ChatGPT Commands for Photo Editing: 200 Ready Prompts

ChatGPT commands for photo editing work like this: each has a short name such as /relight or /removebg, and behind it sits a ready prompt. Pick a command, upload a photo, take the result. You type nothing.

Below are all 200 commands with a note on what each is for, plus why one wording works and an almost identical one does not.

In short

• 200 commands, 13 sections: retouching, skin and face, light, color, background, portrait, clothing, product, framing, 3D, illustration, infographics, creative.
• 162 run in one click. The other 38 need one word from you: which object, which color, which text.
• This is not OpenAI syntax. In ChatGPT itself /relight stays plain text: the slash here is part of the name, so the command is easy to spot in a long list.
• The engine: GPT Image 2. One photo up to 25 MB, from 3 tokens per image.
• The whole list is built into the generation form on Pixyn, so you do not need to copy prompts into another service.

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Why a command and not just a prompt

A prompt has to be remembered. Behind a command name the text is already written.

Take the task "change the light on a portrait". A working prompt looks like this:

Change only the lighting: soft window light from the left, natural shadows.
Keep everything else.

The whole point is in the second line. Remove it, and the model will also change the person's clothes, fix the background and "improve" the skin into plastic. It is also the first thing you forget when typing the prompt by hand for the fifth time a day. In /relight it is built in for good.

Don't do this: "make the photo nicer", "improve it somehow", "edit it professionally". The model does not know your "nicer" and changes everything at once, and the tokens are charged as for a normal run. The formula of a working command is always the same: what to change plus what not to touch.

All 200 commands and what they are for

What follows is the full reference. You do not have to read it in a row: find your section and take a command. All of them are collected in the ChatGPT Commands action: there you pick them from a list and type nothing.

Retouching and restoration (15 commands)

The shot cannot be retaken: a paper archive, a shoot in a dark hall, the only photo from a supplier.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/enhance	General improvement	An overall lift of the frame when it is unclear what exactly is wrong. A good place to start
/restore	Restoration	An old photo from an album: remove scratches, dust and fading without touching the face
/upscale	Upscale	A small picture from a supplier that you need for print or a large banner
/sharpen	Sharpness	The frame is slightly soft: add sharpness to details without making the skin plastic
/denoise	Noise reduction	Shot in a dark hall at high ISO, need to remove color noise
/deblur	Blur	Motion blur: a child, an animal, a handheld shot
/clarity	Detail	Add volume to details without a heavy HDR effect
/natural	Naturalness	Bring an over-processed frame back to a lively look: no plastic, no halos
/dust	Dust	Specks and spots from a dirty sensor
/scratches	Scratches	Scratches on a scan of an old print
/tear	Tear	A torn corner or a crease on a paper photo
/compression	Artifacts	A picture after being forwarded through messengers: remove the blocks and artifacts
/colorrestore	Color	The film drifted to yellow or blue, bring back normal colors
/dynamicrange	Dynamic range	Crushed shadows and a blown-out sky: pull out the details
/cleanup	Cleanup	Small debris and defects across the frame, without touching the main subject

Skin and face (15 commands)

Work with the face. The general rule of the section: do not change the identity. The commands lift the presentation, not the features.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/skin	Skin	Even out the skin tone, keeping pores and a lively texture
/retouch	Retouch	Portrait retouching for a website or a CV, without rejuvenation
/beauty	Beauty	Beauty processing without losing recognizability
/naturalretouch	Natural retouch	Remove only the temporary: a pimple, redness; the facial features stay
/eyes	Eyes	A more expressive look, the eye color and shape stay your own
/teeth	Teeth	Slightly whiten the teeth, without porcelain whiteness
/face	Face	A neater presentation of the face, but the nose and lips stay your own
/ageup ✱	Older	Show the person older, for roles and ad scenarios
/ageback ✱	Younger	Show the person younger while keeping them recognizable
/skinwarm	Skin tone	Bring an earthy skin tone to a warm one without touching clothes and background
/freckles	Freckles	Add freckles that match the light
/beard ✱	Beard	Try on a beard or stubble before visiting the barber
/eyebrows	Eyebrows	Neater eyebrows, your own shape and density
/expression ✱	Expression	Change only the expression: from calm to a smile
/portraitclean	Clean portrait	A clean commercial portrait with soft light

