{
  "date": "2026-09-14",
  "method": "Actual Thumbrix generation and AI Edit requests from an isolated local test build connected to live GPT Image 2 through KIE. Locally seeded test account and allowance; no real payment or customer account involved.",
  "sourceRevision": "f54ffad",
  "brief": "Fictional $200 compact-camera review; AI-generated unbranded camera. No camera test, published video, viewer panel or CTR measurement.",
  "shape": "16:9",
  "generationSize": "1K",
  "exportOption": "1080p",
  "steps": [
    {
      "step": "first",
      "sourceStep": null,
      "input": {
        "preset": "youtube",
        "prompt": "A budget compact camera review. Show a generic unbranded compact digital camera on a creator's desk, with a lens, notebook and small plant nearby. Warm desk lighting with a blue-purple studio background. Photorealistic product photography. The video asks whether a $200 camera is worth buying. No people or logos; this is a concept image, not sample footage from the camera.",
        "headline": "WORTH $200?"
      },
      "startedAt": "2026-09-14T08:40:02.374Z",
      "successObservedAt": "2026-09-14T08:41:41.837Z",
      "status": "success",
      "editorialReview": "Readable initial result; accessory relevance questioned.",
      "export": {
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1080,
        "sha256": "1a70c4e4637b43069fc3e227c4104d908bea304c90cdcdd34dbca75f4109def2",
        "note": "Default export pipeline can resample provider output."
      },
      "publishedAssets": [
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-first.webp",
          "sha256": "ee1355c816b098b54a0fc3183e0a3c783e3ee1b5178e4a0e1d0e84d882b81ff0",
          "width": 1200,
          "height": 675
        },
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-first-small.webp",
          "sha256": "a54756d64d727f29cfa751255ee4dbfc83096ab0a566a50bfb3c53ed996eb04b",
          "width": 320,
          "height": 180
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "step": "focused",
      "sourceStep": "first",
      "input": {
        "preset": "edit",
        "prompt": "Remove the potted plant, detached lens, notebook, pen and background lamp. Fill their areas naturally with the existing wooden desk and blue-purple studio backdrop. Preserve the same compact camera, its position and recognizable details. Enlarge the camera modestly around its current center to use the freed space without touching the headline. Keep the headline exactly WORTH $200? with its existing wording, font, placement, white and yellow colors and black backing. Do not add objects, logos or new text. Keep the original lighting and 16:9 composition."
      },
      "startedAt": "2026-09-14T08:42:15.524Z",
      "successObservedAt": "2026-09-14T08:43:49.731Z",
      "status": "success",
      "editorialReview": "Rejected: camera overlaps dollar sign; requested background not preserved.",
      "export": {
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1080,
        "sha256": "0079986f8766e518b23a9d1c341ad44abdaad6dde33d2def0a33c66d1bc0e9c6",
        "note": "Default export pipeline can resample provider output."
      },
      "publishedAssets": [
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-focused.webp",
          "sha256": "2ec77ab63f70532503f86b757badfdf760dbc46732da2a9b7ee51c2a3acceae2",
          "width": 1200,
          "height": 675
        },
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-focused-small.webp",
          "sha256": "8d49aae42dd8b6eb51c71032012c91ab5a5cb24e121f6b160bbccbe537d00135",
          "width": 320,
          "height": 180
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "step": "repaired",
      "sourceStep": "focused",
      "input": {
        "preset": "edit",
        "prompt": "Repair the layout. The camera currently overlaps the headline: shrink the camera and move it down-left so it fits entirely inside the left 55 percent of the canvas, with a clear visible gap before the text. Preserve the camera identity and all existing letters. The full headline WORTH $200? must be completely visible, unchanged white WORTH and yellow $200?, on the right half. Replace the plain white background with a smooth deep navy studio background. Add a subtle cool rim light on the camera edge so the dark body separates from navy. Keep a simple flat desk base, no extra accessories, no plants, no lamps, no logos, no new text. Keep 16:9."
      },
      "startedAt": "2026-09-14T08:46:27.428Z",
      "successObservedAt": "2026-09-14T08:47:57.049Z",
      "status": "success",
      "editorialReview": "Layout accepted as checkpoint; requested navy background not produced.",
      "export": {
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1080,
        "sha256": "71f7d124d30ec567351cedf913b69213190923d82b7c6d8a840a5e0e6c35d6ed",
        "note": "Default export pipeline can resample provider output."
      },
      "publishedAssets": [
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-repaired.webp",
          "sha256": "2d7616bbff2b25f9b69d9f1170373791e4429c4f7d8b32b396e2f510cbd8b64a",
          "width": 1200,
          "height": 675
        },
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-repaired-small.webp",
          "sha256": "d7994c49f51e2c215bde24c8f9bc65c5e154a3641d7bb29d913f3024beab78a2",
          "width": 320,
          "height": 180
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "step": "navy",
      "sourceStep": "repaired",
      "input": {
        "preset": "edit",
        "prompt": "Change ONLY the white background into a deep navy-blue studio backdrop (#172554). The entire surrounding background must be dark navy blue instead of white. Preserve the camera and the full WORTH $200? headline exactly at their current positions and sizes. Keep the same white and yellow letters and black backing. Keep the camera dark with its existing highlights; do not redraw the product. No changes to layout, text, subject size, no extra objects. Only replace the background color."
      },
      "startedAt": "2026-09-14T08:48:31.196Z",
      "successObservedAt": "2026-09-14T08:52:13.122Z",
      "status": "success",
      "editorialReview": "Navy background produced; dark subject edges less distinct at small size.",
      "export": {
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1080,
        "sha256": "5c2f62f235132bd0e8ded766e1fa8c005b38a2a421c8a187c53b04e7cef3caf2",
        "note": "Default export pipeline can resample provider output."
      },
      "publishedAssets": [
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-navy.webp",
          "sha256": "6444a5f1a4ab863ca4bc0ed3f39e160ded6e3629100b303104cf2e8d5b0c862b",
          "width": 1200,
          "height": 675
        },
        {
          "url": "/images/blog/camera-case-navy-small.webp",
          "sha256": "e14bd6551da9ddfef99351a74b693a5ad37c5d4a5e89cb3c39b9fd7a5a00688e",
          "width": 320,
          "height": 180
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "technicalInterruption": {
    "step": "repaired",
    "status": "failed",
    "reason": "Timeout; no image returned. Local test allowance restored. Retried only this step."
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Four successful images from one editing sequence, plus one timed-out submission.",
    "Generative edits are not pixel-locked color experiments.",
    "successObservedAt is polling observation time, not exact provider completion time.",
    "Editorial preferences are visual judgments, not measured audience performance."
  ]
}