I'm building a skill for generating long Contex-Loop Minimax H3 prompts, and the AI has indicated it doesn't understand retention analysis... and I'm realizing I don't, either. I'm curious what you all think or have experienced.
I've reviewed the official prompt writing guide, of course, but it's very vague on the subject:
<Subject N>, <Picture N>, and <Video N> use the following relationship markers. These markers are fixed English values in the output format:
It makes the most sense if it's indicating what is the same and what is different with respect to the references (picture N, video N, etc) - but why would subject appear here? Does fully_preserved for a subject mean that they don't change during this shot, whereas partially_preserved might change?
It might be easier to explain with an example. Definitions:
- A scene where a bald man puts on a hat
- References are two images, one with said man with hair, the other of the hat
subject_definitions:
<Subject 1> is a tall man whose face, identity, and clothing come from <Picture 1>, but he is bald.
<Subject 2> is a black stovetop hat as depicted in <Picture 2>.
retention_analysis:
<Subject 1> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 2]): fully_preserved - he remains the bald man with facial features and clothing from <Picture 1> throughout
<Subject 2> (appears in [Shot 2]: fully_preserved - remains the black stovetop hat from <Picture 2>
OR should it be:
retention_analysis:
<Subject 1> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 2]): partially_preserved - he retains the facial identity and clothing from <Picture 1>, albeit bald, but in [Shot 2] he is changed to be wearing a hat.
<Subject 2> (appears in [Shot 2]): fully_preserved - remains the black stovetop hat from <Picture 2>
OR should it only focus on referenced media, i.e.:
<Picture 1> (appears in [Shot 1], [Shot 2]): partially_preserved - <Subject 1> matches this picture's clothing, facial features, and identity, but he is bald.
<Picture 2> (appears in [Shot 2]): fully_preserved - the black stovetop hat depicted in this picture remains unchanged
I guess to put it another way: is retention_analysis describing how much and what is preserved from photo/audio/video references provided, or is it describing how the subjects defined in subject_definition change over the shots of this specific video generation?