Light (15 commands)

Light changes a frame more than retouching. The same shot in different light reads like a different shoot.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/relight	Relight	A flat frame with a straight-on flash becomes soft window light
/softlight	Soft light	Diffused light with delicate shadows
/hardlight	Hard light	Hard directional light with expressive shadows
/rimlight	Rim light	A rim outline along the edge of the subject to separate it from the background
/backlight	Backlight	A source behind the back: a halo of light around the figure
/windowlight	Window light	The natural light of a large window on the left
/goldenhour	Golden hour	Move the shoot to sunset hour without reshooting
/bluehour	Blue hour	The cold twilight atmosphere of the blue hour
/neonlight ✱	Neon	Neon side lighting in a given color
/dramatic	Dramatic	Deep shadows and directional light for a dramatic frame
/studio	Studio	Professional studio light with a soft key light
/highkey	High key	A bright high-key look: soft shadows, a clean background
/lowkey	Low key	A dark low-key look: light only on the face
/exposure	Exposure	The frame is darker or lighter than normal: fix the exposure
/hdr	HDR	Moderately expand the dynamic range

Color and photo styling (15 commands)

Color sets the mood and glues mismatched frames into one feed.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/cinematic	Cinematic	A film tone for the whole feed or carousel
/film	Film	An analog character: soft grain, natural colors
/vintage	Vintage	Vintage: faded colors and soft contrast
/blackwhite	B&W	Expressive black and white when color gets in the way
/sepia	Sepia	A warm sepia tone for an old look
/matte	Matte	A matte picture with muted blacks
/pastel	Pastel	A soft pastel palette for a gentle look
/moody	Moody	An atmospheric dark grade with muted colors
/tealorange	Teal & orange	The cinematic teal and orange pair, without the skin turning green
/desaturate	Mute	Mute oversaturated colors
/vibrant	Saturation	Raise the saturation without burning the skin and the whites
/cool	Cool tone	Shift the picture to cool
/warm	Warm tone	Shift the picture to warm
/monochrome ✱	Monochrome	Monochrome in one given hue
/polaroid	Polaroid	A look of an instant photo with a white frame

Background and objects (15 commands)

The most common commercial task: the subject is fine, but the surroundings are no good.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/background ✱	Background replacement	One shoot becomes a series of scenes: studio, street, interior
/removebg	Remove background	A transparent background for a collage and placing on a layout
/whitebackground	White background	A white background with a soft shadow, the basic requirement of product cards
/blackbackground	Black background	A deep black background for a premium look
/blurbackground	Blur background	Blur an unfortunate interior, keep the subject sharp
/cleanupbg	Clean background	Remove the mess in the background
/removeobject ✱	Remove object	Wires, a trash can, a random passer-by, someone else's logo
/replaceobject ✱	Replace object	Swap an item in the frame while keeping the perspective and light
/addobject ✱	Add object	Paint an item into the scene with its own shadow
/expand ✱	Expand	Extend the frame sideways when there is not enough air for a heading
/sky ✱	Sky	Rebuild the sky without touching buildings and people
/weather ✱	Weather	Change the weather: rain, fog, snow
/reflection ✱	Reflection	Add a reflection of the subject on a surface
/shadow	Shadow	Paint a realistic shadow so the subject stops "floating"
/depth	Depth	Strengthen the depth of field, the subject stays sharp

Portrait and professional photography (10 commands)

Business portraits: a website, a CV, a press kit, a conference.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/portrait	Portrait	A professional portrait that keeps the real appearance
/headshot	Headshot	A shoulders-up portrait for the "Team" page and a press kit
/linkedin	LinkedIn	A business profile photo from an ordinary shot
/passport	ID style	A neutral official portrait with even light
/founder	Founder	A founder's portrait: confident, premium
/speaker	Speaker	A speaker photo for a conference website
/creator	Creator	A content creator's portrait: lively but businesslike
/team	Team	Bring mismatched team photos to one style
/corporate	Corporate	A strict corporate portrait with a neutral background
/editorialportrait	Editorial	An editorial fashion portrait with an expressive composition

Clothing, hair, accessories (15 commands)

