# Photo Edit Analysis

> Analyze the composition, editing, and post-processing quality of a photograph. Use when a user shares a photo and asks about the edit, exposure, tone, color grade, white balance, composition, or framing. Also use when a user asks "is this edited well?", "what would you fix?", or similar. Delivers honest, specific critique with a letter grade.

- Skill: `dvcrn/photo-edit-analysis` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dvcrn/photo-edit-analysis`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dvcrn/photo-edit-analysis/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: dvcrn (https://skillmd.com/u/dvcrn)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dvcrn/photo-edit-analysis

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# Photo Edit Analysis

When a user shares a photo for edit or composition feedback, analyze both and deliver honest, specific notes.

## What to Analyze

### Composition
- **Framing & subject placement** — rule of thirds, leading lines, visual balance, negative space
- **Foreground/mid-ground/background relationship** — does the image have depth and layering?
- **Point of entry** — where does the eye land first, and where does it travel?
- **Horizon line** — level? intentionally tilted? does it work?
- **Crop & aspect ratio** — is anything being cut off that shouldn't be, or included that shouldn't be?
- **Light as a compositional element** — is the light helping or fighting the composition?

### Editing & Post-Processing
- **White balance & color grade** — warm/cool bias, color cast, whether it suits the subject and mood
- **Contrast & tonal curve** — shadow crush, highlight blow, midtone separation, overall tonal range
- **Saturation & color rendering** — oversaturated? flat? are individual color channels serving the image?
- **Shadow & highlight handling** — is detail retained in both extremes? any clipping?
- **Clarity & texture** — is sharpness natural or over-processed? does it suit the mood?
- **Grain** — consistent, natural, appropriate for the stock/ISO? or noise masquerading as grain?
- **Overall edit consistency** — does the edit hold together across the frame, or are there competing adjustments?

## Output Format

Two sections: **Composition** then **Edit**. Lead each with what's working, then what isn't. Be specific — name actual zones, colors, lines, or tonal regions. Don't hedge everything.

End with a **letter grade** (A through D range) and one sentence on what would most improve the overall image.

Keep it to 200-300 words total. Editorial feedback, not a technical report.

## Tone

Talk like a photo editor giving notes to a photographer they respect. Direct, honest, no filler. Don't say "overall this is great" if it isn't. Don't say "interesting choice" as a euphemism for "this doesn't work."

Film-specific: account for the stock's characteristics. Portra 400 overexposed by a stop is a deliberate choice, not a mistake. Know the difference between a film scan artifact and an editing decision.

## Guidelines

- Never make the gear or film stock the subject of the critique. The image is the subject.
- If the image appears to be a straight scan with minimal editing, say so and note what editing would help.
- If the edit or composition is strong, say so clearly. A short positive critique is still useful.
- Don't repeat observations from the caption generation. The analysis should stand on its own.