Photo Abstract Editorial Native

Build a comparison board with the original photograph and separately supplied abstract artwork, without cropping, upscaling, blurring, or stretching either. Use the photograph above the artwork by default; use the portrait side-by-side exception only when it keeps a very tall source readable.

1. Establish the two inputs

Require both of these inputs before composing:

• source: the user-approved original photograph.
• lower-art: an abstract panel made from that photograph, supplied separately or created with a separately licensed skill.

Choose the strongest available source in this order: an explicit original file, a user-exported unmodified Photos original, a downloaded cloud original, then a derivative only when the user accepts that limitation. Record which one was used. Never silently substitute a preview or a derivative for an original.

Do not ask an image generator to recreate the photograph. Keep the source pixels in the source section; only apply auto-orientation and a downscale when needed.

2. Compose without distortion

Run the composer. It derives the board geometry, refuses an upscale or a stretch, and writes the manifest step 3 requires: