Group shots: save faces and lighting before fixing pavers
`group-photo-remove-person` targets minus-one edits in team portraits, family composites, and refreshed campaign groups. The challenge is shared structure: removed subjects often intersect with neighboring sleeves, contact shadows, and floor seams, so broad masks create cloned texture and broken lighting. Set key-light direction first, then repair in layers for edge silhouette, clothing overlap, and ground continuity instead of one-pass smearing. Before release, validate both at 100% zoom and final delivery size so remaining faces stay clear while composition remains natural. For commercial use, recheck likeness permissions for everyone still visible. With light-direction control, layered repair, and permission review, group edits can stay believable and publication-safe.
Recommended steps for group remove-person edits
- In `group-photo-remove-person`, mark the subject to remove and note overlaps with neighbors' arms, gowns, or bags.
- Relight foot contact shadows to one key direction so the group does not look like everyone brought their own sun.
- Export before/after pairs; if the file prints, attach a CMYK soft-proof note.