AI Headshot Generator: Professional Photos Without a Photographer

An AI headshot generator turns a phone selfie into a professional portrait. Open-source route: InsightFace + Stable Diffusion with local models.

💡 What You Will Learn

An AI headshot generator turns a phone selfie into a professional portrait. Open-source route: InsightFace + Stable Diffusion with local models.

LinkedIn headshots cost 200 dollars from a photographer - or one afternoon of setup with open-source tools. The results are good enough for most profiles.

The Route

The standard open-source recipe: InsightFace (29,437 stars) detects and aligns your face, then Stable Diffusion inpainting redraws the background and clothing while keeping your identity. ComfyUI (123,958 stars) makes this a visual workflow you can reuse. Local models keep your face data on your machine - a real advantage over web services that store your photos.

Quality Expectations

Results range from decent to excellent depending on your source photo: use a well-lit, front-facing selfie. Clothing and background are customizable by prompt. Expect to generate 20-50 candidates and pick 3-5 - the models are stochastic.

FAQ

Q: Is it good enough for LinkedIn?
A: Most generated headshots pass at thumbnail size; recruiters rarely zoom in. Keep it professional - no exaggerated edits.

Q: Do I need a powerful GPU?
A: A 6-8GB VRAM GPU runs the workflow; CPU works but takes minutes per image.