One selfie in · A birthday portrait out · Free to start
A party dress, gold balloons, a lit cake behind you. Your face stays yours, you pick the scene, and the portrait is ready before the party.
A real birthday portrait, generated on this page’s model. Drag the divider to compare the plain selfie with the finished portrait. Every output is AI-generated, so your picture varies with your photo, your prompt, and the scene you describe — treat this as a preview of what the tool can do, not a fixed result.
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A studio, a stylist and a set dresser, replaced by one ordinary selfie: the sequin dress, the gold number balloons, the fairy lights, the cake glowing with candles, the soft party bokeh behind you.
Instead of hiring a photographer and dressing a set for a single evening, you upload a clear picture, describe the look you want, and the model builds the whole scene while keeping your face and expression recognizable. The point of starting from your own photo is that the result still reads as you, not a stranger who happens to share your outfit.
On Kavel the tool runs on the Nano Banana image model, so a finished party portrait comes back in one generation rather than an afternoon of set dressing and retouching. You start from your uploaded selfie — the flow defaults to image-to-image — set the format and the resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you commit; a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy), so trying a second scene costs nothing but time.
It suits someone marking a milestone, a creator making birthday content for the feed, or anyone who wants a striking portrait without booking a real shoot. And because the same studio also stages weddings, cards, and posters, one workflow covers a range of looks without a new tool for each. Think of it less as a filter and more as a photographer and set designer on call — with the direction in your hands, and your own face in the frame.
Creative engine
Upload a selfie, describe the scene, choose the format and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
Upload one clear selfie and the model reads your face, then rebuilds the shot as a full glamorous party portrait around it.
Describe the scene you want — a studio set, gold balloons, a milestone number, a candlelit cake — and the shoot follows that brief.
Set the format, check the credit estimate, and generate; a run that fails costs you nothing, so a second look is free to try. It dresses the whole frame, not just the person. If you only want new clothes in a photo you already like, the outfit generator and the clothes swap stop there.
From one plain selfie to a party-ready portrait, with the cost shown before you commit.
Add one clear picture with your face visible and evenly lit. A sharp, front-facing shot gives the model the most to dress up and the best chance of holding your likeness.
Set the look: a sequin dress, gold number balloons for the age, fairy lights, a cake with candles, a glamorous studio backdrop. Specific direction keeps the shot on-brief instead of generic.
Confirm the estimate, generate the portrait, and download it to share or print. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust the prompt and try another scene.
Milestone birthdays, surprise posts, a gift for someone who hates being photographed.
Turn a plain selfie into a glamorous 21st, 30th, or 50th portrait with the number in gold balloons — no studio to book and no outfit to buy.
Make a scroll-stopping party portrait for the feed in minutes rather than booking a shoot weeks ahead and waiting on edited files.
Build a portrait of someone you love from a favourite photo, ready to print, frame, or send as a surprise on the day.
Common questions about turning a selfie into a glamorous party portrait with Kavel.
The clothes and the room. You end up in a party dress beside gold balloons, fairy lights, and a candlelit cake — while your face and expression carry over from the plain selfie you started with. Nothing about your identity is invented; it is restaged, not replaced.
Free credits arrive with the account, and a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy). Beyond that, the cost depends on the resolution and how many shots you generate, and the estimate is on screen before you press the button, so there is no surprise afterwards. Because that refund is automatic, you can keep adjusting the outfit, the balloons, or the lighting until the party portrait looks right, without watching a meter tick up on every attempt.
A sharp, front-facing shot with your face evenly lit. Everything else — the dress, the balloons, the cake — is being built around you, so the face is the only part that has to survive intact. A dim or blurry original gives the model less to hold onto.
Yes. Describe the milestone and the look — a gold number for the age, a colour theme, a studio or a party wall — and the shoot follows that brief. A clearer, more specific prompt gives a closer result than a vague one, so it helps to name the dress, the backdrop, and the mood rather than leaving them to chance. If the first pass is close but not quite there, adjust one detail at a time and generate again.
Yes. Generate at a higher resolution before downloading if it is going to a printer — a 1K file will look fine on a phone but will not survive being printed at portrait size. For a framed gift or a card, pick the largest resolution the estimate offers, then download the file and send it to your printer as usual; the higher the resolution, the more detail holds up at scale.
That is the whole reason for starting from your own photo — the model keeps your face and expression while it restyles the outfit and the scene. A clear, well-lit selfie holds the likeness best; a dark or low-resolution one gives it less to work from, so the closer the input, the closer the result.
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, and failed jobs are not charged. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
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Use one balance across every supported image and video model — eleven of them today, listed below — and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.5 | The long-take tier, priced per second: 5s 480p ≈ 211 credits, 5s 720p ≈ 473. A full 30s take runs ≈ 1,260 at 480p and ≈ 2,835 at 720p. Supplying a reference clip lowers the per-second rate. |
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest Seedance tier. 5s 720p ≈ 154 credits, 5s 480p ≈ 72 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 27 credits silent, ≈ 53 with audio; 1080p ≈ 57 and ≈ 113. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second (Lite tier). About 45 credits at 720p and 53 at 1080p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 105 credits silent, ≈ 150 with audio; 1080p ≈ 135 and ≈ 203. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 158 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. About 8 credits per 1K image, 12 at 2K, 18 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. About 12 credits per 1K or 2K image, 21 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant. A flat 8 credits per image at every resolution. Start here to test. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost image model here. About 3 credits per 1K image, 6 at 2K, 12 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — about 8 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
The model behind the shoot, and other ways to restyle a photo.
One selfie is enough. Pick the scene, and the portrait is ready long before the candles are — no studio, no booking, no getting dressed twice.
A real edit made with this tool — drag your own photo in on the left, the prompt is already written, then press Generate.
