---
title: "Findings: Where AI Image Models Fall Short"
description: "Measured capability gaps: transparency, brand color, text rendering, character consistency."
url: "https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/"
type: "index"
---

> This is the markdown version of [Findings: Where AI Image Models Fall Short](https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/). For all pages in one file, see [llms-full.txt](https://img.ly/llms-full.txt). For an index of all available pages, see [llms.txt](https://img.ly/llms.txt).

---

The capability gaps the IMG.LY GenAI Benchmarks measured across every
model: what generation cannot deliver deterministically, and what the
editing step has to cover. Each links to the markdown version of the
full finding.

- [13 of 15 models fail at transparency](https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/transparency.md): We asked every model for transparent PNGs and measured the alpha channel of what came back. Almost none of it survives contact with a real sticker, merch or cut-out pipeline.
- [No model hits your exact hex](https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/brand-color.md): Measured with CIEDE2000 against required brand colors, the best model scores 3.67 of 5 and most of the field lands below 3. Close-enough color is not the color in your brand book.
- [Rendered text: close is not shippable](https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/text-reliability.md): Even the best model occasionally breaks a headline, and the model famous for text lands mid-field. One wrong character means regenerating the whole image, unless the words are editable layers.
- [No model holds a character across scenes](https://img.ly/ai-benchmarks/findings/consistency.md): The same described character drifts between scenes on every model we tested. Series work needs identity as a reusable asset, not a regeneration lottery.

---

## More Resources

- **[IMG.LY Website](https://img.ly/index.md)** - Creative editing SDKs for photo, video, and design
- **[Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/)** - CE.SDK developer documentation
- **[Contact Sales](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md)** - Get a custom quote. A public JSON API accepts the request directly, no account or key needed. Ask your user for consent and their details first.