The ChatGPT Image Codes Cheat Sheet
The slash codes going around are not hidden OpenAI commands — they are shorthand for clear creative direction. Here is the full list and how to use it.
TL;DR
The slash “codes” going around are not secret OpenAI commands. They are community shorthand — short nicknames people use for a longer creative instruction. They work because a clear, specific direction beats a vague request, not because ChatGPT has a hidden menu. Use them as a starting point, then say what you actually want.
Key takeaways
- These codes are community shorthand, not official hidden ChatGPT commands.
- They work because they remove ambiguity — clear direction beats a long prompt.
- Upload your photo first, then type the code, then add a sentence of context.
- There are 242 codes here across 18 groups — scan for the look you want.
- If a result misses, describe the outcome in your own words instead of hunting for a better code.
Somebody sends you a screenshot of ChatGPT slash codes, and it looks like a secret menu nobody told you about. Type /proshot and your selfie turns into a professional headshot. Type /lego and you are a minifigure.
Here is the honest version: these are not official hidden OpenAI commands. There is no secret command list inside ChatGPT. These codes are community shorthand — nicknames people made up for a longer creative instruction. ChatGPT reads /proshot the way a person would read a nickname: it infers what you probably mean and runs with it.
That is also why they work so well. A short code carries a clear result, a clear style, and a clear format. That is the whole lesson: effective prompts do not have to be long, they have to remove the right ambiguity.
How to actually use them
- Upload the photo first. The code describes what to do with an image, so give it the image.
- Type the code. One code at a time gives you the cleanest read on what it does.
- Add one sentence of context. “Keep my face exactly as-is,” or “vertical, for Instagram.”
- Stack two if you want.
/proshot /bgstudioworks fine — it is just two instructions. - If it misses, say what you want in plain words. The code was only ever shorthand for that anyway.
The complete code cheat sheet
242 codes, grouped so you can scan for the look you are after.
Portraits and face fixes
/portrait— Creates a polished, realistic portrait from your photo./hdportrait— Creates a highly detailed, high-resolution portrait./storyportrait— Creates a portrait with a stronger story or emotional context./natureportrait— Places you in a natural outdoor portrait setting./proshot— Turns your image into a professional-quality photo./perfectshot— Improves the photo to look like an ideal camera capture./cameraready— Polishes your appearance for a professional camera-ready look./photofix— Corrects common lighting, color, sharpness, and photo issues./bestlook— Produces a flattering but recognizable version of you./glowup— Gives your appearance a tasteful visual upgrade./makeitbetter— Improves the overall image while preserving its core look./photorescue— Restores or dramatically improves a poor-quality photo./keepitreal— Improves the image while keeping it highly realistic./instafix— Optimizes a photo for an Instagram-ready appearance./dpready— Creates a polished profile-picture-ready image./selfiefix— Improves a selfie while keeping it natural./facefix— Corrects facial inconsistencies or imperfections./faceglow— Adds healthy-looking light and vibrancy to the face./skinclean— Cleans up skin imperfections without dramatically changing you./skinreal— Keeps skin texture realistic instead of overly airbrushed./eyepop— Makes the eyes clearer and more visually engaging./smilefix— Improves an awkward or imperfect smile naturally./makeover— Gives the subject a more significant style makeover./hairfix— Corrects or improves hairstyle and stray-hair issues./hairchange— Creates a different hairstyle while preserving the person./haircolor— Changes hair color realistically./beard— Adds or modifies facial hair./glasses— Adds realistic glasses to the subject.
Other versions of you
/minime— Creates a tiny miniature version of you./giantme— Creates an exaggerated giant version of you./cloneme— Places multiple copies of you in the same scene./digitaltwin— Creates a realistic AI duplicate of you./childme— Reimagines you as a child./childhoodme— Creates a believable younger childhood version of you./futureme— Imagines what you might look like in the future./thennow— Shows younger and current versions of you together./old2new— Modernizes or rejuvenates an older photograph./myera— Reimagines you in a specific historical or cultural era./altlife— Shows you living an alternate version of your life./parallelme— Creates alternate-universe versions of you./timesplit— Places versions of you from different time periods together./portalme— Shows you entering or emerging from another world or era./dreamlife— Visualizes you living an aspirational dream scenario./maincharacter— Makes you look like the central character in a cinematic scene./movieversion— Reimagines you as a character in a feature film./paparazzi— Creates a candid celebrity-style paparazzi photograph./redcarpet— Places you at a glamorous red-carpet event./billboardme— Places your image realistically on a large billboard.
