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Cyan darkroom pipelines — private by default, cloud only when you open the shutter.
Air-gap defaults for image work
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
The shutter metaphor for cloud opt-in
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Local batch jobs
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Face policy that holds
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Product shots under NDA
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Film-strip reviews
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Exposure discipline
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Egress you can prove
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Vision model cards
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Client vaults
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Private render farms
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Color science basics
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Retouch ethics
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Delivery specs brands accept
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
When public APIs are fine
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Workstation setup
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Backup without public cloud
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Audit logs for images
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Air-gapped image AI is practical now
Plan approved software transfers, local access, offline updates and controlled client-asset review.
No-upload pipelines by design
Map and test every route that could move image inputs, prompts, logs or outputs outside the studio.
Team permissions
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
From brief to frame
Ice darkroom notes for private image AI.
Quality gates for batch image jobs
Catch invalid inputs and export errors, then route visual decisions to a named human reviewer.