# Product-photo approval: a worked decision

QuestStudio, October 23, 2026. Constructed teaching example, not a customer result, real SKU, spontaneous model failure or measured accuracy comparison. Both fictional bottles were generated together with the cap difference requested deliberately.

Illustration: https://queststudio.io/static/blog/ai-product-photo-approval-checklist-review-hero.webp

## Review record

- Record: practice-loop-01
- Defined design: matte charcoal bottle; screw cap with a carry loop, illustrated on the left.
- Candidate: the right-hand bottle in the same illustration.
- Checked detail: cap attachment.
- Observation: the right-hand cap has no visible carry loop.
- Decision: reject as a depiction of the defined loop-cap design.
- Next action: return to a confirmed source showing the correct cap; preserve that product source while editing the surroundings.
- Unknown: capacity, dimensions, insulation performance and the unseen back. Do not infer these from the illustration.
- Reviewer: editorial teaching example; replace with the actual reviewer's name in a real project.
- Approved export: none.

## Practice

Explain the failure in one sentence without commenting on which bottle is prettier. Then list the evidence you would need to approve an actual product listing. Do not submit this fictional illustration as a real product photo.

## Separate score arithmetic

In QuestStudio's human scorecard, shape has a 30% weight. A hypothetical 3/5 shape score plus 5/5 in all other dimensions totals 88%. It still fails the minimum 4/5 shape requirement. These invented values explain the gate; they are not scores for this illustration. A known product mismatch or insufficient reference evidence remains unresolved regardless of a total.

Guide: https://queststudio.io/blog/ai-product-photo-approval-checklist
Blank record: https://queststudio.io/static/downloads/product-photo-approval-log.csv