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AI Headshot Generator: Turn a Selfie into an AI Professional Headshot, Start Free

LinkedIn Profile Picture
White Shirt Blue Backdrop
White Background ID Style
Boxed Action Figure
Quiet Authority
Dual Persona
Naughty cupid
Under Paris Light
Executive Navy Suit
Founder Turtleneck
Neon City Poster
Oil Painting Portrait
FRAGMENT. — Mirror Field Editorial
Cool Mom
Quiet After Midnight
Golden Ripple Dream

What this AI headshot generator makes from one photo

Pick a headshot style from the templates below, add one clear photo of yourself, and get a studio-style portrait with a clean background, soft light and your face kept recognizable. Prefer to describe it yourself? Add your photo to the generator and write the outfit, backdrop and framing you want.

  • Professional headshots

    A chest-up portrait in a blazer or a crisp shirt, against a plain grey, white or office backdrop, lit like a studio session. It's the kind of professional photo people want on LinkedIn, a company website or a speaker bio, made from a selfie you already have.

  • AI profile pictures that look like you

    The same photo can become a friendlier AI profile picture for Slack, Teams, GitHub, a dating app or your personal site. Ask for a warmer background, a relaxed smile or casual clothes, and add a line asking the model to leave your face, skin tone and hairstyle alone.

  • An AI photoshoot, without the studio

    The Portraits tag also has editorial, outdoor and lifestyle looks. Each template is one look, so trying a few feels like a small AI photoshoot built around one picture of you.

  • A white-background ID photo style

    There's a template for a plain white background, a straight-on pose and even light, the look of an ID photo. Treat it as a draft: passport and visa rules differ by country, so check the official size and background rules before you submit anything.

How to make an AI headshot

  1. Open the Templates tab

    Under the generator, the Templates tab opens on Images and Portraits, with the professional headshot styles first and the ID photo style right after them. Scroll further for editorial and lifestyle portraits.

  2. Pick a style and add your photo

    Click a template and add your selfie in the window that opens, then press Generate there. A photo you added to the main generator earlier doesn't carry over, so add it in the template window.

  3. Or write your own headshot

    Prefer full control? Add your photo to the slot beside the prompt box (above it on a phone) and describe the result, for example “navy blazer, light grey studio background, soft light, chest-up framing, keep my face unchanged”.

  4. Check the cost

    GPT Image 2.5 is selected when the page opens. One photo plus the default settings comes to 16 credits a picture, and that figure is on the Generate button before you commit. When asked, sign in with Google or a one-time email code.

  5. Keep your favorite

    Every headshot lands in My creations under the generator. Save the one that looks most like you, or hit Remake to bring back the same photo and settings, then generate again for another take.

Why make your headshot on Plimo

A professional headshot from a photographer usually means booking a session, picking an outfit and paying for every retouched shot. Here your AI professional photo starts from a selfie, and you pay per picture in credits.

  • Free credits to start

    Each new account starts with a one-off 100 credits that don't expire. A GPT Image 2.5 headshot from one photo uses 16, so that's about 6 headshots, or over 30 on the cheaper Plimo Image 1.0.

  • Styles ready to use

    You don't have to know how to write a prompt. Each headshot template already describes the outfit, backdrop, lighting and framing, so you only add your photo.

  • One photo is enough

    Some headshot services ask for 10 or 20 selfies and train a model on your face. Here each result comes from the one photo you add, and you can switch styles straight away.

  • Compare more than one model

    If one model softens your features or changes your hair, run the same photo through another and keep the closest match. All three run on free credits at their default settings.

  • Credits come back on a failure

    The price is printed on the Generate button, so there are no surprises. If a generation fails, or the model turns your photo down, the credits go straight back to your balance. One exception: if you wrote your own prompt and our content check blocks the result, those credits aren't returned.

  • We don't train on your photos

    Plimo doesn't train models on your selfies or the headshots you make, and the companies behind each model handle requests under their own terms. Each result is stored at a long, random link that anyone you share it with can open.

