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S14 Side Crop Reference Review

Status

Document status: Codex local review.
Research arm: B.
Reference input: projects/2026-06-23-在路上/visual-system/characters/character-anchor-v2-side-reference-crop-tight.png.
Generated image: ../outputs/s14-side-crop-reference-v1.png.
Review result: usable candidate for user review; not a final project shot.

Reference Path Evidence

This run is not prompt-only:

the side crop image was loaded with view_image before generation;
the generation prompt referred to the loaded image as Image 1;
the prompt assigned Image 1 a side-face identity reference role;
the output shows direct visual continuity with the reference side profile.

Limitation:

the built-in image tool does not expose a file-path upload argument in the visible tool schema;
this proves reference-by-visible-context for the host path, not Garden/API explicit image upload.

Local Visual Inspection

Visible preserved identity cues:

side profile is strongly preserved;
black rectangular glasses preserved;
dark messy longer hair silhouette preserved;
fuller beard / stubble preserved;
middle-aged face impression preserved;
dark long coat and backpack preserved;
body reads upright and capable.

Shot-function fit:

cold underpass / wet concrete edge is present;
background remains visible enough to read as a city-pressure scene;
side profile matches the intended S-14 half-profile function well;
no obvious text, UI, neon, sci-fi, logo, or watermark.

Drift / watch points:

the figure is large and visually dominant, near the upper limit for S-14;
the crop-reference influence is strong, which helps identity but can pull the image toward portrait dominance;
the scene is slightly darker and moodier than Arm A, which works for S-14 but should be checked against adjacent shots.

Rubric

Criterion	Assessment	Notes
Actual reference made available	pass with host-context caveat	`view_image` before generation plus explicit `Image 1` prompt role.
Same traveler identity	pass	Strong preservation of side profile, glasses, hair, beard, coat, backpack.
Age and dignity	pass	Reads middle-aged and tired but not collapsed.
Half-profile S-14 function	pass	Better side-profile control than Arm A.
Environment remains meaningful	mostly pass	Background is present, though person dominates more.
Avoids major drift	pass	No fashion, hero, cyber/UI, or glamour drift.

Codex Read

The side crop is the better primary reference for S-14-type half-profile identity shots. It preserves the specific side-face structure and profile cues more tightly than the master board.

Its tradeoff is composition: because the input is a tight identity crop, the generated scene tends to keep the figure larger and more dominant. The prompt should keep a stronger scale constraint if this path is used for production.

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