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Woman with glasses in a lavender knit sweater, in a bedroom.

Woman with glasses in the same lavender knit sweater, plain cream wall.

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CV Photo AI Prompt: Plain Background Resume Headshot

Gives a clean, plain-background CV or resume photo, keeping their own clothes.

Target photo: One recent, front-facing head-and-shoulders photo. Inputs: source photo (1). Prompt v1.0.0.

Best source photo

✓Facing the camera

✓No shadows across the face

✓Slight natural smile

✓Original image should not be blurry

What changes

Plain cream wall

Shadow-free even light

What should stay recognizable

✓Face and identity

✓Own clothing

✓Skin tone

✓Glasses

AI tools can still change small details. Review the final result before using it professionally.

Limitations

Example people in the before photo are AI-generated, not real people.
Heavy face occlusion can weaken identity fidelity

Customize this prompt

Adjust the details, then copy the prompt to ChatGPT Image.

Color mood

Background

Output ratio

Keep clothing from original photo

Keep original pose

Edit the uploaded person into a clean CV photo with soft, even lighting, no shadows on the face, and sharp focus. Follow the selected source-preservation settings: recognizable identity, proportions, defining features, expression, and clothing. If clothing is preserved, keep their own clothes. If pose is not preserved, have them face the camera with a slight friendly smile, framed from head to upper shoulders. Keep their face shape, eyes, nose, lips, hairline, any beard, glasses, or head covering, apparent age, and exact skin tone; do not beautify, slim, de-age, or lighten the skin, and keep natural skin texture. Apply bright neutral color grading. Replace the background with minimal cream wall, keeping clean edges around hair and clothing. Do not add people, text, lettering, or logos. Compose for 4:5 Portrait without cropping the face.

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