Hug your younger self.
The childhood photo trend puts you and your younger self in one warm picture. Upload a photo of you, add a childhood photo if you have one, and describe the moment.

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Example: a portrait with a younger self
A High quality edit added a younger self to a portrait. The child here is fictional and made from the prompt alone, without a reference photo.
Instruction used for this example
Add her younger self as a smiling seven-year-old girl with the same dark brown hair, hugging her from the side in a warm, wholesome pose. Same plain background and soft daylight. Keep her face exactly the same.
Site example made with Ideogram 4.5. The source image was created for this demo, and any person shown is fictional.
Copy a prompt.
Change the age and setting to match your memory.
A warm hug
Add my younger self as a smiling seven-year-old with the same hair color, hugging me from the side in a warm, wholesome pose. Same background and soft daylight. Keep my face exactly the same.
On a park bench
Add my younger self as a seven-year-old sitting beside me on a park bench at sunset, both smiling. Keep my face exactly the same.
Mirror reflection
Show me looking into a mirror, with my reflection as my seven-year-old self smiling back. Keep my face exactly the same.
Meet your younger self in three steps.
1Upload your photo
Use a clear recent photo of yourself, with some space around you.
2Add a childhood photo
Open More options and add it as a reference image. It helps the child look like you.
3Describe the moment
Paste a prompt, use High quality, and download the version you like best.
Or start from one of ours
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Upload a recent photo of yourself. Under More options you can add your childhood photo as a reference.
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No subscription. A Medium edit uses 3 credits and a High edit uses 6. Credits last 30 days.
24 credits
- 24 credits
- Up to 12 FLUX, 8 MOSS / Medium, or 4 High images
- Balance valid for 30 days. No subscription.
- Use across all SteadyEdit image tools
72 credits
Recommended- 72 credits
- Up to 36 FLUX, 24 MOSS / Medium, or 12 High images
- Balance valid for 30 days. No subscription.
- Use across all SteadyEdit image tools
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