How to Get the Best Out of AISHOT for AI Headshots
When using AI to create professional AI headshots and business portraits, there are several things to consider to achieve the best possible result. In this article, you'll learn what to focus on to create the best AI-generated headshots with AISHOT.
- Clothing and accessories
- Different angles and poses
- Lighting conditions
- Background variations
- Image quality
- Consistent identity
- Avoid filters and alterations
1. Clothing and Accessories
Include images with different hairstyles and clothing styles for varied AI headshots.
At first glance, you might not think angles or hairstyles are important, but for AI-generated headshots, they are crucial.
Why is that? Imagine going to the office and not wearing the same clothes every day. Instead, you wear a white shirt one day, a black sweater another, and a pink hoodie on another. You don't want your colleagues to know you as someone who only wears a white shirt, and the same applies to AI headshot generation.
You should show yourself in different clothing items, with different hairstyles or accessories, so the AI can get a clear picture of you when you change. The more often you change clothes and accessories, the better the AI can understand you, as long as your face remains the same.
In this case, the AI knows that you're a person who can have different hair and wear different clothes, but the only thing that doesn't change is your face.
That's why it's so important that the artificial intelligence can recognize that your face stays the same while other things like your hair, your clothes, or your accessories can change in your AI-generated business headshots.
There's one exception: If you want a specific hairstyle or beard in your AI headshots, upload many pictures with that hairstyle or beard to train the AI on this feature.
2. Different Angles and Poses
Use photos with various angles and poses for dynamic AI business headshots.
This also applies to clothing and accessories. You as a person are not a 2D image, but a 3D person with different viewing angles.
When someone sees you, they see you from the side and from behind. The same applies to AI headshot generation. Even if the AI doesn't need to see you from behind, it's better to show it how you look from different angles. Please note that by "from the side," we mean the side of your face that you want to show in the photo, not the side where only one of your eyes is visible. Nevertheless, you should always look at the camera, as it's common in business headshots and professional portraits to look in the direction of the photographer.
3. Lighting Conditions
Choose photos with different lighting conditions (natural, artificial, dim) for versatile AI headshots.
Lighting is not as important as different hairstyles and angles, but it can help the AI recognize you better in various lighting conditions, e.g., in natural light, in the office, or in a relatively dark room like a gallery. As you probably know, you look different under various lighting conditions, so this variation also helps the AI to better recognize your face for creating accurate AI-generated headshots.
4. Background Variations
Use photos with different backgrounds for diverse AI business portraits.
Backgrounds are similar to clothing and hairstyles. You don't want to be associated with your background in your AI headshots.
You might think it's easy to take multiple selfies in your room and upload them to AISHOT. Well, that makes sense to you, but for the AI headshot generation, it's quite difficult because the AI might think that your background is the same as you and then your face gets connected with the background. You don't want that in your professional headshots, do you?
When you change the background, the AI knows that the background is the background and your face is your face in the generated business headshots.
6. Image Quality
Ensure high resolution and clarity of your FACE for high-quality AI-generated headshots.
You know the saying? Garbage in, garbage out.
If you want to get a high-quality AI business headshot, you need to make sure that the input is good.
When uploading images to the AI headshot generator, make sure they have a high resolution, with 1024 x 1024 of your face, not the whole image! Ensure that the quality of the images is good so that the AI can recognize your face in a clear picture. You need to make sure that the part of your face in the picture is sharp enough for optimal AI headshot creation.
What does this mean? For example, if you upload a picture of you standing in front of the Great Wall of China, the picture itself has good resolution, but when you zoom in on your face, you'll find that your face isn't really clear. Even if the larger picture has a higher resolution, it's not ideal for the AI to generate professional headshots, because the AI needs to recognize your face and not the entire background you're standing in front of!
7. Consistent Identity
Make sure all images show the same person for consistent AI-generated business headshots. No additional faces in the picture or photo, no images with faces in the background.
You know when you send pictures to your friends where you're standing in a crowd or with a celebrity?
That's okay for your friends because they know you and can recognize you even when you're with other people.
But not for the AI headshot generator. Because the AI doesn't really know you as a person. Therefore, the AI will try to capture every face that appears in the image. Let's say you take a selfie in front of the famous Mona Lisa (or any other artwork with a human face). Your friends will be able to recognize which face is you and which is the Mona Lisa, but the AI will have difficulties generating accurate business headshots.
If two or more faces are visible in the picture, the AI will be confused - which face is yours? Makes sense, right? You should always upload images where you're the only face in the picture for the best AI-generated headshots.
In short, if you don't want to look like Mona Lisa in your AI business headshot, don't risk it by uploading pictures of yourself with Mona Lisa!
8. Avoid Filters and Alterations
Avoid heavily filtered or digitally edited images for authentic AI headshots.
Do you want your AI-generated business headshot to be heavily filtered? If not, then don't upload heavily filtered photos for Instagram. Choose natural photos with light makeup. That's the kind of look you want to show people in an AI business headshot or professional portrait. You want to show people that you're a professional, not an Instagram star.
9. Summary
In short, when creating an AI business headshot, you want the AI to get to know you as a person. The more variations you provide, the better the AI will recognize you and the better results you'll get in your professional AI-generated portraits.
Are you ready for the perfect AI business headshot? Here's how to get started!