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I’m not sure if it’s a bug, but the Zois now look slightly different in CAZ. They’ve gotten worse.
The skin looks more unnatural and the features slightly different.
For example this one, which I often use as a model for Canvas.
The first photo is a Canvas screenshot from a few weeks ago, the second a CAZ photo from today
This one also seems a bit different to me:
I’m adding this here, not knowing if it’s a bug.
The backlight, which was previously way too dark, is now too bright and, even though I change the settings in Studio, I can’t modify it.
The colors look faded.
I scrolled through my older pictures to provide a full comparison of the CAZ lighting, etc.
Taken via in-game photo mode during the CAZ demo phase pre-launch (March 20 2025):
Taken via in-game photo mode in July 2025:
Taken via in-game photo mode today (June 7 2026):
Taken via NVIDIA screenshot mode today:
I totally agree with you, there were significant changes made to the lighting in CAZ lately. It’s a lot brighter, clearly shifting the base of the background from grey to almost white.
The skin textures changed too, but definitely less than in your pictures, I think. Did you take the photos with the in-game photo mode or via your setup’s program? 
I agree the new lighting is too much glare shining at every angle, the old studio lighting was great
The old lighting: see great looking photo.
The new lighting: see shinny head with no skin glow.
I took them with Inzoi’s Photo mode, but they faithfully reflect, I’d say, what I see with my own eyes in Caz.
For example, there are these Sims (which I don’t have previous photos of).
They are among those created by the game, not modified by me or downloaded.
They have this strange effect on the lips and around the eyes.
