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Raise Composite Standards

We get called out at planning meetings when proposed trees look pasted in. Looking across [N=15] past composites, iden…

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DBecome — “help me grow”We get called out at planning meetings when proposed trees look pasted in. Looking across…+
We get called out at planning meetings when proposed trees look pasted in. Looking across [N=15] past composites, identify the common compositing shortcut that betrays realism — ignoring soft shadow edges, mismatched color temperature, or absent ground contact shadows — and prescribe one compositing workflow change and one review rule so future tree placements pass scrutiny without last-minute fixes.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Raising the office's standard for believable composites

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Landscape Architect

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