{
  "name": "AI Product Image Quality Scorecard",
  "version": "1.0",
  "published": "2026-09-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "source": "https://createimage.online/resources/ai-product-image-quality-scorecard",
  "scoring": {
    "full": "Award the criterion's maximum points when it passes.",
    "partial": "Award half points when a visible defect is repairable without changing the approved product facts.",
    "fail": "Award zero points when the criterion fails.",
    "hard_stop": "Reject the image regardless of total score when a hard-stop condition applies."
  },
  "sections": [
    {"name":"Product fidelity","weight":30,"criteria":[{"name":"Silhouette and geometry","points":8},{"name":"Dimensions and scale","points":6},{"name":"Components and controls","points":6},{"name":"Label and logo placement","points":5},{"name":"Brand color and material","points":5}]},
    {"name":"Physical realism","weight":25,"criteria":[{"name":"Contact shadow","points":5},{"name":"Light direction","points":5},{"name":"Reflections","points":5},{"name":"Material response","points":5},{"name":"Perspective and surface contact","points":5}]},
    {"name":"Composition and delivery","weight":20,"criteria":[{"name":"Crop and safe area","points":5},{"name":"Visual hierarchy","points":5},{"name":"Copy space","points":5},{"name":"Edges and output quality","points":5}]},
    {"name":"Factual integrity","weight":15,"criteria":[{"name":"Text and marks","points":5},{"name":"Claims and performance","points":5},{"name":"Props and context","points":5}]},
    {"name":"Rights and review record","weight":10,"criteria":[{"name":"Source permission","points":4},{"name":"Human review","points":3},{"name":"Decision record","points":3}]}
  ],
  "hard_stops": [
    "A protected logo, label, certification, legal line, or price is invented or altered.",
    "Product geometry changes enough to suggest a feature that the real product does not have.",
    "The scene makes an unsupported factual, performance, ingredient, safety, or endorsement claim.",
    "The reviewer cannot establish permission to use the source image or included brand material.",
    "The delivered file hides a known defect through crop, blur, compression, or decorative overlays."
  ]
}