AI Photo Filter: Restyle Your Photo With One Prompt
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This AI photo filter does what a preset slider cannot: it re-lights and re-grades the picture itself. Pick a look such as golden hour, an old CCD camera or film halation, upload your photo, and an edit model such as Nano Banana 2.1 repaints the light, color and grain while the face, pose and framing stay yours.
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One-click filter presets
Each preset opens the generator with Nano Banana 2.1 selected (1–3 credits per photo, depending on resolution) and the prompt below already filled in. Pick a look first, then upload your photo and press Generate. You can edit the prompt before you run it, or switch to another model.
Golden hour
Re-light this photo as if shot at golden hour: low warm sun from the side, long soft shadows, honey-colored highlights on skin and hair. Keep the person, pose, clothes and framing exactly the same.
Use this presetBlue hour
Turn this photo into a blue hour scene: deep cool blue sky just after sunset, soft even light on the subject, warm city lights glowing in the background. Keep faces, pose and composition unchanged.
Use this presetCCD camera
Make this photo look like it was taken on a 2005 compact CCD digital camera: direct on-camera flash, slightly cool colors, crisp digital noise, a little overexposed highlights. Keep the subject and framing the same.
Use this presetOld phone camera
Restyle this photo as an early smartphone snapshot: soft detail, muted colors, slight JPEG compression, flat lighting and a faint warm cast. Do not change the people or the scene.
Use this presetFilm halation
Give this photo a cinematic film look with halation: red-orange glow around bright edges and light sources, gentle grain, lifted blacks and rich color. Keep the subject, pose and background identical.
Use this presetRim light
Add a strong rim light behind the subject so a bright thin outline separates hair and shoulders from a darker background. Keep the face lit softly from the front and leave pose and framing unchanged.
Use this presetButterfly lighting
Re-light this portrait with butterfly lighting: a soft key light high and centered in front of the face, a small shadow under the nose, glowing cheekbones, clean beauty-studio look. Keep the face and expression the same.
Use this presetPink sunset
Recolor this photo with a pink sunset sky: pastel pink and lilac clouds, warm pink light falling on the subject, soft dreamy contrast. Keep people, pose and composition exactly as they are.
Use this presetWarm film
Grade this photo like warm 35mm film: amber midtones, creamy highlights, soft grain and slightly faded shadows. Keep the subject, outfit and framing unchanged.
Use this presetLo-fi dusk
Turn this photo into a lo-fi dusk mood: dim violet evening light, soft blur, low contrast, a few warm street lamps and a quiet nostalgic feel. Keep the person and pose the same.
Use this presetCobalt blue
Apply a bold cobalt blue color grade: deep saturated blues in shadows and background, skin tones kept natural, high-contrast editorial look. Keep the composition and subject unchanged.
Use this presetWater reflection
Add a calm water surface at the bottom of the frame that mirrors the subject and the sky, with gentle ripples and soft light. Keep the subject, pose and upper half of the photo the same.
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Models that can apply a filter to your photo
A filter needs a model that accepts an uploaded photo. 19 models in the generator do. The price below is for one photo in, read from the live price list; it changes with the resolution or quality you pick and shows on the Generate button before you start.
| Model | Vendor | Max reference images | Credits per photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nano Banana Pro | 8 | 5–6 | |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | 10 | 1–3 | |
| Nano Banana 2 | 10 | 2–5 | |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | 10 | 1 | |
| Nano Banana | 10 | 1 | |
| GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | OpenAI | 16 | 2–4 |
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare | OpenAI | 16 | 2–4 |
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | 16 | 2–4 |
| GPT Image 1.5 | OpenAI | 16 | 1–6 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | ByteDance | 10 | 2–4 |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | ByteDance | 14 | 2 |
| Seedream 5.0 Flash | ByteDance | 10 | 1 |
| Seedream 4.5 | ByteDance | 14 | 2 |
| Flux 2 Pro | Black Forest Labs | 8 | 2 |
| Flux Kontext | Black Forest Labs | 1 | 2–3 |
| Ideogram V3 | Ideogram | 1 | 1–3 |
| Qwen Image 3.0 Pro | Alibaba | 3 | 2–3 |
| Grok Imagine Image 2.0 | xAI | 5 | 1 |
| Wan 2.7 Image Pro | Alibaba | 9 | 3 |
How to filter a photo with AI
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Pick a look
Click a preset chip above the generator, or write your own description of the light, color and grain you want.
