Headshots
Your photo as headshots in six styles, from a corporate studio to black and white, always clearly you.
Drop in a clear photo of yourself. The headshots skill keeps your face exactly as it is while each style changes the light, backdrop and mood: corporate, editorial, outdoor, black and white, bright, and at work.
Start this workflowWhat it makes
6 things in 1 step. Every example here was made in Fil with this workflow.
How it starts
- Say what you want“Professional headshots for my LinkedIn, my website and conference speaker bios”, or a picture. Nothing to upload first.
- Pick from a few choicesClaude asks about where you’ll use them, what you wear and the feel, and tells you if a file is missing.
- Generate allCorporate, Editorial, Outdoor, Black and white, Bright and At work, once you’ve seen the price.
What you put in
- Your photoA sharp, well-lit photo of your face, looking at the camera.Needed
- Another photoA second photo from another angle, for a closer likeness.Optional
- Portrait.mdWho you are, where they’re used, what to wear and the feel. Claude fills it in from your answers, or you can.Brief
Nothing has to be uploaded to start: the canvas opens with a place for each file, ready when you are.
How it runs
Generate all runs it left to right: each step starts as soon as what feeds it is ready, and you see the whole price first. Or run any step yourself.
Step by step on the canvas
- Generate all six: each reads your photos and Portrait.md, so they share your face and clothes.
- Pick your favourites, or regenerate a style for another take.
Skill
The craft every step follows, written out. It comes with the workflow, and you can change it on the canvas.
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Headshots
Read first
Portrait.md for who they are, where the photos will be used, what to wear and the feel; the photos wired in.
Always them
- The person in the wired photos exactly: the same face shape, features, eyes, nose, mouth, skin tone and texture, hairline, hair and glasses. Retouched only as a good photographer would: skin evened, nothing removed or reshaped, no change of age or weight.
- Eyes sharp with a catchlight, a natural expression (a real, relaxed smile or a calm, confident look), shoulders turned a little, chin slightly forward.
- Head and shoulders at 4:5, the eyes about a third from the top, a little room above the head, on an 85 mm lens at eye level.
- Clothes as Portrait.md says: plain, well fitted, no logos, and no brand marks on any prop.
- Each style its own pose and expression: a different turn of the head and shoulders, and a real open smile in at least half of them.
The styles
- Corporate: a mid-grey seamless backdrop, a soft key light from the front-side with gentle fill, a dark jacket, approachable.
- Editorial: soft window light from one side, a warm textured backdrop, a calm, thoughtful look, a gentle film grade.
- Outdoor: golden hour, a softly blurred street or green background, warm rim light in the hair.
- Black and white: one dramatic light (Rembrandt), deep shadows, rich greys, timeless.
- Bright: a clean backdrop in Portrait.md's colour, bright even light, a big real smile.
- At work (3:2): the person in their place of work as Portrait.md says, waist up, the place softly blurred, showing what they do.
Avoid
A face that drifts from the photos, plastic skin, a changed age or weight, warped glasses or ears, odd hands, busy backgrounds, and logos.
Wired into 6 steps on the canvas, where you can change it.
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