vision-exp-tile

When DeepSeek released the v4-flash-vision-exp model, any image exceeding 800x800 pixels is automatically downsampled before it reaches the visual encoder. Fine table text, dense charts, and long-document details simply blur out of recognition. vision-exp-tile solves this by slicing large images into lossless 800x800 tiles before inference, feeding each tile to the vision model at full resolution, and then auto-aggregating the per-tile answers into a single structured result using coordinate annotations. In effect, it turns the official downscaling rule from a hard limitation into a sweet spot: every tile bypasses resampling, stays within a predictable token budget, and the final output reads as if you had fed the full image in one shot.

The plugin ships with three strategies ready out of the box. Smart mode lets the model inspect the whole image first, ask clarifying questions, then target specific regions for deeper reading. Pipeline mode runs the entire flow hands-free: pre-check, local OCR via Paddle, Rapid, or Windows OCR (with automatic fall-through to the vision API if none are installed), pixel-grid text transcription, proportional region cropping, and layered aggregation. Full mode tiles the entire canvas on a uniform grid for maximum coverage. It depends on no third-party DSH plugin; OCR engines are optional user-side environments, and the pipeline degrades gracefully at every step. Temporary files older than 24 hours are cleaned up automatically, and all billing goes straight to the DeepSeek official API dashboard.

This plugin is for DeepSeek Harness users who regularly hit the image too big, details lost wall: screenshot analysis, long-document OCR, dense table and chart reading, UI review, or any workflow where large images carry critical detail. No coding required, no manual cropping. If you already run picturereader for small images, vision-exp-tile detects it and routes work automatically—large images here, small documents there—without touching the other plugin at all.