Human-led
Technology supports the studio; it does not replace care.
Restoration, upscaling, colorization, and animation are reviewed by people and used only where they serve the tribute.
Privacy, AI, and media handling
Clear expectations for sensitive family media.
Memorial Tapestries is a human-led studio. Technology can help restore, organize, and prepare media, but consent, dignity, and family control come first.
Private by default
Family media stays private unless permission changes that.
Photos, video, voice, and project notes are treated as private project material, not public examples or training material.
Consent-aware
Sensitive uses need explicit approval.
AI voice, synthetic speech, public sample use, and long-term archive preferences should be confirmed in writing before they are treated as approved.
Consent checkpoints
What families can expect before production decisions are made.
These checkpoints guide quote review and follow-up conversations. They are intentionally conservative because memorial media is personal and often irreplaceable.
AI-assisted restoration and animation
AI-assisted tools may help repair, upscale, colorize, or gently animate photos when that preserves dignity and improves the final tribute.
- Families can opt out of AI-assisted restoration or animation.
- Human review remains part of the creative process.
- Original files should be preserved separately from edited versions.
People tagging and face-assisted organization
Manual people tagging can help organize family media by person. Face-assisted organization should be treated as opt-in and review-gated.
- Manual people labels should be editable and removable by the family or staff.
- Automated face detection or clustering should not run until consent is recorded.
- Suggested matches should require human review before they affect organization or production.
AI voice and synthetic speech
Voice cloning or synthetic speech is a sensitive specialty request, not a default production step.
- Written authorization from the proper family decision-maker is required.
- Synthetic voice should not create statements that misrepresent the loved one's wishes.
- A family can choose voice cleanup or voicemail integration without requesting synthetic speech.
Gallery and example use
Public gallery, advertising, or sample use requires written permission.
- Private family media is not used for marketing examples without approval.
- Permission can be discussed after the family has reviewed the finished work.
- A family can decline public example use and still receive the same level of service.
Model training and private media
Private family media should not be used to train models or create public examples without written permission.
- Project materials are collected to review, quote, produce, and deliver the family project.
- Any later public or training use needs separate consent.
- Sensitive identity, voice, and family details should stay limited to the project need.
Retention, archive, and deletion
Retention and archive expectations should be discussed before final delivery whenever the family wants control over long-term storage.
- Families can ask for archive options, deletion timing, or delivery-only handling.
- Originals and restored versions should be clearly distinguished.
- Later phases will add more formal project archive and deletion workflow support.
Music, copyright, and sharing
Music choices can affect where the final tribute can be shared.
- A file prepared for a private service may not have the same sharing rights as a public post.
- Families should tell the studio if they plan public web or social sharing.
- Venue playback needs should be confirmed early so the file is delivered in the right format.
During intake
Consent choices are captured with the quote request.
The Start a Project form asks whether AI-assisted restoration or animation may be discussed, whether AI voice is being requested, whether written authorization is available, whether public gallery use may be discussed later, and whether retention or archive options should be included in follow-up.