Troubleshooting

This page lists the most common refinement issues and what to try next.

Image issues

Halos around edges

  • Reduce sharpening/cleanup intensity.
  • Use a higher-quality source (halos are often baked into low-quality JPEGs).

Jagged cutouts / missing fine details

  • Re-run background removal more conservatively.
  • Prefer inputs with better separation (lighting, contrast).

“Plastic” textures

  • Reduce aggressive smoothing/denoise.
  • Keep some natural grain/texture.

Video issues

Shimmering text or UI

  • Reduce enhancement/sharpening.
  • Export at a higher bitrate and avoid resizing twice.

Flicker on faces

  • Use more conservative settings.
  • Review fast-motion segments; avoid pushing detail enhancement too hard.

Banding/blotchy gradients

  • Reduce aggressive enhancement.
  • Export a higher-quality master and avoid additional re-encoding passes.

Audio issues

Robotic/underwater voice

  • Reduce denoise strength.
  • If the noise is complex, try voice isolation with conservative settings.

Pumping / gated background

  • Lower intensity and avoid over-isolation.
  • Consider leaving a small amount of natural room tone.

Speech still hard to understand

  • The issue might be reverb, mic placement, or clipping—results may be limited.

Text issues

Meaning drift

  • Add constraints: “preserve meaning, do not strengthen claims.”
  • Pin non-negotiable sentences and ask to keep them verbatim.

Tone feels generic

  • Provide 2–3 examples of your preferred style.
  • Reduce conflicting tone adjectives and keep it specific.

Inconsistent terminology

  • Create a short glossary and require those terms.

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