№ 35 · HEADSHOT

Improve a headshot without changing the face

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№ The prompt

Edit this headshot to improve the lighting, tidy the background, and even out skin tone — but do not change the face. Treat the face geometry as fixed: keep the exact shape, features, eye colour, age, skin tone, and expression unchanged. You may even the light, replace the background with a clean neutral one, and reduce a temporary blemish, nothing more. ChatGPT cannot guarantee identity stays perfectly intact, so compare the result against the original and re-run if the face has drifted.

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№ How to use it

  • Input

    An existing headshot of a synthetic or stock-style person (no real identifiable person); works best at decent resolution.

  • Preserve

    Hard constraint — face shape, features, eye colour, age, skin tone, and expression. Only lighting, background, and minor blemishes change.

  • Avoid

    Reshaping the jaw or nose, slimming the face, changing eye colour, or smoothing skin into a waxy finish.

More prompts to try

№ 01

Turn a phone selfie into a friendly LinkedIn profile photo — bright, even light, a soft blue-grey background, and head-and-shoulders framing that stays clean inside the circular crop.

LinkedIn profile photo from a phone selfie

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Turn a phone selfie into a friendly LinkedIn profile photo — bright, even light, a soft blue-grey background, and head-and-shoulders framing that stays clean inside the circular crop.

№ 06

Match every team member to one backdrop and light setup, aligned framing, uniform crop for a website grid.

Corporate team headshot with a consistent backdrop

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Match every team member to one backdrop and light setup, aligned framing, uniform crop for a website grid.

№ 10

Cut the subject cleanly, drop in a softly blurred office, relight edges so the composite reads natural.

Swap a busy background for a clean office blur

HEADSHOTBOKEH

Cut the subject cleanly, drop in a softly blurred office, relight edges so the composite reads natural.