Image Pipeline
Use This Skill When
- •Changing RAW decode flow or edit operation order.
- •Introducing new image adjustments or tuning defaults.
- •Diagnosing color shifts, clipping, banding, or highlight recovery issues.
Required Inputs
- •Pipeline stage being changed.
- •Expected visual behavior and tolerance.
- •Test image set or sample corpus path.
Workflow
- •Document exact processing order before changes.
- •Implement change in one stage at a time.
- •Validate with golden images or reference snapshots.
- •Confirm edits stay parameter-only (non-destructive).
- •Record known visual deltas and rationale.
Guardrails
- •Do not mutate source RAW files.
- •Keep parameter mapping stable across preview and export.
- •Reject mixed color-space assumptions across stages.
Output Contract
- •Pipeline code change and updated stage documentation.
- •Regression comparison notes (pass/fail per test image).