Preserve the strongest generation and its creative context
Use the original generation or highest-quality saved output rather than a screenshot. Preserve prompt, seed, model, version, edit history, masks, color decisions, and any licensed references when they are part of the production record. If a source has already passed through multiple image generators, face restorers, sharpeners, or social platforms, identify those steps because another enhancement may compound repeated eyes, false text, edge halos, and overspecified skin or fabric.
Mark the intentional characteristics before review: soft paint transitions, rough ink, grain, impasto, flat graphic fields, asymmetric anatomy, abstract symbols, limited palettes, or negative space. The upscaler does not know which irregularities are authored. Choose a representative crop containing the primary subject, smallest important feature, hardest texture, gradient, text-like mark, and boundary between foreground and background.