Shoutout to the stat that 90 percent of AI photo edits get flagged by clients as fake

Harper Gibson · 2026-10-03T19:05:04.22206+00:00

I was reading a post from a retoucher in Chicago last week and she said 9 out of 10 AI cleaned headshots she gets back from clients get called out right away. That number stuck with me because I use an AI tool to fix shadows on listing photos for a realtor I work with, and now I'm second guessing every batch I send him. I ran 12 shots through two different tools this week and sure enough, the skin on 8 of them looked like a mannequin. So what's the move here, do you lower the strength and eat more of the ugly noise, or just mask it and do the rest by hand? Would love to hear what settings you all use when a client needs it to still look like a real photo.

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