AI models for professional headshots

All three models take your photo as the starting point and rebuild the portrait from the template or your own description. Models without a crown in the menu work on free credits; crowned ones are for members.

  • GPT Image 2.5

    The page opens on OpenAI's GPT Image 2.5. In our tests it swapped a home background for a clean studio backdrop and kept the face recognizable, at 16 credits with one photo on the free-credit settings (low quality, 1K). Adding a photo switches the ratio to Fit photo, so the result follows your photo's shape.

  • Plimo Image 1.0

    Plimo Image 1.0 costs the least: a 1K headshot is 2 credits, and each photo you add is 1 more. It handles backgrounds and lighting well, but it can change facial features, more noticeably on men's faces in our tests, so compare the result with your photo.

  • Nano Banana 2.1

    Google's Nano Banana 2.1 held on to faces most closely in our tests. Free credits cover it at 1K, and the higher resolutions are for members. It also tends to restyle the outfit and setting on its own, so say what you want to keep.

Where people use AI headshots

  • LinkedIn and job applications

    A fresh LinkedIn photo, a CV or résumé photo where that's expected, or a portrait for a freelance profile. A clean background and a business outfit make it read as a proper business photo even at thumbnail size.

  • Team pages and company directories

    When half the team sent selfies from different rooms, run each one through the same corporate headshot style so the about page looks like one photo shoot.

  • Speaker bios and press kits

    Conferences, podcasts and press releases all ask for a recent portrait. Make a formal one and a relaxed one from the same photo and send whichever fits.

  • Real estate, coaching and client work

    Agents, consultants, tutors and therapists put their face on listings and booking pages. A friendly, well-lit portrait helps clients recognize you when you meet.

  • Profile pictures everywhere else

    Use a softer version for Slack, email, a dating profile or your own site. If you want to tweak the result afterwards, the AI photo editor can change the background or remove a stray object.

  • From portrait to a short clip

    Once you have a headshot you like, take it to image to video for a short clip with a subtle smile or a slow camera push, the kind that works as a video intro.

Questions about AI headshots

You get 100 credits free when you sign up, once. GPT Image 2.5 is the default model on this page and charges 16 credits for a headshot made from one photo, which means about 6 headshots before you need a plan from the pricing page.

The templates ask the model to keep your face shape, features, skin tone and hairstyle, and in our tests most results were clearly the same person. Models can still smooth skin or shift small details, so pick the closest result, try another model, or add “keep my face exactly the same” to your prompt.

One sharp photo with your face toward the camera, your eyes visible and nothing covering your face, in soft, even light. Skip sunglasses, hats, heavy beauty filters and group shots. JPG, PNG or WebP files up to 30 MB work, and a phone selfie is fine.

No. Each headshot is made from one photo, and there's no model trained on your face. If a result isn't close enough, try a clearer photo or another model rather than uploading a batch.

There's a white-background ID photo style, and it's a useful starting point. Passport, visa and ID rules on size, background, expression and head position differ by country, and the face in the picture is redrawn by AI, so check the official requirements before you submit it. We can't promise it will be accepted.

Yes. Add your photo to the generator and write it out, for example “charcoal suit, white shirt, no tie, dark grey backdrop” or “denim shirt, outdoor café, natural light”. For a full change of clothes in an existing photo, the AI clothes changer is set up for that.

Templates have their own photo slot. Pick the template first, then add your photo in the window that opens. The photo in the main generator stays there for prompts you write yourself.

Browsing the templates is open to everyone. Adding your photo or pressing Generate asks you to sign in, either with Google or with a one-time code sent to your inbox, and no card details are needed.

If you're not a member, headshots carry a small mark in the bottom right corner and are meant for personal use. Anything you make as a member is clean and cleared for commercial use, which matters for a company website or marketing.

If you aren't a member, headshots stay in My creations for 7 days, so download the keepers. Membership plans keep them for 30, 90 or 360 days.

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