Getting the Best Result

Why a Clear Face Matters

Updated 2026-08-27

Why a Clear Face Matters

The result looking like you depends almost entirely on how clearly your face reads in the input. Everything else the app can rebuild; your likeness it can only copy.

The model copies visible detail

Sharp, lit features carry through. Shadowed or blurred ones get guessed, and guesses look like someone else.

Obstructions force invention

Sunglasses, hats, hands, and hair across the face all make the model fill in what it can't see.

Get reasonably close

A photo where your face fills a fair part of the frame has far more detail than a distant shot cropped in tight.

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