피파 한 줄 정리: Production = 보석 만들기. Ideation으로 찾은 방향을 premium 설정으로 다시 generate → 선별 → 로컬 edit (inpaint) → external post-process → final.
If ideation is panning for gold, production is the jewelry-making process. You've found your gold flakes — now you melt, cast, polish, and set them into something wearable. This phase is slower, more deliberate, and uses your best tools and materials.
The Production Pipeline
INPUT: 3-5 finalist images from ideation
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│ 1. REGENERATE │ Re-prompt at maximum quality
│ AT QUALITY │ Use reference images from ideation
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│ 2. SELECT BEST │ Pick the strongest 1-2 outputs
│ CANDIDATE │ Consider composition, mood, accuracy
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│ 3. LOCAL EDITS │ Inpainting: fix hands, faces, details
│ (INPAINT) │ Outpainting: extend canvas if needed
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│ 4. EXTERNAL │ Photoshop/GIMP: color grade, composite,
│ POST-PROCESS │ add text, remove artifacts, resize
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│ 5. FINAL CHECK │ Does it meet the brief? Print test?
│ & DELIVERY │ Correct resolution? Right format?
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Step 1: Regenerate at Quality
Take your finalist prompts from ideation and regenerate them using premium model settings. Add details you identified during exploration: specific lighting directions, compositional elements, color palette references. This is where you switch from "surprise me" to "execute this vision."
"Professional woman, modern workspace, natural light"
"Professional woman in earth-toned linen blazer, seated at a clean oak desk in a bright modern office, large window camera-left casting warm directional light, shallow depth of field, editorial photography style, warm amber and cream color palette"
Step 2: Select and Assess
With premium-quality outputs, evaluate critically. Zoom in on hands, check text readability, verify the composition works at your target size (a thumbnail viewed at 100px wide has different requirements than a poster). Look for the generation with the fewest problems to fix, not the one that's "prettiest" at first glance.
Step 3: Local Edits
No generated image is perfect. Use inpainting to fix the 10% that's wrong — a distorted hand, an awkward shadow, a blurry detail. Use outpainting if you need more canvas space for text overlays or different aspect ratios. These AI-powered edits are faster and more consistent than Photoshop for most fixes.
Step 4: Post-Processing
This is where AI output becomes professional output. Color grading ensures consistency across a series. Text overlays use proper typography. Compositing layers multiple elements. Final sharpening, noise reduction, and format conversion prepare the image for its delivery medium.
- Production is a pipeline: regenerate at quality → select → edit locally → post-process → deliver.
- Select the output with the fewest problems to fix, not the one that looks best before fixes.
- Professional AI output always involves post-processing. Raw generation is a starting point, not a final product.