Killing templates: AI invents each concept whole. Three approaches tested against the template batch they replace. Finding: AI one-shot carries most of it; code-overlay only where the exact trademark logo is required.
AI renders everything: scene, headline, copy, and the logo. 12/12 ship-quality. Each shown pure-AI vs with a brand-board reference.
AI renders imagery; code overlays the real logo + exact brand fonts. Pixel-perfect, guaranteed. Last two are Comfrt × New York Post cobrands with the real masthead.
Surprise: AI rendered "NEW YORK POST" legibly and correctly in all four (no-ref and with the real logo as reference). It is a convincing approximation, not the exact trademark. So code-overlay is about trademark-exactness, not legibility.
The delivered code-template batch: the same "UP TO 70% OFF" poster, fifteen times.