Upload guide: what photo works best

The photo that works best is a reclined front-facing photo with your face large in the frame, eyes half shut and mouth open.

• One person only: Upload only yourself, with no second person and no group photo in the frame.
• Pose and framing: Use a front view, reclining on a chair in the centre of the frame, one leg stretched out to the side and the other leg raised straight up in the foreground.
• Eyes: Look at the camera with your eyes half shut and your face unobstructed.
• Mouth: Keep your mouth open and uncovered.
• Light and sharpness: Pick a sharp, recent, high-resolution image with even, bright light on your face. Avoid dark rooms, motion blur, screenshots with bars and buttons, pictures of a screen, and filters that change the shape of your face.
• Outfit: Wear the outfit you want to see in the result. This template carries over the outfit from your own photo, so choose it deliberately — including a top you like, and also including a jacket or covered shoulders, which will carry over too.
• Avoid: standing full-body shots, back views, mouths covered, faces small in the frame, dark or blurry photos.