GPT Image 2.5 Flare realism tested: six things that stood out
After testing it firsthand, the author lists six strengths: skin texture, lighting, phone-camera noise, depth of field, long-prompt adherence and natural candid poses.
GPT Image 2.5 Flare might be the most realistic model that's dropped this year... tested it against the hype myself, here's what actually stood out: - skin texture holds up close, pores, peach fuzz, uneven tone, the stuff that usually breaks realism - lighting reads as genuinely photographed, not rendered... warm daylight, indoor ambient, both hold correctly - phone-camera artifacts nail themselves, grain, natural dynamic range, no filter look - depth of field behaves right, sharp subject, soft background, no obvious falloff error - long, detailed prompts actually get followed, outfit details, jewelry, expression, all landing - candid poses look candid, not the usual stiff AI-generated symmetry the lighting and texture out of the box is what actually surprised people, not the prompt-following
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