Popular AI prompt styles for photos, passport-style portraits, and videos — copy one and try it in your favorite AI tool.
Passport Photo
Passport / ID Photo Style
Turn a casual selfie into a compliant-looking studio passport or ID photo.
Turn this photo into a professional passport/ID-style photograph: plain light-grey background, front-facing pose, neutral expression with eyes open, ears visible, even studio lighting with no harsh shadows, head-and-shoulders framing in standard passport-photo proportions, sharp focus, natural realistic skin tones, no filters or heavy retouching.
Best with: ChatGPT, Gemini
Action Figure
Action Figure / Collectible Toy Box
The viral trend of turning yourself into a boxed collectible toy figure.
Turn the person in this photo into a photorealistic 1:6 scale collectible action figure displayed inside retail blister packaging: styled cardboard-and-plastic packaging with the figure's name printed as a header, small accessory icons in a side tray matching their hobbies, clean studio product-photography lighting, plain background.
Best with: ChatGPT, Gemini
Anime Style
Studio Ghibli-Style Portrait
Reimagine a portrait as a hand-painted, Ghibli-inspired anime scene.
Reimagine this photo as a hand-painted, Studio Ghibli-inspired anime scene: soft watercolor textures, warm natural lighting, a gentle expression, a whimsical version of the original background, and visible painterly line work throughout.
Best with: ChatGPT, Gemini
Editorial
Old Money / Editorial Portrait
A muted, high-end fashion-editorial restyle of a portrait photo.
Restyle this portrait in an 'old money' editorial fashion-magazine aesthetic: neutral tailored clothing, soft diffused studio lighting, a muted earth-tone color palette, shallow depth of field, a calm confident pose, and the polished look of a high-end portrait photography shoot.
Best with: Gemini, ChatGPT
Headshot
LinkedIn Professional Headshot
Turn a casual photo into a polished professional headshot.
Turn this casual photo into a polished, LinkedIn-style professional headshot: business-casual attire, a softly blurred neutral office background, warm even lighting, a friendly confident expression, sharp focus on the face, and natural, realistic color grading.
Best with: ChatGPT, Gemini
Retro Poster
Retro Hand-Painted Film Poster
A nostalgic, hand-painted vintage movie-poster restyle.
Turn this photo into a 1970s-style hand-painted movie poster: bold saturated colors, dramatic painterly brush strokes, a nostalgic cinematic lighting style, and empty space near the bottom as if reserved for title typography.
Best with: Gemini, ChatGPT
3D Character
3D Animated-Movie Caricature
A friendly, exaggerated 3D-animated character version of a photo.
Reimagine this photo as a 3D-animated character in a modern animated-movie style: warm exaggerated proportions, expressive eyes, soft global-illumination lighting, and a colorful stylized background that reflects the person's personality or hobbies.
Best with: ChatGPT, Gemini
Product Shot
Studio Product Flat Lay
Turn a plain product photo into a clean, ad-ready studio shot.
Turn this product photo into a clean studio flat-lay advertisement shot: soft top-down lighting, a plain seamless background in a complementary color, subtle realistic shadows, sharp focus on the product, and generous empty space for text placement.
Best with: Adobe Firefly, Ideogram, Midjourney
B-Roll
Cinematic Establishing B-Roll
A slow, moody cinematic establishing shot for intros or transitions.
A slow cinematic establishing shot of [describe your subject or location], golden-hour lighting, a gentle camera dolly-in, shallow depth of field, subtle film-grain texture, and a calm ambient atmosphere with no dialogue.
Best with: Runway, Luma AI (Dream Machine)
Product Ad
Product Ad Rotation
A short, polished commercial-style clip of a product on display.
A 6-second product commercial shot of [describe your product] rotating slowly on a reflective podium, dramatic studio lighting with a rim light, a clean minimal background, and subtle floating light particles for a high-end advertising look.
Best with: Runway, Luma AI (Dream Machine)
AI Avatar
Talking-Head Avatar Clip
A presenter-style avatar clip for explainer or intro videos.
A friendly presenter speaking directly to camera in a well-lit modern office setting, natural hand gestures, warm color grading, a subtly blurred background, and a confident conversational tone. Script: [paste your script here].
Best with: Synthesia, HeyGen
Retro Video
Nostalgic Home-Video Look
A warm, grainy, camcorder-style nostalgic video aesthetic.
A short clip of [describe your scene] shot in a nostalgic 1990s home-camcorder style: soft grainy texture, slightly warped VHS color grading, a handheld camera feel, and warm natural lighting.
Best with: Runway, Luma AI (Dream Machine)
These are original prompt templates written by AICertifyInfo, inspired by publicly known AI image and video trends — they aren't sourced from or endorsed by any AI tool provider. Results vary by tool and model.