camel2243

Re:Show HN: Turn casual photos into professional headshots with AI on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @06:56AM (#48990614)

Yeah, agreed, you can get photos out of gemini. But getting one properly sized and not wasting a generation on a bad input photo, that's the annoying part this tool handles for you.

Re:Show HN: Turn casual photos into professional headshots with AI on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @02:43AM (#48988885)

You're right, and appreciate you flagging it. The photo is AI-regenerated, not a crop of the original, not something to submit for an actual passport. Just shipped a disclaimer on that format saying exactly that. Thank you!

Re:Show HN: Turn casual photos into professional headshots with AI on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @02:29AM (#48988797)

Thanks, that's a good idea, but we're keeping scope narrow for now. It’s tuned for "must look official" rather than "looks cool." We might revisit it later.

Show HN: Turn casual photos into professional headshots with AI

Posted by camel2243 on Monday July 20, 2026 @11:13PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://portraify.app

A while back I needed an ID photo for something urgent. The only way to get one was to find a photo studio, book a time, and wait around for it to be printed, and just one set cost about $13 (converted from my local currency). With how far AI has come, I felt like this should be easier and cheaper by now.So, I built Portraify. It turns 1–3 casual photos into professional headshots, and also...

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