Toys, models and stylized figures
/lego— Reimagines the subject as a LEGO-style minifigure or scene./toy— Turns the person or object into a collectible toy./actionfigure— Creates a packaged action-figure version of the subject./miniature— Turns a scene or person into a tiny miniature model./clay— Recreates the subject as a clay-style figure./statue— Turns the subject into a sculpted statue./doll— Reimagines the subject as a stylized doll./papercraft— Creates a handcrafted paper-model version of the subject./ghibli— Reimagines the image with whimsical hand-painted animation qualities.
Two or more people in one photo
/together— Combines people from separate photos into one believable scene./groupshot— Creates a natural-looking group photograph./coupleportrait— Creates a polished portrait of two people together./candidcouple— Creates a natural, unposed photo of a couple./coupleselfie— Creates a believable selfie of two people together./face2face— Positions two people facing one another closely./backhug— Shows one person naturally hugging another from behind./hug— Creates a natural embrace between people./sidehug— Shows people embracing from the side./closehug— Creates a warmer, tighter embrace./sittingtogether— Places people naturally seated beside one another./walkingtogether— Shows people naturally walking together./walkinghandinhand— Shows two people walking while holding hands./headonshoulder— Places one person's head naturally on another's shoulder./headtohead— Positions two people's heads affectionately together./foreheadkiss— Creates a gentle kiss on the forehead./cheekkiss— Creates a natural kiss on the cheek./couplegaze— Shows two people naturally looking at each other./playfulcouple— Creates a lighthearted, playful interaction between two people./naturalcouple— Creates an authentic everyday photo of a couple./cinematiccouple— Creates a dramatic movie-like image of two people.
Outfits and style
/outfit— Changes or creates clothing for the subject./outfitup— Upgrades an outfit to look more polished or stylish./outfitfix— Corrects awkward or inconsistent clothing details./outfitmatch— Coordinates clothing between multiple people./styleup— Gives the subject a more stylish overall appearance./newlook— Creates a noticeably different fashion or personal style./oldmoney— Gives the subject a classic understated luxury aesthetic./quietluxury— Creates an elegant, refined, logo-free luxury look./casualstyle— Gives the subject a relaxed everyday outfit./formalstyle— Dresses the subject in formal professional or evening attire./datelook— Creates a polished outfit suitable for a date./partylook— Creates a stylish outfit suitable for a party./weddinglook— Creates wedding-appropriate clothing and styling.
Camera angles and framing
/closeup— Frames the subject tightly, usually around the face./macro— Creates an extremely close, highly detailed camera view./sideview— Shows the subject primarily from the side./backview— Shows the subject primarily from behind./topview— Creates a camera angle looking down from above./lowangle— Shoots upward toward the subject for a more powerful appearance./wideangle— Creates a broader scene using a wide-angle perspective./droneview— Simulates a high aerial drone photograph./birdeyeview— Creates a directly overhead viewpoint./povshot— Shows the scene from a person's first-person perspective./overtheshoulder— Frames the scene from behind someone's shoulder.
Photographic effects
/bokeh— Adds soft out-of-focus background lights and blur./motionblur— Adds realistic movement blur to communicate speed or action./longexposure— Simulates a long-exposure photographic effect./filmgrain— Adds subtle analog film texture./polaroid— Gives the image the character of an instant-film photograph./doubleexposure— Blends two images together in a double-exposure composition./silhouette— Turns the subject into a dramatic outlined silhouette./reflection— Adds or emphasizes realistic reflections./lensflare— Adds cinematic light flare from a bright source.
Lighting
/goldenhour— Gives the scene warm sunrise or sunset lighting./softlight— Uses gentle flattering diffused lighting./windowlight— Illuminates the subject using natural-looking window light./lightfix— Corrects poor or uneven lighting./nightfix— Improves a dark nighttime photograph./darktobright— Brightens a dark image while preserving realistic detail./rembrandt— Uses dramatic classic portrait lighting with facial shadow./godrays— Adds visible dramatic beams of light through the scene./practicallights— Uses visible lamps or fixtures as cinematic light sources./twotonelight— Uses two contrasting light sources for a cinematic look.
Detail, sharpness and color
/hdreal— Increases realistic detail and photographic clarity./detailup— Adds additional fine detail throughout the image./sharpreal— Makes an image sharper without making it look artificial./blurfix— Corrects unwanted blur where possible./colorfix— Corrects inaccurate or unattractive colors.
Backgrounds
/newbg— Replaces the existing background with a new one./bgfix— Repairs or improves problems in the background./bgremove— Removes the background around the subject./bgpro— Creates a polished professional background./bgnature— Places the subject against a natural outdoor background./bgcity— Places the subject in a believable city environment./bgstudio— Places the subject against professional studio scenery./bgcinematic— Creates a dramatic movie-style background./bgluxury— Places the subject in an upscale luxury environment./bgblur— Blurs the background while keeping the subject sharp./cleanbackground— Simplifies the background and removes distracting elements./messyclean— Cleans clutter from a messy environment.
