Unchained Distortions: Why Step-by-Step Image Editing Breaks Down While Chain-of-Thought Shines
TL;DR for operators Image-editing demos are easy. Ask a model to remove one object, recolour a jacket, or add a tasteful lamp, and most modern systems can produce something impressive enough for a product page and a LinkedIn post. Ask it to perform eight connected edits while keeping the original subject, layout, texture, lighting, and realism intact, and the polite showroom smile begins to crack. ...