AI Headshot Generator

An AI headshot generator makes a professional-looking head-and-shoulders portrait of you from ordinary photos you already have. Instead of booking a studio, you upload a few clear pictures of your face, describe the headshot you want, and the model generates new portraits with studio lighting, a clean backdrop and the clothes you choose.

It is worth being clear about what that means. The result is a new AI portrait based on your likeness, not a retouched version of your original photo. Most generations look like you; some will not, and you should pick only the ones that do before you put them on a profile, a team page or a speaker bio.

On Mage the photoreal workhorse is Guava 2 Pro, which takes up to three reference images and is built for skin, fabric and hair texture. If you plan to make many headshots over time, save yourself as a character once and Mango 3 or Guava will reuse your face from a single @handle.

The reference photos decide how much the headshots look like you. Pick recent photos where your face is sharp, evenly lit and unobstructed: no sunglasses, no hats pulled low, no hands near the face, and no heavy filters. Different angles help, a straight-on photo and two slight turns being a good set. Group photos and low-resolution crops tend to blur the likeness.

Use only photos of yourself, or of a colleague who has asked you to make their headshot. Mage does not allow non-consensual imagery of real people, and a headshot is about as personal as an image gets.

• Three sharp photos beat ten blurry ones
• Even, soft light on the face, no harsh shadows
• Your usual hairstyle, so the result looks like you today
• No sunglasses, masks or hands covering the face
• Plain clothes in the references, so the prompt can change them

A strong headshot prompt names five things: the framing, the wardrobe, the backdrop, the light and the lens. "Head-and-shoulders headshot, navy blazer over a white shirt, soft grey seamless backdrop, large soft key light from the front left, subtle fill, 85mm lens, relaxed confident smile" reads exactly like a studio brief, and Guava 2 Pro answers it like one. Without a light and a lens, Guava tends toward a generic studio look.

Match the setting to where the photo will live. A corporate profile wants a neutral backdrop and business clothes. A creative portfolio can carry a colored backdrop or an environmental setting, such as a studio, a workshop or a café, blurred behind you. Actors and speakers often want two versions, one warm and one serious.

Once you have a headshot you like, the finishing apps are one click away. Relight changes the direction, brightness and color of the light on the finished headshot. Skin Enhancer restores natural texture, with Realistic, Soft and Imperfect modes, so the skin never looks airbrushed. The AI image upscaler takes the file to 2K, 4K or 6K for print.

Need a different jacket on a headshot you already love? Outfit Swap changes the clothes and keeps you and the backdrop as they are.