Visual Validation

Evaluate the mechanism that creates the image. A beautiful hero screenshot can hide unstable fields, broken depth, seed failures, or post-processing dependence.

Validation sequence

1. Freeze deterministic inputs.
2. Capture the no-post baseline.
3. Capture system-specific diagnostic views.
4. Test the intended camera-distance envelope.
5. Sweep representative seeds and parameter extremes.
6. Test motion and temporal stability.
7. Record image, geometry, memory, and timing budgets.
8. Keep a small regression set tied to visual invariants.

Read references/graphics-validation-protocol.md for visual contracts, required inspection controls, mechanism-specific evidence, temporal checks, budgets, and explicit rejection criteria.