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Ban desk/laptop cliche in banners; sharpen hype style #33

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions lib/lx/articleGen.ts
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Expand Up @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ const STYLE_DIRECTION: Record<BannerStyle, string> = {
editorial:
"Treatment: cinematic editorial cover PHOTOGRAPH (Time / National Geographic / The Verge feature). A real-feeling moment that depicts the topic — a charged scene, a dramatic object lit in context, or a person genuinely doing the thing the article is about. Chiaroscuro lighting, one committed color palette, film-like microcontrast, real-world texture. Looks shot, not rendered.",
hype:
"Treatment: bold MARKETING / HYPE poster — energetic product-launch key art. High-contrast, saturated, dynamic angles and motion, dramatic rim light and glow, a confident hero subject that embodies the topic. Feels like the splash image for a hot launch. Premium and exciting, NOT cheesy stock or clip-art.",
"Treatment: bold MARKETING AD CREATIVE / product-launch key art — like a premium paid-social ad or a SaaS landing-page hero. Build the composition around a single bold SYMBOLIC OBJECT or stylized representation of the topic (a glowing product-like artifact, an abstract-but-meaningful icon-as-3D-object, dramatic shapes), floating or spotlit as the hero element. High-contrast, saturated, big confident color blocks, dynamic diagonal energy, rim light and glow, sense of motion and momentum. ABSOLUTELY NO people sitting at desks, laptops, monitors, keyboards, or office scenes — the hero is the concept/product itself, not a person working. Premium and exciting, never cheesy stock photography.",
concept:
"Treatment: clean CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION — a single clear visual metaphor for the article's core idea, rendered in a modern flat/vector editorial style with depth and a tight palette. The metaphor must come from the post's actual subject, not generic tech doodles.",
tech:
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lede ? `What it's actually about: ${lede}` : "",
tagList.length > 0 ? `Key concepts to depict: ${tagList.join(", ")}.` : "",
meta.niche ? `Subject area: ${meta.niche}.` : "",
"The image MUST be recognizably about this topic — a viewer should glance at it and understand what the article covers. Depict the actual subject, not a generic office or 'person at a laptop' scene.",
"The image MUST be recognizably about this topic — a viewer should glance at it and understand what the article covers.",
"HARD CONSTRAINT: do NOT show a person sitting at a computer, laptop, desk, monitors, or a generic office — this cliché is banned even for software / AI / SEO / publishing topics. Depict the actual subject matter through objects, environments, systems, or bold concept visuals instead.",
audienceList.length > 0
? `Audience: ${audienceList.join("; ")}. Any people shown should plausibly belong to it.`
: "",
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