# Production Process Editorials — Grounded V2

## Decision

The 120-image set replaces the previous clean laboratory/factory bias with a believable small-to-medium Seoul jewelry workshop that has operated for years and is carefully maintained. It is organized and competent, but neither run-down nor pristine.

Each stage uses four photographic roles:

- V01–V03: environmental context
- V04–V06: human action at medium distance
- V07–V09: spatial object or process trace
- V10–V12: close evidence

This is the Exo Ape-derived sequence principle: variety comes from distance, scale, depth, color, and image function—not from making every room futuristic.

## Shared prompt

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Use case: photorealistic-natural
Asset type: exact portrait 4:5 editorial photograph for the TN Silver production-process website.
Location truth: a believable small-to-medium Seoul jewelry manufacturing workshop that has operated for years and is carefully maintained. Compact human scale, mixed-age equipment, used steel and wood benches, shallow drawers, ordinary parts trays and task lamps, subtle scratches and patina, window daylight mixed with neutral fluorescent work light. Organized and competent, neither run-down nor nostalgic.
Style/medium: candid documentary photography with real optics, natural skin and fabric, restrained color, and imperfect everyday detail; no glossy advertising polish. Each output must feel like an independent photograph, not a variation of a shared template.
People: no identifiable face, no eyes, no eyeglasses. Show people only from behind, cropped below the nose, as torso, arms, or hands. Clean-cut clients are early-to-mid thirties. Skilled workers look alert and competent, not elderly, grey-haired, shabby, or sentimental. Men handle fabrication and polishing; women handle inspection.
Composition: the working scene leads and jewelry is supporting evidence except in evidence variants. Never make a centered marketplace product shot. Keep enough action in the middle so a 16:9 center crop remains readable, while the full 4:5 frame has depth and directional lines.
Constraints: physically plausible tools and safe handling; no readable text, numbers, logo, brand mark or watermark.
Avoid: laboratory, cleanroom, medical-device facility, automated factory, startup office, corporate conference room, luxury boutique, pristine showroom, brand-new uniform equipment, oversized machinery, CGI, black-glove repetition, beige stone flat lay, satin, theatrical sparks.
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## Stage-specific prompt set

1. Inquiry: workshop entrance handoff; founder's studio preparation; courier arrival; seated intake; parcel opening; phone documentation; reference trail; remote intake; project envelope; phone evidence; ruler and sketch; underside and failed joint.
2. Consultation: workshop meeting corner; standing material discussion; window fitting; clasp demonstration; chain-weight comparison; bracelet comfort; finish samples; long-table perspective; quantity and schedule objects; ring-size evidence; clasp evidence; thickness evidence.
3. Source assessment: wide inspection corner; shelf-framed room view; long-chain inspection; caliper action; clasp cycling; loupe comparison; chain wear transition; raking-light silhouette; top/underside/side views; wall measurement; solder-seam evidence; hinge and spring evidence.
4. CAD and printing: compact digital corner; workshop-to-digital long view; dusk workstation; thickness revision; build-plate removal; utility-sink cleanup; resin iterations; support tree; digital-to-manual transition; support clipping; wall measurement; silhouette comparison.
5. Sample production: fabrication bay; bench filing; soldering/forming bays; wax sprue; fresh casting filing; controlled soldering; three production states; cast-tree trace; hanging link sample; sprue clipping; mandrel forming; cooling joint.
6. Sample finishing and QC: polishing-to-inspection wide view; drawer-aisle view; tray handoff; bench polishing; ultrasonic rinse; clasp cycling; raking-light finish; passed/held trays; drying trace; thickness evidence; loupe evidence; spring-alignment evidence.
7. Sample approval: workshop meeting; client studio fitting; mirror fitting; option comparison; wrist closure; tablet comparison; accepted sample pause; material choice; mirror/clothing scene; clasp trial; color-chip evidence; approval gesture.
8. Mass production: doorway-wide manual batch; long-bench workflow; low bench-depth view; hand-jig assembly; adjacent operations; controlled batch polishing; component flow; hanging stage lengths; production trace; spacing jig; repeated solder joints; length comparison.
9. Production finishing and QC: window-side inspection; packing-shelf view; cleaning-to-inspection handoff; caliper sampling; loupe sampling; physical count; raking-light consistency; passed/held trays; ultrasonic drying; dimension evidence; clasp-tension evidence; enamel-boundary evidence.
10. Delivery and settlement: client-studio handoff; TN packing corner; client unboxing; compartment packing; carton sealing; studio handoff; dispatch objects; protected carton; case and confirmation; final count; case latch and scan; first opening.

## Output and verification

- Built-in `image_gen`, one independent call per image
- 120 PNG files
- 1122 × 1402, sRGB, portrait 4:5
- Two face-risk candidates were regenerated; rejected originals are kept under `.runtime/process-editorials-120/rejected-grounded-v2/`