When I was preparing my image files for my Deviant Art site, I came across quite a few images that would have worked for the site, but they needed a bit of work, so I put them in a folder called "Easily Fixable" as I sorted. The "before" pic is from my Easily Fixable folder as is. I used an SL avatar in a submission pose and then ran it through Civitai asking for a picture of a busy city street with her on it, along with other people walking around. I was hoping for something a little more paved, but this was still an intriguing image.
The first difference between the before and after pics is that the "after" pic looks a lot brighter. The colors seem to pop more. This is not unusual with AI art: it gets the dynamic range of the colors in an image wrong. Fortunately, it's a very easy fix in GIMP.
Then there's the ropes and straps hanging down between her legs. They don't make any sense visually, they don't connect with the rest of the figure in any logical way, so I replace them with background art, a little more troublesome than changing the lighting with a slider, but not difficult really. Note: I did leave in the plastic vibrator controller underneath her. Adds a nice "vibe" to the pic!
There was also the little square thing atop her butt. It looks like maybe it's the end of a dildo, but it's at the wrong angle for a dildo. It looks more like the top of a periscope. Well whatever it was, it looked like the visual equivalent of noise, so out it went. I replaced it with background art, much more easily than the leather straps between her legs.
Finally, there was one little thing. A finger, to be exact. The figure's right had was gifted with an extra finger by Civitai. This was by far the trickiest fix. I had to create a new outline of the wrist, extend the ropes around her wrist, and merge them with the background. Fortunately there were a lot of shadows, and those shadows, they do hide a lot of sins.
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