Business attire, a neutral backdrop and studio lighting applied to a photo you already have.
Headshot services that train a model on twenty of your selfies charge $30–$50 and take an hour. For a single usable portrait you rarely need that: one well-lit selfie plus an instruction-following edit gets you a neutral background, professional clothing and softer, directional light while keeping your actual face.
That last point matters. A trained-avatar service produces someone who resembles you; an edit keeps you and changes the context around you.
Pick your best selfie: Front-facing, eyes open, even light. Avoid heavy shadows across one half of the face.
Describe the look: 'Studio headshot on a soft grey background, navy blazer, natural skin texture, keep my face unchanged.'
Upscale if needed: Run the result through the upscaler for print or high-DPI profile use.
Your face, not an avatar: No training set, no likeness drift — the source photo stays the source of truth.
One credit-cheap iteration loop: Try three backgrounds and two outfits for the cost of a coffee's worth of credits.
Ready for LinkedIn: Square-crop and export at full resolution without a watermark.
Do I need multiple photos? No. One selfie is enough because the tool edits rather than trains.
Will it look obviously AI-generated? Ask for natural skin texture explicitly. Over-smoothing is the main tell, and the prompt controls it.
Can I use it commercially? Yes — you own your outputs. See the Terms for details.