AI Headshot Generator

Upload a casual photo of yourself and describe the headshot you need. Made replaces the background, cleans up the lighting, and can tidy your attire, returning a professional-looking PNG.

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Opens in the Made editor, where you can refine the result and download it.

Work profiles

“Turn this selfie into a professional headshot with a blurred office background.”

How to use AI Headshot Generator

1
Upload a clear photo of yourself
A well-lit, front-facing photo with your face unobstructed gives the model the most to work with.
2
Describe the headshot
Name the background, lighting, and attire: “blurred office, soft studio light, dark blazer.” Add “keep my face exactly the same.”
3
Let Made restyle the photo
The edit model replaces the background, adjusts the lighting, and applies the attire changes you asked for.
4
Check your likeness
Compare the result against the original — especially eyes, smile, and hairline — and re-run with a refined instruction if anything drifted.

AI Headshot Generator examples

Real results from Made. Use a prompt to load it into the studio above, then add your own photo.

Work profiles

“Turn this selfie into a professional headshot with a blurred office background.”

Job applications

“Make this a clean corporate headshot for a job application.”

Team directories

“Style this photo to match our team directory: gray background, even lighting.”

Personal branding

“Create a polished personal-brand headshot with warm professional lighting.”

Background replacement

“Replace the background with a neutral studio backdrop.”

Studio lighting

“Fix the lighting so it looks like a professional studio shoot.”

What people use it for

Job huntingTurn the best casual photo you have into a headshot that fits applications and professional profiles without booking a shoot.
Company team pagesBring everyone’s mixed photos to a consistent look — same backdrop, similar lighting — by giving each one the same instruction.
Personal brandingCreate a polished portrait for a portfolio, newsletter, or speaker bio from a phone selfie.
Attire cleanupSwap a t-shirt for a blazer or tidy a wrinkled collar while keeping your face unchanged.

Turn a selfie into a professional headshot

What it does

Input: JPEG, PNG, or WebP photo of yourself plus a description of the headshot you want
Output: PNG headshot with the requested background, lighting, and attire changes
How it works: Made sends your photo and the headshot instruction to the Nano Banana 2 edit model on fal.ai and returns a PNG. When that provider is not configured, the edit falls back to Google’s Nano Banana on Replicate.
Access: Set up the request on this page. You sign in to run it, and each run is priced in credits before you start.

Formats and limits

Input formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP
Output format: PNG on the primary provider
Images per request: One photo, with one written instruction
Processing size: Inputs larger than 1,536 pixels on a side are downscaled before editing
Likeness review: Generative edits can shift facial detail — compare against the original before using the headshot professionally

Checked against the running tool on 2026-09-03.

Questions about AI Headshot Generator

How does the AI headshot generator work?

You upload one photo of yourself and describe the headshot you want — background, lighting, attire. Made sends the photo and instruction to an AI edit model that restyles the image and returns a PNG. It edits your actual photo rather than generating a synthetic person.

Will the headshot still look like me?

It starts from your real photo, so the likeness is usually close, but these are generative edits and fine facial detail can shift. Adding “keep my face exactly the same” to the instruction helps, and you should always compare the result against the original before using it.

Can it change what I’m wearing?

Yes. Ask for specific attire — “a dark blazer over a white shirt” — and the model redraws your clothing to match while keeping the rest of the photo. Review collar lines and shoulders, where generated clothing is most likely to look off.

What photo should I start from?

A sharp, front-facing photo with even light on your face and nothing blocking it. The background doesn’t matter since it gets replaced, but a blurry or heavily shadowed face gives the model less to preserve. Inputs over 1,536 pixels on a side are downscaled before editing.

How is this different from Profile Picture Maker?

This page is tuned for professional headshots — work profiles, applications, team pages — with suggestions around backgrounds, lighting, and business attire. Profile Picture Maker covers casual and creative profile images, including stylized avatars. Both run the same underlying instruction-driven edit.

Can I make headshots for my whole team?

Each request processes one photo, but you can repeat the same instruction for every team member to get a consistent style — for example, “gray studio background, soft even lighting, dark blazer” for each photo.

What file do I get?

A PNG on the primary path. If your profile platform needs specific dimensions, run the result through Image Resizer afterwards.

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