OpenPose Skeletons Fade as Reference-Based Image Editing Takes Over

Developers are nostalgic about OpenPose skeleton diagrams, noting that Qwen Image Edit, Flux multi-reference, and AnyPose can now control poses directly from reference images, though some predict stick figures may return in a new form.

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