Production guides

Check logos, small text, likeness, and usage rights

Identify brand marks, copy, and human likeness in generated images while recording where separate rights checks are needed.

Image source: @Smiling Khan

Problem

A blurred logo or an accidentally familiar face can create both a design defect and a publication question requiring additional evidence.

You can separate visual inspection from rights review and remove or replace elements that lack a reliable basis for publication.

Gather logo files with documented ownership or permission and the exact source copy.
Separate adult likeness consent from the allowed use of a fictional avatar.
Check the channel's platform policy for celebrity likeness and deepfake content.
Connect trademark and logo scope to the required source attribution record.

Logo replacement: Decide whether a required mark should be inserted later from an approved source file.
Small-copy removal: Do not retain unreadable strings or text whose source cannot be explained.
Likeness review: When a face evokes a particular person, check whether the intended context is permitted before release.
Advertising copy: Remove unsupported advertising claims and compare small-copy spelling with approved source text.

Similar marks: Enlarge generated symbols and compare them with recognizable real-world brands.
Changed meaning: A single altered character can change a price, ingredient, or feature statement.
Assumed rights: Possessing a file or generating an image does not by itself establish publication permission.
Legal review boundary: This guide is not legal advice. Automated safety checks do not guarantee lawful publication.

Ownership or permission evidence is recorded for every asset.
Adult likeness consent and fictional avatar scope are distinguished.
Celebrity deepfake restrictions and platform policy were checked.
Each trademark and logo was compared with its approved source.
Small-copy spelling and unsupported advertising claims were reviewed.
Source attribution and review notes are linked to the working file.
The record states that automated safety checks do not guarantee lawful publication.
Uncertain rights questions are referred to the relevant owner or qualified adviser.

AI-generated output can contain errors in logos, lettering, or likeness, and usage rights must be checked using separate evidence.