Guides

Guides to AI photos and video

Short, practical answers: how to get great AI photos of yourself, write prompts that work, animate a photo, and handle the everyday file chores around it.

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How to make AI photos of yourself

Make AI photos of yourself from a single selfie: which photo to use, how to choose a model, how to prompt for a true likeness and how to keep it private.

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How to write AI image prompts that work

Write AI image prompts that work: the six parts of a strong prompt, editing prompts that keep your face, camera and light terms, text in images and iteration.

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What is Nano Banana? Google's AI image models explained

Nano Banana is the name of Google's Gemini image models. Learn what Nano Banana, Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro are, how they differ and when to use each.

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How to turn a photo into a video with AI

Turn a photo into a video with AI: choose a photo that animates well, write a motion prompt, pick a model such as Veo 3.1 or Kling and fix common problems.

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How to make an AI dance video

Make an AI dance video from one full-body photo: how motion transfer works, which photo and dance clip to use, the steps to follow and how to fix common issues.

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Popular AI photo trends you can make with one selfie

Popular AI photo trends to make from one selfie: boxed action figures, desk figurines, hugging your younger self, retro decades, saree and holiday portraits.

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Best image sizes for social media in 2026

Social media image sizes for 2026: Instagram 3:4 and 4:5 posts, Stories and Reels, TikTok, YouTube thumbnails, Facebook, X and LinkedIn, with exact pixel sizes.

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HEIC vs JPG: what's the difference?

HEIC vs JPG explained: file size, quality, colour depth and compatibility, why iPhones save HEIC, how to switch your camera to JPG and how to convert for free.

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How to remove location from photos

Remove location data from photos on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac, share them without GPS, stop your camera saving it, or strip all metadata in a browser.

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How to make an Instagram grid

Make an Instagram grid: plan a 3x3 puzzle feed, size tiles at 3:4 for the profile grid, split one image into numbered tiles and post them in the right order.