AI Portraits transform your guests into superheroes, vintage oil paintings, 3D characters, and more, right from your photo booth. With over 170 premium AI styles, guests get a unique, shareable experience in about 10 seconds. No green screen or special equipment needed.
AI Portraits work on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Windows PC.
Learn more: AI Portraits on the LumaBooth website
How It Works
Capture: Guest takes a photo at your booth
Choose AI Style: Guest picks from your curated preset styles
Transform & Share: AI generates the portrait in ~10 seconds. Guest can share via SMS, email, QR code, or print.
The AI processing happens in the cloud, so your booth needs a stable internet connection during the event.
Getting the Best AI Portrait Quality
The quality of AI portraits depends heavily on the input photo. Follow these guidelines to get the best results:
Lighting
Great lighting is the single most important factor. Photos must be well-lit and evenly exposed. Dim, underexposed, or harshly shadowed photos will produce poor AI results. Use ring lights, softboxes, or other continuous lighting to ensure faces are bright and clearly visible.
Face Size & Distance
Faces must fill most of the frame. Guests should stand close to the camera. If they're too far away and their faces are small in the image, the AI won't have enough detail to produce a quality transformation. Crop tight on the face and upper body for best results.
Number of People
Limit to 4 people per photo. AI Portraits can work with more than 4 people, but it is not recommended. As the number of faces increases, the AI has less detail per face to work with, and face similarity between subjects will degrade. For the best quality, 1-2 people is ideal.
Quick Checklist
Bright, even lighting on faces, with no dim or dark photos
Guests close to the camera, so faces are large in the frame
1-4 people per photo (1-2 is best)
Avoid obstructions covering faces (sunglasses, masks, hats over eyes)
Stable internet connection for cloud processing
AI Portraits and Your Photo Layouts
The AI image is generated to match the photo area of the layout your guest picks, not what's written in the prompt. The app looks at the shape of the photo area in the selected layout and generates the image at the closest of these supported aspect ratios:
1:1 (square)
2:3 and 9:16 (portrait)
3:2 and 16:9 (landscape)
If your photo area matches one of those ratios exactly (a full-bleed 4x6 portrait layout is 2:3, a 6x4 landscape is 3:2), the AI image fits perfectly with no cropping. This means you can freely mix portrait and landscape layouts in the same event. Each AI portrait is generated to fit the layout the guest chose.
Cropping only happens when the photo area is far from any supported ratio, like photo strips or panoramic shapes. In that case the image is generated at the closest supported ratio and then zoomed to fill the space, which trims the edges.
Tips:
Design portrait layouts with photo areas at 2:3 (or 9:16) and landscape layouts at 3:2 (or 16:9) for crop-free results.
Match your camera orientation to the photo area in the layout. The AI uses the captured photo as its starting point, so a portrait photo area gives the best results with a portrait capture and a landscape photo area with a landscape capture.
Don't describe a format or orientation in the prompt. The shape always comes from the layout, so keep the prompt focused on style.
When previewing presets with a test image in the Dashboard, use a test photo with the same orientation as the layout you're targeting. The preview follows your test photo's orientation, so a portrait test photo won't show how the same preset will be framed in a landscape layout.
Make sure your booth is running the latest version of the app, since layout-matched AI generation was added in a recent update.
Setting Up AI Portraits
AI Portraits are configured in the LumaBooth Dashboard under your event settings.
Open your event in the Dashboard
Navigate to AI Portraits in the event settings
Toggle AI Portraits on
Build your presets by combining a portrait style (e.g. Superhero, Renaissance) with an art style (e.g. Oil Painting, Comic Book)
Use the test image feature to preview how your presets look before the event
Tip: Use at most 15 presets per event. Too many options can overwhelm guests and slow down the experience.
Available Styles
AI Portraits offers 170+ styles organized into categories:
Superheroes & Comics: Classic Golden Age, Dark Vigilante, Anime, Disney/Pixar 3D, and more
Movies & TV: Classic Hollywood, Film Noir, Spy/Secret Agent, Space Opera
Fantasy & Adventure: Dragon Rider, Steampunk Victorian, Cyberpunk City, Viking Explorers
Historical Eras: Ancient Egypt, Medieval Knights, Renaissance Italy, Roaring Twenties
Travel Destinations: Paris, New York, Venice, Hawaii, African Safari
Sports: Basketball, Soccer, Boxing, Olympics, Surfing, and more
Occupations: Astronaut, Chef, Firefighter, Scientist, DJ, and more
Seasonal: Winter Wonderland, Halloween, Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve
Art Styles: Renaissance, Impressionism, Pop Art, Watercolor, Stained Glass, Low Poly
Figurines & Toys: Chibi Collectible, Bobblehead, Packaged Mini Figure
You can combine portrait styles with art styles to create unique presets. For example, "Astronaut" + "Pop Art" or "Medieval Knight" + "Oil Painting".
AI Credits
Each AI portrait generation costs 1 credit. There are two ways to get credits:
Monthly Plans: Subscribe for recurring credits at the best per-credit rate. Credits reset each month.
Pay-As-You-Go: Purchase one-time credit packs that never expire. No commitment required.
New LumaBooth subscribers receive a one-time bonus of 20 free AI portrait credits to try out the feature.
For full pricing details, plan comparison, and requirements, see AI Credit Subscriptions.
Troubleshooting
"Insufficient AI credits": You've run out of credits. Purchase a credit pack or upgrade your monthly plan in the Dashboard.
Generation is slow or fails: Check your internet connection. AI processing requires a stable connection. Generations typically take 10-15 seconds.
Poor quality results: Review the quality guidelines above. Most quality issues come from dim lighting or faces that are too small in the frame.
AI image looks cropped in the final design: The photo area in your layout is far from a supported aspect ratio, or your app is out of date. See AI Portraits and Your Photo Layouts above.