Brighten the selected region. Measure what happened outside it. Lumen tests two image controls, predicts their combined effect, and checks the actual pixels before keeping a change.
Original ReferenceTarget +0.12 RGBCurrent ReadyChange map 6× contrast
64 × 64 procedural image. Imported photos are processed locally at 128 × 128.
The dotted boundary marks the selected region. The map shows measured absolute change from the original. Small probe edits and rejected changes are visible before their undo.
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Can an edit satisfy both requirements?
Twelve image seeds × five control conditions × three search policies: coarse, exhaustive and fixed control. The first two physical probe edits each have a charged undo. The action limit is 64; every proposal records predicted errors before measuring the actual result.
Compare coarse and exhaustive alignment on an imported photograph. The NASA example is a satellite montage, supplied for a local pilot. It does not represent a varied photographic benchmark. Rate the intended change and preservation separately; no human judgments are prefilled.