Try on a look before spending money on a shoot or a purchase.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/outfit ✱	Clothing	Try on a different look, the face and pose stay your own
/formal	Formal	Dress in a business suit
/streetwear	Streetwear	Dress in modern streetwear
/oldmoney	Old Money	A restrained old money look without big logos
/casual	Casual	An everyday look matching the appearance and surroundings
/sport	Sport	Sportswear instead of ordinary clothes
/dress ✱	Dress	Replace the clothes with a dress with natural folds
/haircut ✱	Haircut	Try on a haircut before going to the salon
/haircolor ✱	Hair color	Try on a hair color while keeping the texture
/makeup ✱	Makeup	Try on a given type of makeup
/glasses ✱	Glasses	Try on a frame that sits correctly on the face
/accessories ✱	Accessories	Add accessories with the right light and shadows
/jewelry ✱	Jewelry	Show a piece of jewelry on a person with realistic highlights
/tryon ✱	Try-on	Try on an item before sewing a sample
/shoes ✱	Shoes	Replace the shoes while keeping the position of the feet

Product and commerce (15 commands)

A shooting day from a single shot. The most practical section for sales.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/productshot	Product shot	A premium product shoot from a shot on a table
/catalog	Catalog	A clean catalog card on a neutral background
/marketplace	Marketplace	A product photo for a marketplace: a clean composition, the product reads
/lifestyle	Lifestyle	The product in an everyday scene, so the card feels more alive
/flatlay	Flat lay	A set laid out strictly from above
/mockup ✱	Mockup	Your design on an item: merch and packaging before the print run
/bundle	Bundle	Show several products as one set
/luxuryproduct	Luxury	A premium ad with expensive light
/foodphoto	Food photo	An appetizing photo of a dish for a menu and delivery
/packshot	Packshot	A clean shot strictly from the front for a catalog grid
/detailshot	Detail shot	A macro of a key detail: show the material and texture
/shelf	On the shelf	The product on a store shelf, the way it will look in retail
/advertising	Advertising	An ad key visual with room for text
/premiumbackground	Premium background	A minimalist premium background for the product category
/seasonalproduct ✱	Seasonal	A seasonal scene: New Year, summer, autumn; the product itself does not change

Framing and formats (10 commands)

One frame for different platforms, without cropping the main subject.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/crop	Crop	Reframe without cutting off the main subject
/square	1:1	A 1:1 square without cutting the main subject
/portrait45	4:5	The 4:5 format, the most screen space in a feed
/story916	9:16	Horizontal to Stories and Reels, the background is extended
/landscape169	16:9	A wide 16:9 for covers and presentations
/center	Center	Center the main subject
/symmetry	Symmetry	Even out the symmetry of the composition
/closeup	Close-up	Get closer to the subject
/wide	Wide shot	Take a wider frame, the surroundings are extended
/negativeSpace	Negative space	Free up space on the right for text

3D and CGI (20 commands)

When a photo should stop being a photo and become a render.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/3d	3D	The product as a 3D render without a 3D modeler
/cgi	CGI	An ad CGI frame with perfect geometry
/blender	Blender look	The look of a quality Blender render
/clayrender	Clay render	Matte single-color geometry: show the form without distracting color
/wireframe	Wireframe	A technical wireframe of the object in clean lines
/isometric3d	Isometric	Isometry for diagrams and presentations
/product3d	3D product	A premium 3D render of the product on a studio background
/glass3d	Glass	The object's material: clear glass
/metal3d	Metal	The object's material: metal, matte or polished
/chrome3d	Chrome	Mirror chrome with reflections
/plastic3d	Plastic	Matte premium plastic
/liquid3d	Liquid	A realistic liquid surface
/miniature3d	Miniature	The scene as a detailed miniature
/diorama	Diorama	A compact 3D diorama of the scene
/hologram	Hologram	A futuristic holographic look
/lowpoly	Low poly	A neat low-poly model
/voxel	Voxel	A voxel model made of cubes
/toy3d	3D toy	The object as a collectible toy
/architecture3d	Architectural 3D	An architectural render with daylight
/productexploded	Exploded view	Take the product apart into components: an instruction and a contents diagram

Illustration and art (20 commands)

