From 0771c990f407b157f9f6891d96fbe40f718163ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gator <gatordevin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 17:46:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Admin: show the reference photo beside the frame it produced
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A video came out with the wrong dog — no collar, hazel eyes instead of black —
and there was no way to tell from this page whether a reference photograph had
been used at all. It had not: the shot had a photo selected but no opening
frame, so Veo was given the written description only and invented a plausible
bulldog.

Show both images side by side, and say loudly when there is no opening frame,
because that is the exact signature of a likeness that silently went missing.
---
 admin.html | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/admin.html b/admin.html
index d3c7055..3a64184 100644
--- a/admin.html
+++ b/admin.html
@@ -73,7 +73,24 @@ function shotHtml(s) {
     + '<div class="kv">voice: ' + (s.voice_used
         ? esc(s.voice_used) + ' (redubbed)'
         : '<span class="warnw">Veo original, not redubbed</span>') + '</div>'
-    + (s.plate_url ? '<div class="kv">opening still: <a href="' + esc(s.plate_url) + '" target="_blank" rel="noopener">view</a></div>' : '')
+    // The likeness chain, end to end: the owner's photograph, then the
+    // opening frame built from it, which is what Veo actually receives. If
+    // the frame is missing, Veo saw only the written description.
+    + '<div style="display:flex;gap:14px;margin:10px 0;flex-wrap:wrap">'
+    + (s.ref_photo_url
+        ? '<figure style="margin:0"><a href="' + esc(s.ref_photo_url) + '" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'
+          + '<img src="' + esc(s.ref_photo_url) + '" alt="reference photograph" '
+          + 'style="height:120px;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #2a2f3a;display:block"></a>'
+          + '<figcaption class="kv">their photo' + (s.ref_photo_kind ? ' · ' + esc(s.ref_photo_kind) : '') + '</figcaption></figure>'
+        : '')
+    + (s.plate_url
+        ? '<figure style="margin:0"><a href="' + esc(s.plate_url) + '" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'
+          + '<img src="' + esc(s.plate_url) + '" alt="opening frame" '
+          + 'style="height:120px;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #2a2f3a;display:block"></a>'
+          + '<figcaption class="kv">opening frame → Veo</figcaption></figure>'
+        : '<div class="warnw" style="align-self:center">no opening frame — Veo was given the '
+          + 'written description only, so the likeness is invented</div>')
+    + '</div>'
     + (s.prompt_sent
         ? '<details><summary>Exact prompt sent</summary><pre>' + esc(s.prompt_sent) + '</pre></details>'
         : '<div class="kv">no prompt recorded (filmed before prompts were stored)</div>')