Removing people and objects
/personremove— Removes a specific unwanted person from an image./peopleclean— Removes distracting background people./crowdremove— Removes or greatly reduces a crowd./objectremove— Removes a specified unwanted object./distractionremove— Removes miscellaneous visual distractions from the scene.
Places and environments
/foggyforest— Places the subject in a atmospheric foggy forest./mistymountain— Creates a mist-covered mountain environment./rainyforest— Creates a wet atmospheric forest scene./snowyforest— Places the subject in a snow-covered forest./sunsetbeach— Creates a beach scene during sunset./moonlight— Illuminates the scene with dramatic moonlight./underwater— Reimagines the subject or scene underwater./space— Places the subject in an outer-space environment./jungle— Places the subject in a lush jungle./desert— Places the subject in a dramatic desert landscape.
Social-ready formats
/instaready— Optimizes an image for posting on Instagram./storyready— Formats and styles an image for a social Story./postready— Creates a polished social-media-post-ready image./reelcover— Creates a visually strong vertical Reel cover./aesthetic— Gives the image a more intentional cohesive visual aesthetic./mirrorselfie— Creates a believable mirror-selfie composition./candidlook— Makes the photograph appear natural and unposed./streetsnap— Creates a spontaneous street-photography style image.
Birthdays and celebrations
/birthdaywish— Creates a personalized birthday greeting image./birthdayposter— Creates a celebratory birthday poster./birthdaycard— Creates a personalized birthday card design./birthdaystory— Creates a birthday-themed social Story image./birthdayparty— Places the subject in a festive birthday-party setting./birthdayqueen— Creates an exaggerated celebratory birthday-queen portrait./birthdayking— Creates an exaggerated celebratory birthday-king portrait./surpriseparty— Creates a lively surprise-party scene.
Couples, closeness and candid moments
/couplefunselfie— Creates a playful selfie of two people together./mirrorcoupleselfie— Creates a couple taking a mirror selfie together./romanticselfie— Creates a warm romantic selfie of two people./cozyclosecouple— Creates a comfortable close-up image of a couple./intimatefaceclose— Creates an emotionally close facial composition./faceclose— Positions two people's faces close together./romanticcloseup— Creates a close-up romantic portrait./waisthug— Shows one person naturally hugging another around the waist./shoulderhug— Creates an embrace around the shoulders./protectivehug— Creates a warm protective-looking embrace./gentlehug— Creates a soft understated embrace./shoulderlean— Shows one person naturally leaning onto another's shoulder./chinrestcouple— Shows one person resting their chin affectionately near the other./behindshoulder— Positions one person naturally just behind another's shoulder./cheektohead— Places one person's cheek gently against another's head./dat—/handholdcouple— Creates a natural scene of a couple holding hands./nosekiss— Creates a playful affectionate nose-to-nose moment./almostkiss— Creates the moment immediately before a kiss./foreheadtouch— Positions two people's foreheads gently together./eyelookcouple— Emphasizes eye contact between two people./romanticlook— Creates a subtle romantic exchange of expressions./lovinggaze— Shows two people looking at each other affectionately./cuteplayful— Creates a cute lighthearted interaction between two people./softromance— Creates a subtle understated romantic atmosphere./cozyromance— Creates a warm comfortable romantic environment./datecouple— Shows a couple naturally spending time on a date./cafedate— Places a couple together on a café date./cozycafedate— Creates a warm intimate café setting for two people./coffeecouple— Shows two people naturally enjoying coffee together./picniccouple— Places a couple together on a picturesque picnic./sunsetcouple— Creates a couple portrait during sunset./goldenhourcouple— Photographs a couple in warm golden-hour light./raincouple— Creates a cinematic scene of a couple in the rain./wintercouple— Places a couple in a cozy winter environment./beachcouple— Places a couple together at the beach./mountaincouple— Places a couple together in a mountain setting./streetcouple— Creates a natural street-style photo of a couple./rooftopcouple— Places a couple together on an urban rooftop./balconycouple— Places a couple together on a balcony./windowcouple— Creates a couple portrait beside a window./cozyhomecouple— Creates a relaxed couple scene at home./carcouple— Places a couple naturally together in or around a car./roadtripcouple— Creates a couple enjoying a road-trip scene./travelcouple— Creates a couple traveling together./royalcouple— Styles a couple with regal clothing and surroundings./luxurycouple— Places a couple in a sophisticated luxury environment./editorialcouple— Creates a fashion-editorial-style couple portrait./filmlookcouple— Gives a couple portrait an analog cinematic-film appearance./dreamycouple— Creates a soft ethereal couple portrait./closecoupleportrait— Creates a tightly framed professional couple portrait.
