Decide the audience before you begin an Art direction
An Art portrait can be made for many reasons: trying a visual idea, building a private reference board, or preparing a shareable concept with the person's agreement. Deciding which one applies before creation makes the privacy choice concrete. Private experimentation does not automatically grant permission for a public post, even if the image later feels polished or interesting.
Use a simple audience label for yourself: private only, share with the person depicted, or public after review. If you cannot confidently choose one, treat the result as private. That default gives you room to talk with the person shown before a creative image is placed into a broader context than they expected.
Understand the confirmation that starts a cloud request
In FocalYou, choosing a source photo creates a local preview. A creative request begins only after you confirm the selected template and choose Send to OpenAI & Generate. That confirmation is requested for each creative upload, so an earlier decision does not authorize a later portrait or a different Art direction.
Read the confirmation as an opportunity to pause, not as a button to clear automatically. Make sure the image is yours to use, the person depicted understands the purpose, and the template suits the agreed context. If any answer is uncertain, choose Cancel; FocalYou will not upload the portrait, create a job, or deduct credits for that proposed request.
Keep sharing choices separate from creation choices
Consent to create an Art portrait and consent to share it are related but different choices. Someone may agree to a private experiment while preferring that no output be posted, sent to colleagues, or added to a public portfolio. Make the sharing decision visible rather than assuming it follows from the first upload confirmation.
Before saving or sending an image, ask who will see it, how long it may remain visible, and whether the creative treatment could change how the person is perceived. A direct conversation is more reliable than relying on a past message that mentioned a different photo or a different audience.
Use the private Gallery and deletion controls intentionally
Generated FocalYou photos remain in the private Gallery for up to 30 days unless you delete them sooner. That gives you time to review a result without rushing it onto a public platform. It also means a generated image should be treated as content you are responsible for managing, not as something that disappears immediately after it is viewed.
If you decide a result should not remain available, delete the individual photo in Gallery. For a broader request, FocalYou offers Settings → Delete FocalYou Data, which permanently removes relevant photos, history, and other content described in the app. Deletion is a deliberate control, so review the warning before confirming it.
Share only with context that respects the portrait
If an Art portrait moves from private review to a public audience, use a caption or label that accurately describes it as a creative or AI-created image where that context matters. This helps viewers understand that the visual style is a chosen direction, not a conventional photograph or proof of an event.
Respectful sharing also means avoiding claims that the image represents the person's actual job, appearance, location, or identity unless that is genuinely true. FocalYou can help create an Art series from a selected portrait after per-request confirmation, but the user remains responsible for the audience, permissions, and framing around any image they choose to share.