Task prompt · Photo Editing
Generate a YouTube thumbnail with a surprised face
by Agent Yard TeamExpressive thumbnail from your own selfie.
Use cases
- Expressive thumbnail from your own selfie.
- When you already have a selfie and want the AI to work from it instead of starting from scratch.
- Reuse it as often as you like: fill in the blanks (left/right; topic visual) with new details and copy again.
- With ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, the AIs that support what this prompt needs.
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How to use it
- Open chatgpt.com or gemini.google.com (or another AI listed here) and use its image generation (in Gemini, the image model; in Grok, Imagine).
- Attach a clear, well-lit, front-facing selfie (no heavy filters).
- Fill in the highlighted blanks ([LEFT/RIGHT], [TOPIC VISUAL]) below, or edit them after pasting.
- Copy the prompt, paste it into the chat and send.
- Only use your own face or people who agreed.
Fill in the blanks (optional)
Prompt
Using my attached selfie, create a 16:9 thumbnail image: my face on the [LEFT/RIGHT] with a surprised expression close to my own, cut out with a white outline, background showing [TOPIC VISUAL], high contrast. Keep my face recognizable. No text.
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