Hand techniques and stylizations: from watercolor to pixel art.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/cartoon	Cartoon	A cartoon illustration: avatars, stickers, kids' content
/anime	Anime	Anime styling with a recognizable character
/comic	Comic	A comic style with an expressive outline
/watercolor	Watercolor	Watercolor for cards and a gentle look
/oilpainting	Oil	Oil painting with visible brushstrokes
/gouache	Gouache	Dense gouache with matte colors
/pencil	Pencil	A graphite drawing
/ink	Ink	Black ink with an expressive line
/charcoal	Charcoal	A charcoal drawing
/paper	Paper collage	A multilayer paper collage
/collage	Collage	An editorial collage of several layers
/papercut	Paper cut	A paper appliqué with soft shadows
/clay	Clay	A plasticine miniature
/lego	Building blocks	A scene made of building blocks
/pixelart	Pixel art	Pixel art with a readable silhouette
/retrogame	Retro game	The graphics of a classic video game
/comicpanel	Comic panel	One comic panel with a visual hierarchy
/graphicposter	Graphic poster	A modern graphic poster
/linocut	Linocut	A linocut print
/risograph	Riso	Risograph: a limited palette and print grain

Infographics, text and design (15 commands)

A ready layout in one run: a poster, a cover, a diagram, packaging.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/poster ✱	Poster	A poster or an announcement with your heading, a layout in one run
/addtext ✱	Text	Place lettering in a given spot of the frame
/headline ✱	Headline	A large headline at the top
/thumbnail	Thumbnail	A video cover that reads in the feed
/banner ✱	Banner	A wide banner with text and room for a button
/infographic	Infographic	Turn data into a clear infographic
/diagram	Diagram	A clear diagram with short captions
/timeline	Timeline	Events as a horizontal timeline
/comparison	Comparison	A clear comparison of two states
/logo ✱	Logo	Place a ready logo, keeping the proportions
/watermark ✱	Watermark	A watermark in the corner with moderate transparency
/socialpost	Social media	Adapt the frame for a post with room for text
/cover ✱	Cover	A cover for a book, a presentation or an article
/ui	UI mockup	An interface screen in a realistic device mockup
/packaging	Packaging	Packaging design on a 3D model with folds and highlights

Creative transformations (20 commands)

Techniques that move the frame into a different reality.

Command	Purpose	Why you need it
/doubleexposure ✱	Double exposure	A double exposure for a cover and a poster
/surreal	Surrealism	A surreal scene with a recognizable subject
/dreamy	Dreamy	A soft dreamy atmosphere
/cyberpunk	Cyberpunk	Neon cyberpunk: a night city, wet asphalt
/futuristic	Futurism	A futuristic setting with high-tech architecture
/retro ✱	Retro	The aesthetics of a chosen decade
/noir	Film noir	Black and white noir with hard side light
/dreamscape	Dreamscape	A calm surreal dream
/miniature	Miniature world	The scene as a miniature model
/giant	Giant scale	The subject at a giant scale relative to the surroundings
/floating	Floating	The subject floats with a correct shadow
/mirrorworld	Mirror world	A mirrored version of the scene with logical symmetry
/seasonchange ✱	Season change	Move the scene to another season
/timechange	Time change	From day to night with realistic lighting
/locationchange ✱	Location change	Move a person or an object to another place
/studiofashion	Fashion Studio	A fashion shoot in a studio with a soft key light
/macro	Macro	A macro shot of a detail with micro texture
/productcutout	Product cutout	Neatly separate the product from the background, keeping fine edges
/beforeafter	Before/after	A "before/after" case in one frame, for services
/colorgrade ✱	Color grade	A professional color grade in a given style

✱ means the command will ask for a short clarification: which object, which color, which text. There are 38 of them out of 200.

How a record is built

Three parts: the command, the purpose for a person, the text for the model. Here are two records in English translation:

/removebg: Remove background
Remove the background and make it transparent, keeping the subject and clean edges.

/restore: Restoration
Restore the old photograph: remove scratches, dust, tears and fading,
keep the face and the original composition.

Look at the tail: "keeping the subject", "keep the face and the original composition". It is in every command. It is the brake: it stops the model from redoing half the frame along the way.

Prompts for photo editing in ChatGPT: how to write your own

A prompt for photo editing in ChatGPT is built from three parts: what to change, what to aim the edit at, and what to leave as it was. The third part is easy to skip, although it is exactly what holds the face, the background and the composition in place.

