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Photo Remaster Prompts — Track D

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Eight prompts: four models, a pass 1 and a pass 2 each. Pass 1 cleans, pass 2 resolves. Both preserve tone and colour — grading happens downstream.

To use: copy the prompt for your chosen model and pass, then replace the [PASTE PRIORITY LINE] slot with the line from your camera’s entry on the camera page.

Choose the AI model by batch, not by camera. Each has a different drift profile:

  • nano-banana-pro — faithful to instruction, low drift. May under-resolve. Verify: that it didn’t regrade.
  • gpt-image-2 — most detail, highest drift; likes to “improve” faces. Verify: likeness and facial structure first.
  • grok-imagine-quality — strong photorealism, moderate drift. Terse briefs grant it latitude. Caps at PG-13 on non-Grok sources. Verify: identity.
  • seedream — most faithful to facial features, low drift. Least inventive. Verify: that resolution is adequate.

Delivery and form are the invariants. NBP reasons in steps. GPT scopes in a numbered list. Grok talks. SeeDream states facts. Keep each prompt inside its own delivery and form when editing.

nano-banana-pro #

Pass 1 — clean #

TASK — PASS 1: CLEAN
Remove artifacts from this [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE]. Repair only — do not
regrade, and do not add detail yet.

PRIORITY
[PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

STEP 1 — ANALYZE FIRST
Reason about the source: identify [DEFECTS], and the original light
direction. Let that drive the repair.

STEP 2 — REPAIR
Fully resolve [DEFECTS] at [LOCATION] so they are indistinguishable
from a clean capture.

STEP 3 — PRESERVE, DO NOT CORRECT
Leave tone, contrast, colour, white balance and saturation as the
source has them. Do not neutralize casts, open shadows, or boost
contrast.

HARD CONSTRAINTS (reason about these before finalizing)
Preserve exact likeness, features, age, expression, pose, gaze,
clothing, background, composition. Do not beautify, slim or alter
structure. Do not invent details.

OUTPUT
Pin to [WIDTH x HEIGHT] to match the source.

Pass 2 — resolve #

TASK — PASS 2: RESOLVE
Reconstruct detail on this cleaned image. Repair only — do not regrade.

PRIORITY
[PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

STEP 1 — RESOLVE
Rebuild honest detail: natural skin texture with realistic pores and
fine lines, crisp resolved eyes with realistic catchlights, clean
edges. Stay conservative — do not invent texture that is not there.

STEP 2 — PRESERVE
Leave tone, contrast, colour, white balance and saturation untouched.

HARD CONSTRAINTS
Preserve exact likeness, features, age, expression, pose, gaze,
clothing, background, composition. No plastic or waxy skin. No
invented details.

OUTPUT
Pin to [WIDTH x HEIGHT] to match the source.

gpt-image-2 #

Pass 1 — clean #

Clean this [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE] — remove the damage without regrading it.

PRIORITY: [PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

1. Remove [DEFECTS] at [LOCATION]. Repair seamlessly so the damage is
   invisible.
2. Leave tone, contrast, colour, white balance and saturation exactly
   as the source has them. No regrade, no colour shift, no added
   contrast.

Change ONLY these. Keep exact likeness, facial features, age,
expression, pose, gaze, clothing, background and composition. Do not
beautify or change facial structure. Do not invent details.

Avoid haze, bloom, over-sharpening, regrading, and invented details.

Pass 2 — resolve #

Resolve detail on this cleaned [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE] — add no grade.

PRIORITY: [PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

1. Rebuild honest detail: natural skin texture with visible pores and
   fine lines, crisp resolved eyes with realistic catchlights, clean
   edges. Stay conservative.
2. Leave tone, contrast, colour, white balance and saturation exactly
   as they are.

Change ONLY these. Keep exact likeness, facial features, age,
expression, pose, gaze, clothing, background and composition. Do not
beautify. Avoid plastic skin and invented details.

grok-imagine-quality #

Pass 1 — clean #

Clean this old [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE] up — get rid of the damage, don't
regrade it.

[PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

Clear away [DEFECTS] so they're gone. Leave the colour and the tones
exactly as they are. No grading, just clean.

Most of all, keep the person exactly who they are: same face, same
expression, same moment. Don't beautify. Never plastic.

Pass 2 — resolve #

Now give this cleaned [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE] its detail back — still no
grading.

[PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

Give the skin real texture, the eyes something alive, the edges clean.
Stay honest — don't invent texture that isn't there.

Most of all, keep the person exactly who they are. Don't beautify.
Never plastic.

seedream #

Pass 1 — clean #

A cleaned [ERA] [PHOTO TYPE]. The source, repaired — nothing regraded.

Priority: [PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

The image is defect-free: [DEFECTS] at [LOCATION] cleaned away until
invisible. The tone and the colour are the source's own — untouched,
ungraded.

The person is exactly themselves: same face, features, age, expression,
pose, gaze, clothing, background, composition. Nothing about the
rendering is reinterpreted.

No haze, no bloom, no over-sharpening, no invented details.

Pass 2 — resolve #

The same image, now fully resolved. Still ungraded.

Priority: [PASTE PRIORITY LINE]

Detail is resolved and honest: natural skin texture with visible pores
and fine lines, crisp eyes with realistic catchlights, clean edges,
minimal noise. The tone and the colour remain the source's own.

The person is exactly themselves: same face, features, age, expression,
pose, gaze, clothing, background, composition. The rendering is
resolved, not reinterpreted.

No plastic skin, no over-sharpening, no invented details.
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