Order the edit loop
Order the edit loop
You have four versions of a product shot. One composition is right; the background colour is slightly off and the label area needs a small replacement. Instead of another round of re-rolls, you decide to work by editing — one disciplined loop from foundation to finished image.
Order the steps of the edit loop so each pass changes one thing and keeps everything else intact.
Correct order
- Generate a small batch — two to four candidates — and choose a direction.
- Pick the closest candidate as your foundation — not the perfect one.
- Name exactly one change you want to make.
- Apply it as an edit: describe the change for the whole image, or mark the region and describe its replacement.
- Compare the new version with the previous one and keep the better of the two.
- Only if the change spread too far: revert, then take a smaller step from the better version.
Hint
A foundation comes before fine-tuning — pick the closest candidate first.
One variable per pass; anything else is a re-roll wearing a disguise.
Why this is the answer
The loop is: choose a foundation, name one change, apply it as an edit, compare, keep the better version. Order matters because each step depends on the previous one — you cannot compare versions you did not keep, and you cannot name a change until a foundation exists. Run in order, the loop turns iteration into a series of comparable decisions instead of a slot machine.