12 Creative AI Ideas & Prompts to Try with ChatGPT 4o

OpenAI has made image generating capabilities in ChatGPT-4o available to everyone... this is a game-changer. You can now create, modify or refine images directly in chat. The advanced design technology you may have used in the past is suddenly available and accessible to everyone, marketers, educators, designers, or just people trying to bring ideas to life.

In this article, we'll share with you 12 very unique ways you can use ChatGPT-4o to generate and edit amazing photos to help you work smarter, express creativity, and unlock new ideas and opportunities.

1. Merge Two Faces into One

Face merger (or face swapping) is an AI image generating technique that merges two faces into one face. The AI analyzes the facial features of both individuals and processes them together creating a realistic face. The AI is trying to retain the identity attributes of each face while also combining the two in one natural-looking face.

Prompt: Merge the face of the person in this photo with the face of The Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) from the movie.

2. Turn Portraits into Creative Mirror Collages

Convert an ordinary side-view portrait photo into a beautiful symmetrical artwork by using this option that mimics your photo, and positions them in a side-by-side matrix format. This makes for a creative collage effect that’s perfect for unusual profile pictures or social media posts.

Prompt: Take my side-view portrait and create a mirrored version of it. Place the original and mirrored images side by side to form a symmetrical collage effect.

3. Add emoji to Photos

You can instantly add a wide range of emoji stickers to your photos - both motion stickers and static stickers including smileys, hearts, stars, animals and more. Adding emojis is a fast and creative way to think outside the box and liven up your photos!

Prompt: Place the photo cut out in the shape of a five-pointed star at the center, with a background featuring pink circular patterns. Surround the star with cheerful yellow emoji faces with big, expressive eyes and smiles, and add lively doodle elements for a fun, whimsical effect.

4. Virtual Tattoo Try On

Are you ready to try out new tattoo ideas without the commitment and pain? Just upload your photo, and write the prompt mention where you'd like the tattoo to go and what kind of tattoo images you want to try, and watch our AI Powered tool create your tattoo vision!

Prompt: Add a realistic flower tattoo on the woman’s arm in this photo.

5. Turn yourself to the opposite gender

Ever wonder what you’d look like as the opposite gender? With our AI gender swap tool, instantly transform your photo into a believable male or female version of yourself for free.Simply upload your photo and our advanced AI will alter your facial features, hair, and appearance while still recognizing you. You will have a completely natural version of you as the opposite gender, perfect for entertainment, social sharing, or just curiosity of the possibilities.

6. Add a Skinny Filter to Your Photo

With our AI skinny filter, you can easily and instantly slim your face and body in any image! There is nothing to download or install. No apps or really complicated software to figure out. All you need to do is upload the image and our sophisticated AI will provide subtle alterations to create the slimmer look you want. Great for social media, profile photos, or just for kicks!

7. Bring Your Photo to Life with 3D Clay Polaroids

Upload your photo and in a few seconds our AI will turn your image into a funky 3D clay style photo that seems to pop out of the edges of a Polaroid style frame. Using this effect is great for innovative social media posts, updating your profile picture or just a fun way to add charm and nostalgia to your photos.

8. Create a passport-style photo for your pet

In moments, you can create a professional passport-style photo of your cat, dog, or other pets to make them a world traveler. Our online Pet Passport Photo Generator does the work for you! Just upload a picture of your pet, and our tool will adjust the background, size, and framing to fit passport-style photo standards.

9. Sharpen and fix blurry photos

Whether your original photo was blurry because it was out of focus, taken in low lighting, or because of motion blur, our powerful AI Blur Remover tool will restore and sharpen details, and enhance clarity in seconds.

10.Convert your Image to 3D Emoji

Turn your selfies, pet photos, or literally any photo into adorable 3D chibi-style emoji in seconds. Our AI image to emoji converter quickly creates cute and expressive characters that looks just like you—great as profile images, stickers, or just to share with friends. You can make as many as you like, and your online conversations will never be boring again—you can personalize your messages with your very own cute, little character!

11.Convert your photo into hand-drawn style 

Transform your typical picture into a nice illustration! This Hand-Drawn Illustration tool takes your image and turns it into good, bright, happy, whimsical artwork in a playful, artistic presentation, capturing the personality and essence of your subject. Great for social media posts, customized gifts, profile pictures, or any project adding a creative and fun perspective!

12. Mood Board Creation

You can Generate visual mood boards for design projects by specifying color palettes (even using hex codes), styles, and elements.

Conclusion

With image generation now baked directly into ChatGPT-4o, anyone can now play with creativity that used to rely on sophisticated design tools. From fun filters and 3D effects, to real life situations such as sharpening a blurry family photo or creating passport photos of their pets, the possibilities are virtually limitless. Whether you are a marketer looking for new visuals, a designer exploring options, or just someone who wants to add some fun to photos, these AI design tools provide an opportunity to work smarter, be creatively expressive, and bring your imagination to life with a few clicks.