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PROMPT Tested by Rajat Chauhan Tested October 2026 Updated

Black-tone studio portrait: EditPro Tips AI photo prompt in ChatGPT and Gemini, tested

A copy-paste EditPro Tips AI photo prompt that turns one photo into a man in a black shirt against a black background lit by a single rim light in a moody studio portrait. We ran it once in ChatGPT with our male test persona, an AI-generated face, not a real person, kept the first output, and show it below. The prompt is one tap to copy and runs in Gemini unchanged.

ChatGPT, first outputPrompt 4 of 16 on our editpro tips ai prompts pageWorks in Gemini too
ChatGPT result for the Black-tone studio portrait prompt: a man in a black shirt against a black background lit by a single rim light in a moody studio portrait
ChatGPT, first output — Face kept. A black shirt on pure black, a single rim of light down one side of the face and across the shoulder, arms folded, everything else in shadow. The cleanest result of the sixteen.

The prompt

Prompt
Turn the uploaded photo into a black-tone studio portrait of me: a plain black shirt against a pure black background, a single hard light from the side and slightly behind me so a thin rim of light traces my face and shoulder, the rest falling into shadow, arms folded, framed from the chest up, the camera at eye level in front of me, my face sharp with visible skin texture, deep blacks and muted colour, no text. Keep my face and facial hair exactly the same as the uploaded photo — do not alter my facial features.

“Black tone” is the channel’s name for this. The rim light is what makes it a portrait rather than a silhouette; keep it.

How to use this prompt

From your photo to this look in under a minute

  1. Tap Copy on the prompt above.
  2. Open ChatGPT or Gemini and start a new chat.
  3. Attach your photo: clear, front-facing, decent light, no sunglasses or beauty filter.
  4. Paste the prompt and send. Change the outfit, place or number first if it does not fit you.
  5. Check the face first. If it is not you, regenerate or run the same prompt in the other app.
  6. New look, new chat. Chat apps carry details from one image into the next.

The face-lock line at the end of the prompt is what keeps the result looking like you. Do not delete it, and do not add “looking away” or “over my shoulder”: say where the camera is and let the scene decide the angle.

इस प्रॉम्प्ट को कैसे इस्तेमाल करें: ऊपर Copy दबाएँ, ChatGPT या Gemini में नई चैट खोलें, अपनी एक साफ़, सामने से ली गई फ़ोटो लगाएँ, प्रॉम्प्ट पेस्ट करके भेजें। आख़िरी लाइन “Keep my face exactly the same” मत हटाएँ, नहीं तो चेहरा बदल सकता है। नतीजा पसंद न आए तो वही प्रॉम्प्ट दूसरे ऐप में चलाएँ।

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Frequently asked questions

Does this prompt work in Gemini as well as ChatGPT?

Yes. It is plain English, so it runs in Google Gemini on its Nano Banana image model and in ChatGPT on GPT Image. We publish the ChatGPT result; attach your photo in a new Gemini chat, paste the prompt and send. If one app misses, run it in the other.

Will it keep my face?

The prompt ends with the face-lock line, “Keep my face exactly the same as the uploaded photo — do not alter my facial features”, says “my face sharp”, and never tells the app where to look. Those three habits kept the face in almost every run across our prompt pages. Use one clear, front-facing photo and check the face before you post.

Which photo should I attach?

We used our male test persona, an AI-generated face, not a real person. Attach a clear, front-facing photo of yourself in decent light, no sunglasses and no beauty filter; for a two-person look, one photo with both of you in it.

Is this prompt free?

Yes. Copy it, change the outfit, place or number to suit you, and use it. ChatGPT and Gemini both have free plans with a daily image limit.