Add a Person to a Photo — with matched light and scale

Upload the original picture first and a clear photo of the person second to a multi-reference image model, then describe where they stand and what must not change. On Kenerate, press “Add the two photos” — Image Studio opens on Nano Banana 2.1 with the instruction filled in — upload both, adjust the spot and height, press Create and check the result before you download.

Yes, to start. A new Kenerate account gets 25 credits on sign-up, and Qwen Image 3.0 is on the free plan: adding one person (two photos) costs 10.8 credits, so the starter credits cover two tries. Nano Banana 2.1 (21 credits at 1K), Seedream 5.0 Pro (13.5) and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (16.2 for two photos) use credits from one-time packs — no subscription. Downloads carry no watermark.

Take or pick a photo of yourself from about the same angle and distance as the others in the picture, ideally in similar light. Upload the group photo first and your photo second, and write “add the person from image 2 next to the woman on the left, same scale and light, keep everyone else the same”. It's the classic fix for the person behind the camera.

Say so in the prompt: “keep image 1 exactly the same — the background, every other person, their faces, poses and clothes”. The model draws the picture again, so small details can still shift; compare faces with the original and rerun if one changed. A photo with a natural gap at the end of the row needs the least redrawing.

Usually the two photos disagree: different light direction, colour temperature, camera height or sharpness. Pick a closer-matching photo of the person, name the light (“warm evening light from the left, soft shadows on the ground”) and their height next to someone specific. OpenAI's docs note image models can struggle to place elements precisely in layout-sensitive compositions, so expect a rerun or two.

Yes. Upload the original photo first, then one photo per person, and say where each goes by image number. Nano Banana 2.1 takes up to 14 photos, Seedream 5.0 Pro 10, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst 16 and Qwen Image 3.0 3. For a whole new group shot from separate photos, the AI group photo generator page has the instruction for that.

You can, if the close family agrees. Use the clearest photo you have of them, describe a natural spot and pose, and keep the result as an edited memorial picture — caption it that way when you share it, so no one mistakes it for a photo from that day.

No. Don't add public figures, or anyone who hasn't agreed, to a photo. A believable picture of a real person somewhere they never were can mislead people — Google's generative AI policy, for one, prohibits impersonating an individual without explicit disclosure in order to deceive.

No. Kenerate is for photos of adults: prompts that mention children, minors or ages under 18 are blocked, and you shouldn't upload photos of anyone under 18.

Be open about it. Tell the person you added and the people already in the photo before you post it, and caption it as an edited or AI image anywhere people might take it as a record of a real moment. Never use it to prove someone was somewhere.