AI headshot generator: one selfie in, a real-looking headshot out

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Make an AI headshot in three steps

1. Pick a scene above: Corporate (navy blazer, warm grey backdrop), LinkedIn office, Dark studio, Golden hour outdoors or Sky-blue colour.
2. Tick the consent box and upload one selfie — or take one with your phone. Face the camera, use window light, and keep your glasses on if you usually wear them.
3. Your first headshot is ready in HD in about 15 seconds, free and without a watermark. Then make other scenes right here from the same selfie — no second upload.

The first headshot is free in full HD with no watermark: you judge the likeness first and pay only if you want more scenes.

Five scenes, chosen for where headshots actually get used

• Corporate — navy blazer, light shirt, warm grey seamless backdrop, soft key light. For company sites, proposals, banking, law and consulting.
• LinkedIn office — smart-casual clothes in a bright office softly out of focus. Approachable rather than stiff; the most common LinkedIn look.
• Dark studio — black top, charcoal backdrop, rim light. Editorial and confident, good for speaker bios, podcasts and press kits.
• Golden hour — relaxed jacket, city-park bokeh, warm side light. Friendly photos for real-estate agents, coaches and dating-adjacent profiles.
• Sky-blue colour — crisp outfit on a bold blue seamless. Creative-industry and start-up team pages where a plain grey would feel dull.

Each page on FaceTwin preselects a different scene, but every scene is available on every headshot page.

AI headshot vs a photographer vs a 20-photo headshot app

A photographer is still the best choice for a magazine cover or an executive portrait you will use for years. Batch apps give you more variety per order. FaceTwin is for when you need a good headshot today, from the selfie you already have, and want to see it before paying.

How to get the most realistic AI headshot

Realism comes from the input. The model keeps what it sees, so a sharp, evenly lit selfie gives sharper skin texture and truer colour than a dark or filtered one.

• Stand facing a window; avoid overhead light that puts shadows under your eyes.
• Hold the phone at eye level, about an arm’s length away — wide-angle close-ups make noses look bigger.
• Use a recent photo with your current hair, beard and glasses; the headshot will match them.
• No beauty filters or portrait mode blur — they confuse the edit and can make skin look plastic.
• Neutral or small smile works best; a big laugh can look odd in a formal scene.

What the AI changes — and what it leaves alone

Changed: clothing, background, lighting direction and colour, crop and framing (head and shoulders, 4:5 portrait). Kept: your face shape, eyes, nose, mouth, skin tone and natural texture, hairline and hairstyle, facial hair, glasses and apparent age. Retouching is limited to what a portrait photographer would do — no slimming, no reshaping, no new makeup. If you notice a change you did not ask for, try another scene or a clearer selfie; $1.99 covers two more scenes.

Privacy: what happens to your selfie

Your selfie is sent through FaceTwin’s server to the AI image provider only after you tick the consent box. FaceTwin does not save the original photo: it is used once in memory to make the headshot and then discarded. The result is kept for seven days so you can download it, then deleted. It is never used to train a model, never shown in a gallery and never sold. Use only your own photo — you must be 18 or older.

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