Show HN: Professional Headshots Using AI

portraitmaker.ai

11 points by blueapple30 8 hours ago

Hey HN! Launching portraitmaker.ai - pro headshots generated uniquely for your face.

Instead of using a generic model, I actually train a unique Flux LoRA model on your specific selfies. The idea is pretty simple:

1. Upload 10-35 selfies 2. Within 30 mins while the model finishes training 3. Call the trained model with a bunch of custom prompts for perfect headshots

The results are pretty WILD - check out some examples on the site.

Flux models have really changed the game. You can do this with almost anything - for example, cat portraits, dog portraits, etc.

Btw,

$20 gets you: - Custom model trained on your face using Flux LoRA - 40 headshots that actually look CRAZY GOOD

Traditional photographers charge you app the a*. $200-1000+ and require scheduling weeks out. Sometimes, they even charge you for custom outfits and photo retouching.

But most of us don't have that kind of money to splurge on a headshot.

jmpavlec - 5 hours ago

>You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, distribute, and display any images you create or upload

This is a dealbreaker.

codingdave - 2 hours ago

All other privacy and licensing issues notwithstanding, an additional deal-killer for me is some of the details in the actual headshots scrolling in the carousel at the top of the page. There are some short haired folk who have dark lines down one or the other side of their face, which match up almost exactly with the hairlines of some of the longer-haired folk. Sure looks like AI artifacts to me.

Enpece - 3 hours ago

Apart from the licensing issues already mentioned by someone else: I don't know why anyone would use this service at that price. If you have the hardware and are tech savvy enough you can get similar if not better results using opensource tools and models. If you don't have the hardware you can still use paid services which should still be cheaper. And if you don't want to do anything with AI (which is the first thing you should think about when trying to accurately represent yourself to a future employer), you could still go to a local photo studio and get your picture taken by a professional at that price.

vunderba - 2 hours ago

Besides the licensing terms (which sound like they've been addressed) - there's a dozen of these already in existence - BetterPic, HeadshotPro, AI Portraits, Aragon, etc.

I would add a comparison table on your site to highlight what makes your different.

ryvi - 4 hours ago

The sample photos clearly give me AI vibes, maybe its better zoomed out