diff --git a/docs/synthid.md b/docs/synthid.md index 2fce6e7..ec775f3 100644 --- a/docs/synthid.md +++ b/docs/synthid.md @@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ study (section 2.2) gives empirical floors: measured on; treat it as a lower bound, not a guarantee, and raise + oracle-recheck per content type (see §5.1 controlnet bullet). - **Google (capped 1536)**: 0.15 (n=4); 0.05 and 0.10 do not clear. -- **Google native 2816**: not locally measured; likely needs >= 0.30 (vendor + - resolution stack). Use a GPU or `--max-resolution 1536`. +- **Google native 2816**: 0.15 clears (n=2, deployed controlnet worker, 2026-06-14) -- + the same rung as capped 1536, so no resolution penalty was observed. The default is **vendor-adaptive** (`watermark_profiles.resolve_strength` + `vendor_for_strength`): the tool reads the C2PA issuer on the original input and picks @@ -570,12 +570,13 @@ Two constraints on reading this: set at all. - **The bottom of the curve is the untested end, not the top.** Every Gemini oracle fixture is 2816x1536, so the Google-side certification only ever covered 0.154, while - the curve sends sub-1 MP images to 0.084-0.094 - at or below the rung that failed here. - That is less alarming than it first looks, because the resolution trend recorded above - (line ~644) says lower processing resolution needs *less* strength, which is the shape - the curve already has. But it is an inference, not a measurement: no small Gemini - original has ever been through the oracle. Downscaling is safe test material - SynthID - survives it by design - so a downscaled original is a valid way to close that gap. + `resolution_adaptive_denoise` sends sub-1 MP images to 0.084-0.094 - at or below the + rung that failed here. Whether that is safe depends on how the boundary moves with + resolution, and **that is unproven in either direction** (see the note in §5.5): the + only relevant measurement, Gemini clean at 0.15 on native 2816, shows no penalty for + going *up*, and says nothing about going down. No small Gemini original has ever been + through the oracle on any pipeline. Downscaling is valid test material - SynthID + survives it by design - so a downscaled original closes the gap. ### 5.3 Test methodology @@ -675,18 +676,25 @@ openai.com/verify): weight 0.5 blends ~half its pixels back, re-introducing SynthID into the composited face over the diffusion-cleaned result (see §5.1 face-identity bullet). - (Side note: reducing the processing resolution does NOT weaken SynthID -- it is - robust to downscaling by design, and the study's resolution trend says LOWER - processing res needs LESS strength, so 1024 was never the wall.) + robust to downscaling by design, so 1024 was never the wall. Whether a lower + processing resolution then needs more or less removal strength is NOT established; + see the note below.) **Historical controlnet certification, superseded by the current vendor-adaptive defaults (isolated GPU sweep + oracle, restore OFF, <= 1536, each vendor on its own oracle):** OpenAI **0.20** (2 photoreal x seed {1,2,3} = 6/6 clean; the 0.15-flipper is seed-robust at 0.20) and Gemini **0.30** -(0.20 detected -> 0.30 clean on 2/2 seeds). OpenAI 0.20 transfers to prod -(resolution-independent); Gemini 0.30 holds only <= 1536 -- Gemini is -resolution-sensitive, so a native-resolution deployment should cap Gemini <= 1536 + use 0.30 or -native-calibrate (~0.35+). See `docs/controlnet-removal-pipeline-research.md` for the -table. +(0.20 detected -> 0.30 clean on 2/2 seeds). Both were measured at <= 1536 only. See +`docs/controlnet-removal-pipeline-research.md` for the table. + +**Whether Gemini removal is resolution-sensitive is UNPROVEN, in either direction.** +This document previously asserted it was, and recommended capping Gemini at 1536 with +0.30 or "native-calibrating" to ~0.35+. Nothing measured that. The one relevant +measurement points the other way: the 2026-06-14 deployed-worker re-test cleared Gemini +at **0.15 on two NATIVE 2816x1536 images**, the same rung as capped 1536. So there is no +observed native-resolution penalty, and no observed benefit either -- the low-resolution +end has simply never been through the Gemini oracle on any pipeline. Do not reason from +a resolution trend here; measure it. **Current implication:** the old floor table remains evidence about the dated test set, not the current resolver. The shipped SDXL and ControlNet defaults are