Lighting & Color · AI photo editing

Soft Light with AI

Diffuse harsh light into a gentle, flattering glow. Copy this ready-made editing instruction, upload your photo to ChatGPT or Gemini, and paste it in — the prompt tells the AI exactly what to change and what to leave alone.

  • Works with ChatGPT & Gemini
  • Keeps subject and composition
  • Free, no account needed

The soft light prompt

Soft Light editing instruction

Lighting & Color

Adjust the lighting in the uploaded image to be softer and more diffused, gently reducing harsh shadows and specular hotspots while keeping natural depth. Preserve the subject, composition, and color palette. Produce a flattering, gentle-light result appropriate for portraits or lifestyle imagery. Do not flatten the image entirely or remove all shadow depth.

What this prompt protects

Keeps unchanged

  • subject and composition
  • color palette

Avoids

  • entirely flat lighting
  • lost depth

How to soft light with ChatGPT or Gemini

  1. Upload your photo

    Open ChatGPT or Gemini and attach the image you want to edit.

  2. Paste the instruction

    Copy the soft light prompt above and send it together with your photo.

  3. Refine if needed

    Ask for small follow-up tweaks — the instruction already protects the details that matter.

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