Magnific vs Gemini refine — POC

Legend

• C1 — Baseline safe — sharp, faithful
  engine=magnific_sharpy • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=-5 • resemblance=8 • hdr=0 • scale=2x
• C2 — Balanced — small license to polish
  engine=magnific_sharpy • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=0 • resemblance=5 • hdr=0 • scale=2x
• C3 — Illusio engine, conservative knobs
  engine=magnific_illusio • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=-5 • resemblance=8 • hdr=0 • scale=2x
• C4 — Sparkle engine, conservative knobs
  engine=magnific_sparkle • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=-5 • resemblance=8 • hdr=0 • scale=2x
• C5 — Maximum-preservation extreme
  engine=automatic • optimized_for=standard • creativity=-10 • resemblance=10 • hdr=0 • scale=2x
• C6 — Same as C1 + slight HDR pop
  engine=magnific_sharpy • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=-5 • resemblance=8 • hdr=3 • scale=2x
• K1 — Kele's working config (Magnific creative v1, Sharpy)
  engine=magnific_sharpy • optimized_for=films_n_photography • creativity=4 • resemblance=-1 • hdr=2 • fractality=-3 • scale=2x

Sample	Source (input)	Gemini (current prod)	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	K1
#1 refine f17e2e54… session 06a5a359… Tue May 19 2026 02:11:04 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 2400×1792	Gemini refine 2400×1792	4800×3584 • 43.0s	4800×3584 • 56.4s	4800×3584 • 45.4s	4800×3584 • 46.3s	4800×3584 • 46.4s	4800×3584 • 40.3s	4800×3584 • 51.1s
#2 refine f473f833… session 06a5a359… Tue May 19 2026 02:08:26 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 2400×1792	Gemini refine 2400×1792	4800×3584 • 40.3s	4800×3584 • 45.5s	4800×3584 • 40.3s	4800×3584 • 40.2s	4800×3584 • 46.3s	4800×3584 • 56.1s	4800×3584 • 56.0s
#3 refine f46c5f1c… session 06a5a359… Tue May 19 2026 02:06:49 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 2400×1792	Gemini refine 2400×1792	4800×3584 • 47.5s	4800×3584 • 44.9s	4800×3584 • 45.4s	4800×3584 • 40.7s	4800×3584 • 40.1s	4800×3584 • 45.1s	4800×3584 • 50.9s
#4 refine 9fde3529… session 06a5a359… Tue May 19 2026 00:49:30 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 2400×1792	Gemini refine 2400×1792	4800×3584 • 40.1s	4800×3584 • 61.0s	4800×3584 • 39.9s	4800×3584 • 45.5s	4800×3584 • 40.0s	4800×3584 • 46.1s	4800×3584 • 51.2s
#5 refine 86283e04… session 06a5a359… Tue May 19 2026 00:19:48 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 2390×1792	Gemini refine 2400×1792	4776×3584 • 41.4s	4776×3584 • 347.1s	4776×3584 • 481.2s	4776×3584 • 320.0s	4776×3584 • 57.0s	4776×3584 • 46.0s	4776×3584 • 51.8s
#6 refine 15850896… session e6b7e4ac… Mon May 18 2026 22:15:19 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 1200×896	Gemini refine 2400×1792	2400×1792 • 21.2s	2400×1792 • 27.4s	2400×1792 • 21.2s	2400×1792 • 16.8s	2400×1792 • 15.8s	2400×1792 • 21.3s	2400×1792 • 31.8s
#7 refine 94c36fb4… session 164546b9… Mon May 18 2026 19:02:30 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 1200×896	Gemini refine 2400×1792	2400×1792 • 42.2s	2400×1792 • 36.9s	2400×1792 • 21.0s	2400×1792 • 42.4s	2400×1792 • 31.6s	2400×1792 • 47.5s	2400×1792 • 52.6s
#8 refine 3c417d8b… session 343c49bd… Mon May 18 2026 18:07:28 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 1376×768	Gemini refine 2752×1536	2752×1536 • 52.5s	2752×1536 • 42.2s	2752×1536 • 31.9s	2752×1536 • 21.1s	2752×1536 • 21.3s	2752×1536 • 21.1s	2752×1536 • 26.6s
#9 refine ec253de0… session 343c49bd… Mon May 18 2026 04:57:21 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 1376×768	Gemini refine 2752×1536	2752×1536 • 26.7s	2752×1536 • 27.4s	2752×1536 • 16.8s	2752×1536 • 16.9s	2752×1536 • 20.9s	2752×1536 • 21.7s	2752×1536 • 28.5s
#10 refine ae5c6f3a… session 343c49bd… Mon May 18 2026 04:25:41 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)	source 1376×768	Gemini refine 2752×1536	2752×1536 • 16.4s	2752×1536 • 21.7s	2752×1536 • 15.6s	2752×1536 • 21.8s	2752×1536 • 21.2s	2752×1536 • 21.0s	2752×1536 • 26.4s