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Upload your photo
Add a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB as the reference image. Drag it in, paste it or pick the file.
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Choose a model
The presets open a low-cost edit model. Switch to a premium one for portraits or tricky lighting; the price shows on the button.
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Generate and refine
Download the result, or use it as the next reference and push the look further one change at a time.
Why a prompt beats a fixed preset
Real re-lighting
A slider shifts colors that are already there. An edit model can move the sun, add a rim light or turn day into dusk.
The subject stays yours
Prompts that name what must stay (face, pose, outfit, framing) keep the person recognizable while the mood changes.
Any look you can describe
Twelve presets get you started, but every word of the prompt is editable, so the list of looks is open-ended.
Price before you click
Every model shows its credit cost on the Generate button, and a failed image refunds its credits automatically.
What people use it for
Profile pictures
Give a plain selfie golden-hour warmth or a clean beauty-light finish for a profile photo.
Consistent feeds
Run the same prompt over a set of photos so a carousel or grid shares one color mood.
Product shots
Move a product photo from flat office light to sunset or cobalt studio color without a new shoot.
Nostalgia edits
Recreate the look of an early-2000s digital camera or an old phone for throwback posts.
What a filtered photo costs
- Applying a filter to your own photo needs an edit model and purchased credits. The cheapest edit costs 1 credit per photo; the presets open Nano Banana 2.1 at 1–3 credits.
- Free check-in and welcome credits pay for Z-Image only, which creates pictures from text and cannot take an uploaded photo, so a free account can try prompts but not filter its own pictures.
- If a model fails to return an image, the credits go straight back to your balance.
- Credit packs and plans are listed on the pricing page; buying once unlocks every model in the generator.
Related tools
AI image generator
The full generator with every text-to-image and edit model, prompt only or with references.
Photo enhancer
Free, in-browser auto levels, color correction and sharpening when you need a fix, not a new look.
Background remover
Cut the subject out first, then place it into a new filtered scene.
Image upscaler
Enlarge a filtered result for print or a large banner without generating again.
Nano Banana 2.1
The low-cost Google edit model the presets open with, with up to ten references.
TikTok carousel maker
Turn a set of filtered photos into a ready-to-post slideshow.
A practical guide to AI filters for photos
How an AI filter differs from a classic preset
A classic filter is a color lookup: it moves the existing pixels toward warmer, cooler or more faded values. It cannot invent light that was never there, so a selfie taken under an office ceiling stays flat, only tinted. An edit model in the AI image generator reads the whole picture and draws a new version of it, which means it can change the direction of the light, add a glow around a window or put a sunset behind a person.
The trade-off is control. Because the model repaints the image, small details can drift: a necklace may change, text on a shirt may blur. Good prompts limit that drift by saying exactly what must stay the same, and the presets on this page all end with such a line.
Writing your own filter prompt
Describe the look in three parts: the light (direction, warmth, hardness), the color grade (which tones go warm or cool, how saturated) and the texture (grain, sharpness, compression). Then add a keep line: keep the face, pose, outfit and framing unchanged. For example: soft window light from the left, muted teal shadows with warm skin, fine film grain; keep the person and background the same.
Change one thing per run. If golden hour came out too orange, rerun with less saturated, soft gold light rather than rewriting the whole prompt. The history strip keeps every version, and Use as reference sends a result back in as the next input.
Choosing the right model for portraits and products
For quick looks on everyday photos, Nano Banana 2.1 is the starting point: it is one of the cheapest edit models and handles light and color changes well. Its details are on the Nano Banana 2.1 model page. For close portraits where skin texture and the exact face matter most, a premium model such as Nano Banana Pro costs more per photo but keeps identity more reliably.
If a filter must combine several inputs, for example your photo plus a color reference or a background plate, pick a model with more reference slots. The GPT Image family takes up to sixteen; see GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. The table above lists every edit model with its reference limit and the credits for one photo.
Before and after the filter
Start from the best source you have. A blurry or noisy photo gives the model less to keep, so run it through the free photo enhancer first. After filtering, a result that looks right but is too small for print can go through the image upscaler instead of a second paid run.
A filtered still can also become motion: use it as the first frame in the AI video generator to animate the scene with the same light and color.