying
A breakdown across six properties of the source — from shot size and background to hand position — with what actually happens when each one is violated.
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Generating From Scratch and Generating From a Photo: The Practical Difference
Two modes of working with a model solve different problems. What each gives you, where the boundary runs, and how to choose for a given outcome.
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How Many Photos a Model Needs to Recognise a Person
One shot, a set of five, or training on dozens — different technologies with different outcomes. What each approach gives, and when the effort pays off.
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A Prompt Vocabulary: Photographic Terms Models Understand
Models learned from captions on real photographs, so professional terminology works better than everyday description. A practical vocabulary in four sections.
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Rubbery Motion in Generated Video: Causes and Fixes
Why objects behave like jelly, where the physics breaks down, and which source and prompt choices reduce the effect.
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The Main Profile Photo: What Is Decided in the First Second
The first frame decides whether the profile is opened at all. Its requirements are stricter than the rest — and they are not about beauty.
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Photos for Professional Networks: How They Are Actually Seen
The frame appears as a small circle beside text, in feeds and in search results. The requirements follow from those conditions rather than from ideas about beauty.
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Technical Requirements for an Avatar: Size, Cropping, Background
A practical guide: what resolution to upload, how to compose for a circular crop, and how to check the result before publishing.
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How AI Editing Differs From Filters
A filter transforms pixels by formula; a model rebuilds the image. The fundamental difference and what follows from it in practice.
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