ambient light note

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ brings back the reds and oranges the water strips away, from GPS + depth alone.
 🐠 Shooting underwater on an iPhone? ScubAI does this automatically, every dive → **[Get it on iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scubai/id6741768984)**
 
 - **Zero-shot** — no per-image tuning, no presets, no reference chart.
+- **Ambient light only** — demo reverses natural sunlight; strobe/mixed-light over-corrects (the app handles those).
 - **On-device, offline-capable.**
 - **Patent-pending.**
 

app.py

@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ HEADER_MD = """
 The color engine inside **ScubAI** — it brings back the reds and oranges the water strips away.
 """
 
+LIGHTING_NOTE_MD = (
+    "> ☀️ **Ambient light only.** This demo reverses how *sunlight* fades with depth, so "
+    "strobe, torch, or mixed light will over-correct. The full **ScubAI** app handles those "
+    "— this is just the bare engine."
+)
+
 APP_CTA_MD = (
     f"🐠 Shooting underwater on an iPhone? **[ScubAI]({APP_STORE_URL})** "
     "does this automatically, every dive."
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ def build():
                     type="filepath",
                     file_types=RAW_EXTENSIONS,
                 )
+                gr.Markdown(LIGHTING_NOTE_MD)
                 gr.HTML(MAP_HTML)
                 with gr.Row():
                     lat = gr.Number(label="Latitude", value=DEFAULT_LAT, elem_id="scubai_lat", precision=6)