diff --git a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
index f44d1195a..868acc9a7 100644
--- a/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/canvas/local-edit/route.ts
@@ -2678,9 +2678,12 @@ function suppressScaleAdjustProtectedFurnitureDarkAlpha(params: {
         luma < 150 &&
         (saturation < 0.55 || (r < 110 && g < 110 && b < 110));
       const lowContrastDark = luma < 132 && saturation < 0.32;
-      const shouldClear = inProtectedSideArea
-        ? neutralDark || lowContrastDark
-        : luma < 100 || (luma < 132 && saturation < 0.22);
+      const shouldClear =
+        inProtectedSideArea ||
+        neutralDark ||
+        lowContrastDark ||
+        luma < 100 ||
+        (luma < 132 && saturation < 0.22);
       if (!shouldClear) continue;
 
       output[alphaIndex] = 0;
@@ -3128,6 +3131,43 @@ async function buildScaleAdjustVisualLayoutGuideBuffer(params: {
       if (structureLockAppliedRef) {
         structureLockAppliedRef.value = true;
       }
+      if (protectedPersonSide && sourceRaw) {
+        const washRight =
+          protectedPersonSide === "right"
+            ? Math.round(placement.sourceFootprintBox.width * 0.74)
+            : placement.sourceFootprintBox.width;
+        const washLeft =
+          protectedPersonSide === "left"
+            ? placement.sourceFootprintBox.left +
+              Math.round(placement.sourceFootprintBox.width * 0.26)
+            : placement.sourceFootprintBox.left;
+        const washWidth =
+          protectedPersonSide === "left"
+            ? Math.max(
+                1,
+                placement.sourceFootprintBox.width -
+                  Math.round(placement.sourceFootprintBox.width * 0.26)
+              )
+            : Math.max(1, washRight);
+        sourceFootprintBoxes.push({
+          left: washLeft,
+          top: placement.sourceFootprintBox.top,
+          width: washWidth,
+          height: placement.sourceFootprintBox.height,
+          background: estimateScaleAdjustBoxBackground({
+            box: {
+              left: washLeft,
+              top: placement.sourceFootprintBox.top,
+              width: washWidth,
+              height: placement.sourceFootprintBox.height,
+            },
+            raw: sourceRaw,
+            width: sourceWidth,
+          }),
+          innerOpacity: 0.5,
+          opacity: 0.72,
+        });
+      }
       subjectWashComposites.push(structureLockedComposite.wash);
       if (structureLockedComposite.compositeClip) {
         compositeClipComposites.push(structureLockedComposite.compositeClip);
@@ -4966,7 +5006,7 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
         scaleAdjustPromptStrategy: isScaleAdjustOperation
           ? scaleAdjustPatchReference
             ? useScaleAdjustFullFrameStructurePatch
-              ? "full-frame-structure-locked-draft-v6-protected-side-dark-cleared-one-shot"
+              ? "full-frame-structure-locked-draft-v7-protected-side-cleared-one-shot"
               : scaleAdjustPatchReference.structureLockedDraft
               ? "ai-patch-workspace-structure-locked-draft-v87-subject-alpha-clipped-one-shot"
               : "ai-patch-workspace-draft-v75-soft-wipe-erase-ghost-one-shot"