Part	What to write	Example from /sharpen
What to change	one task, as a verb	"Increase the sharpness"
What to aim at	an area of the frame, the measure or the character of the edit	"of important details"
What to keep	what the model must not touch	"keeping the natural skin texture"

Prompts to improve photo quality

The typical cases: the photo is blurry, noisy or small. Below are five commands from the "Retouching and restoration" section, built on this scheme, in English translation. Paste their text into ChatGPT together with the photo as an ordinary prompt: the slash name means nothing there, and the text reads as an instruction.

General improvement when it is unclear what exactly is wrong (/enhance):

Improve the photo: increase detail, local contrast and clarity, keeping natural skin and the original composition.

A small picture that needs to be large (/upscale):

Increase the image resolution and restore fine details without halos or excessive sharpening.

Shot in the dark, and color noise spread across the frame (/denoise):

Remove digital noise and color noise, keeping hair, fabric texture and fine details.

Smeared by motion (/deblur):

Reduce slight motion blur and restore details without changing the face.

The photo went through three messengers and broke into blocks (/compression):

Reduce JPEG artifacts and blockiness, keeping text and fine details.

If you do not know what to choose, take /enhance. More on increasing resolution: the AI upscaling guide.

How to adapt a ready prompt to yourself

Change the middle, keep the tail. Take /relight:

Change only the lighting: soft window light from the left, natural shadows.
Keep everything else.

Need a sunset? Change only the middle:

Change only the lighting: warm sunset light from the right, long soft shadows.
Keep everything else.

The second line stayed word for word. Edit any command this way: the direction of the edit is yours, and what holds the frame in place stays.

Don't do this: "remove the background, brighten the skin and add sharpness" in one request. If you do not like the result, you will not know which of the three edits ruined it. One task per run. Do the next edit on the frame you got.

Run any command from the collection in the ChatGPT Commands action: the text fills in itself.

38 commands ask for a clarification

38 of the 200 prompts have a gap in square brackets:

/replaceobject: Replace object
Replace only [object] with [new object], keeping the perspective, light and shadows.

The most common request is [description], in eight commands. Then [TEXT] (5), [object] (4), [color] and [place] (three each). A clarification field appears under the list, labeled with the name of the gap. While it is empty, the generate button does not press: otherwise the model would get the square brackets literally and return garbage for your tokens.

Why we don't fill something in ourselves: filling in an object for you means guessing. An empty field is better than an invented value.

Tips for a clean result

• One command, one change. Light, clothes and background in one go are three runs, each working with the result of the previous one.
• Check the format and quality. A command does not touch the frame format and the quality: these are separate selects next to it. /story916 recomposes the picture for vertical, so set the vertical format in the settings too.
• If the file is rejected, re-save it as an ordinary JPEG or PNG. The input limit is 25 MB.

How to run it

Upload a photo, choose a section, choose a command. Is there a gap? Fill in the clarification field and press generate.

Uploading is available from an account: the form asks you to log in at the very first step, before you spend anything. Log in by email, via Telegram or Google. New accounts get 6 tokens, and with the default settings the processing costs exactly 3, so you can run your first command without topping up.

You write the prompt nowhere, and the command text goes to the model verbatim, without translation or rewriting. This matters: run a wording through a translator, and the tail "keep the face and composition" gets diluted, and the brake goes with it.

We tested it on /productexploded, the one that takes an item apart into components. A request about a passenger car: the model returned a technical exploded-view diagram with a numbered legend of 25 components: body panels, seats, engine, transmission, suspension, frame, wheels. One click, three tokens.

Frequently asked questions about ChatGPT commands

Do these commands work in ChatGPT itself? Not as commands. OpenAI has no such syntax, and /relight in the chat stays plain text. The chat solves the task itself, but you have to put the wording together yourself and not forget the "what not to touch" tail, otherwise the model redoes half the frame along the way. Here these 200 wordings are already tuned and go to the model verbatim for you.

How much does one edit cost? From 3 tokens per image. The exact figure depends on the quality and is shown on the button before the run. Plans are on the pricing page.

Can I apply two commands in a row? Yes, the result of the first becomes the input for the second. That is how complex edits are built.

The result is not right. What should I check first? The format and the quality in the right panel: most often the contradiction sits there. Then try splitting the task into two commands. An overview of common generation errors is in the FAQ.

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Open the 200 commands →. Upload a photo, choose a command, take the result. The form asks you to log in at the first step; sign-up is by email, via Telegram or Google. Plans are on the pricing page.