AI models render bright even for gloomy scenes. A post grade fixes it uniformly and scene-agnostically — so it lives here in post, NOT in the (generic) location meta-prompt. Sample: the Sci-Fi Noir cantina. Click to enlarge.
Lighting fix — backlight recovery tone-map the AI-bright plate: recover the dark foreground, tame the bright window
Originalraw model output — bright, backlitReinhard tone-mapHDR range compression — recovers foregroundMantiuk tone-maplocal HDR — deeper, moodier
Cinematic finish · Reinhard base effects stacked on the recovered tone-map