Art, print and film looks
/gouache— Recreates the image as an opaque gouache painting./linocut— Recreates the image as a bold carved linocut print./papercut— Recreates the scene using layered cut-paper artwork./conceptart— Turns the image into polished entertainment-style concept art./cyanotype— Creates a classic blue-and-white photographic-print aesthetic./risoprint— Creates a textured limited-color risograph-print aesthetic./cinestill— Makes the image look like a frame from a feature film./lightleak— Adds analog-film-style light leaks./bleachbypass— Creates a high-contrast desaturated cinematic film treatment./splittone— Applies contrasting tones to highlights and shadows./tealandorange— Creates the classic teal-and-orange cinematic grade.
Design eras and poster styles
/bauhaus— Reimagines the composition using Bauhaus design principles./y2k— Gives the image a late-1990s/early-2000s visual aesthetic./sovietposter— Recreates the subject as a vintage propaganda-poster composition./swissstyle— Uses clean grid-based Swiss graphic-design principles.
Advanced composition
/negativespace— Composes the image with intentional empty space around the subject./wormseye— Creates an extreme upward-looking ground-level camera angle./framedwithin— Uses objects in the scene to naturally frame the subject./tightcrop— Crops closely around the primary subject./anamorphic— Gives the image a widescreen cinematic-lens appearance./tiltshift— Creates the selective-focus look often used for miniature scenes./shallowdepth— Keeps the subject sharp while strongly blurring the background.
The part worth keeping
Forget the codes for a second. Every one of them does the same three things: it names the result, it supplies the context that matters, and it makes the format obvious. Do those three things in your own words and you never need somebody else's cheat sheet again.
Better direction gives ChatGPT less room to guess — and gives you a much stronger starting point.
Copy this prompt
Click copy, then paste it into ChatGPT (or any AI chat) and fill in the brackets.
The starter prompt behind /proshot
I'm going to upload a photo. Turn it into a polished, professional portrait of me.<button type="button" data-copy-prompt="1" data-prompt="I'm going to upload a photo. Turn it into a polished, professional portrait of me.Keep my face, hair, and build clearly recognizable - do not change who I look like. Context: this is for [where you'll use it, e.g. LinkedIn / a speaker page / a team page]. Output: [vertical or horizontal], clean background, natural skin texture (not airbrushed).
Before you generate, tell me in one line what you're about to change. Then generate it.
Keep my face, hair, and build clearly recognizable - do not change who I look like. Context: this is for [where you'll use it, e.g. LinkedIn / a speaker page / a team page]. Output: [vertical or horizontal], clean background, natural skin texture (not airbrushed).
Before you generate, tell me in one line what you're about to change. Then generate it." onclick="var t=this;var d=t.getAttribute('data-prompt');var done=function(){var o=t.textContent;t.textContent='Copied!';setTimeout(function(){t.textContent=o;},1600);};if(navigator.clipboard&&navigator.clipboard.writeText){navigator.clipboard.writeText(d).then(done,function(){});}else{var a=document.createElement('textarea');a.value=d;document.body.appendChild(a);a.select();document.execCommand('copy');a.remove();done();}" style="cursor:pointer;border:0;border-radius:8px;padding:10px 16px;font-weight:600;background:#0f172a;color:#fff">Copy prompt
Step-by-step
1. Define the image’s pass-or-fail job
Write down the real destination and one condition that would make the result unusable, such as lost likeness, the wrong relationship, or an incompatible crop.
2. Allocate the decision rights
Sort important details into locked, guided, and open choices so creative freedom is deliberate rather than accidental.
3. Choose a useful reference
Attach a clear source image that you are entitled to use and that visibly contains the identity and details you expect the result to preserve.
4. Issue one compressed brief
Use one primary code or plain-language direction, then add the purpose, locked details, treatment, and destination that carry real consequences.
5. Read the first result as an assumption audit
Identify what the image reveals about the choices left unstated instead of judging it only by visual impact.
6. Correct one consequential decision
Name the largest unwanted guess and explicitly preserve the successful identity, lighting, clothing, setting, or composition choices.
7. Verify before publishing
Compare likeness, inspect artifacts, confirm the actual file and crop, and resolve consent or disclosure concerns before treating the image as finished.
Frequently asked questions
Are ChatGPT slash codes real commands?
No. They are community shorthand. ChatGPT is not matching a hidden command list — it is interpreting a nickname the same way a person would, then doing the work the nickname implies.
Why do they work so reliably then?
Because each one carries a specific result, style, and format. That is what a good prompt does. The code is just a fast way to say it.
Can I combine codes?
Yes. Two or three at once usually works, for example /proshot with /bgstudio. If the result gets muddy, run them one at a time.
What if a code does not do what I expected?
Describe the outcome in plain language instead. Name the result, the context, and the format — that is all the code was standing in for.
The Action Guide
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