Checklist · 10 minutes

How to Evaluate an AI-Generated Photo

A spectacular picture can solve the wrong problem, and this checklist helps you test the result by twenty signs and make a decision without the subjective "seems normal."

August 18, 202620 signs4 groups2 minutes check-in
Portrait on the visual control table with groups of quality marks
First, check the task and preserve important details, then the physics of the scene and technical purity.
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Rate AI Photos in the Right Order: Task, Preservation, Physics, Technique

Beautiful light easily distracts from the replaced face, and sharpness from ignored instructions. A checklist of 20 signs helps to separate a suitable result from a spectacular draft in two minutes.

20four-group
0–2point
2 minutesfollow-up
01 · Task

Five questions about the implementation of the request

  1. Is the main action done?Not “became beautiful”, but the object disappeared or the desired background appeared.
  2. Changed the right area?The model did not confuse a person, an object or an inscription.
  3. Is the scope of the change consistent with the request?The local retouch has not turned into a new photo.
  4. Are all the mandatory elements present?Especially in composite scenes and product cards.
  5. No unsolicited additions?Extra people, text, jewelry and logos.
02 · Conservation

Five Signs That The Important Is Still the Same

  1. The face is recognizable.Contour, eyes, nose and age are not replaced by average beauty.
  2. Pose and proportions maintained.If the request did not require them to be changed.
  3. Clothing and accessories did not mutate.Check the clasps, jewelry and edges of fabric.
  4. The calibration corresponds to the source.Hands, crown or merchandise have not disappeared.
  5. Background participants haven't changed.Local editing should not redraw other people's faces.
03 Physics

Five scene plausibility checks

  1. The light comes from one world.The direction of glare and shadows is agreed.
  2. Contact shadows in place.Objects don't hang above the surface.
  3. The outlook doesn't break.Horizon, furniture and architectural lines continue.
  4. The overlaps are logical.Hands pass in front of clothes, hair - before the background.
  5. Reflections correspond to objects.The mirror and the window don't show a remote person.
04 Techniques

The Last Five Signs of Quality

  1. Hands and small details intact.Fingers, teeth, earrings and edges of glasses.
  2. No repetition of the texture.Brick, hair and fabric do not form noticeable stamps.
  3. No halo on the contour.Especially after the background changes.
  4. The text reads literally.Check each letter, not the overall impression.
  5. The file is sizeable.The format, proportions and resolution correspond to the site.
05

How to turn the list into a solution

Put 2 points for a completed item, 1 for the borderline and 0 for failure. But don't average critical errors: zero for main action, face or security means rework regardless of the total amount.

Balls.Status.Action.
36–40readyCheck the site and publish
30–35finalizeCorrect 1-2 specific zones
0–29repeatSimplify the request or change the source
Priorities

Different tasks can not be checked with one average score

The face, age, hands and naturalness of the skin are critical for portraits; to remove a person, it is to restore hidden backgrounds, shadows and reflections. In product photos, you first look at packaging shape, color, logo and readability of text; artistic beauty comes after the product's accuracy.

Mark the five mandatory items in advance for the task at hand, and they become stop conditions. The rest of them help you choose the best option among the suitable ones, but don't compensate for failure of the requirement, so that an impressive background won' t have the right to hide a replaced person or a distorted product.

Outcome

Quality becomes manageable when it can be tested.

Save the checklist and go through groups in order. It's not a substitute for taste, but it protects you from the most expensive mistake of taking a beautiful picture that solves the wrong problem.