The family meal photo
Twelve people round the table, a single good photo, and the uncle blinked: his eyes are opened, everyone keeps their smile.
Open closed eyes in a photo with AI
Someone blinked in the group photo? The AI opens their eyes and can turn whoever was looking away towards the camera, without retouching the others. Workflow visible here, no account needed.
Real workflow: a café terrace photo where the man in the middle blinks and the girl looks away, then his eyes opened, then his eyes opened and the girl turned towards the camera.
At a glance
- You provide
- 1 photo · a text or a brief
- What the workflow produces
- 2 images in 4:3
- Canvas structure
- 6 nodes wired by 4 connections
- Models wired in
- Flux Kontext
- Cost of one full run
- about 12 credits, roughly $0.14
- Account
- The demo is visible without an account; generating requires a free account, trial credits included
The group photo is perfect, except for one person who blinked at the moment of the click, or a child looking elsewhere. This workflow opens that person's eyes and can turn another's gaze to the camera, without retaking the photo.
The hard part is touching only them. A model that rebuilds the picture also changes the others' smiles and the light. Flux Kontext only changes who you point to, by their place and clothes, and leaves the rest as it was.
To remove a passer-by from the photo, see object removal; for a blurry photo, sharpen a photo. Both fixes cost twelve credits.
Actual renders from the demo
These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.
Starting point
Render
Who it is for
Families, wedding and event photographers, schools and companies who want to save a group photo.
Which files to provide
The spoiled group photo, and each person to fix described by their place and clothes.
How it works
- 1
Load the spoiled photo
The group photo as it is, with the person whose eyes are closed clearly visible. The larger their face, the finer the fix.
- 2
Point to the person
By their place and clothes: the man in the middle in the light blue shirt. Give their eye colour if you know it.
- 3
Ask for a calm gaze
"Calm gaze, relaxed eyebrows, not surprised": without that, the reopened eyes come out wide open.
- 4
Add the other fixes
The child looking away, a smile: one sentence per person in the same prompt, the rest doesn't move.
Variations and use cases
The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.
The class or team photo
A pupil or player with closed eyes on the official photo of the year: it gets fixed instead of being retaken with the whole group.
The wedding photographer
The best group portrait of the wedding, with a witness blinking: the photographer fixes it before delivering the gallery to the couple.
The child who never looks
Toddlers look everywhere but the lens: their head is gently turned towards the camera on the family photo of the year.
The holiday group selfie
The only selfie at the viewpoint, and someone shut their eyes in the sun: it gets fixed before being shared.
The company team photo
The team photo for the website, taken just once, with a colleague blinking: fixed without getting everyone together again.
Common mistakes
Not pointing to the person
"Open the eyes" without saying whose, and the model retouches every face. Always their place and clothes.
Forgetting the calm gaze
The reopened eyes come out wide and startled. Ask for a calm gaze and relaxed eyebrows.
A face that's too small
In a crowd photo, a face a few pixels wide is hard to fix. Crop first or pick a tighter photo.
Using it for an official document
The eyes are recreated: an ID photo or official document must stay a real, unretouched photo.
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Seedream 5 ProFrequently asked questions
Are these their real eyes?
No, the model recreates them from their face. On a keepsake photo the result is convincing; for an official document it must not be used.
Does it work on an old photo?
Yes, if the face is big enough. Restore it first with photo restoration if it is damaged.
What if several people blinked?
Point to each one by place and clothes in the same prompt. Beyond three, do two passes.
How much do the two fixes cost?
Twelve credits, six per fix on Flux Kontext. A third version costs six credits more.
Why Flux Kontext?
Because it only changes what you name and keeps the rest of the photo pixel for pixel: the other faces don't move.
Do the other people change?
In the demo, no: the woman keeps her laugh, the table, cups and terrace stay identical in both fixes.
What output format?
The format of your photo, here 4:3. A vertical photo stays vertical.
Can I fix a smile too?
Yes, in the same prompt: "make the girl smile slightly". Keep it subtle, a forced smile shows.
Open closed eyes in a photo with AI
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