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AI Snow Filter — add falling snow to any photo

Upload a photo and turn it into a winter scene: light flurries, a full blizzard, snow on your hair and coat, or a snowy garden for your dog — you say how much snow and what has to stay the same.

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  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst edit
  • A smiling red-haired woman with freckles in a green rain jacket and backpack, snow on her hair and shoulders, snowy mountains behind her
  • A golden retriever sitting in deep snow in a back garden with snowflakes on its head, snowy shrubs and a wooden fence behind
  • A woman in a denim jacket walking down a shopping street in a heavy blizzard, snow piled on parked cars and shop awnings
  • Aerial view of a blue vintage convertible on a winding coastal road with snow-covered cliffs and a grey winter sea
  • Any amount of snow
  • Snow on hair and clothes
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  • No watermark

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How do you add snow to a photo with AI?

An AI snow filter edits your photo so it looks like it was taken in snow — falling flakes, snow on the ground, rooftops and cars, and a dusting on hair and clothes. On Kenerate AI you upload the photo to the Image Studio and describe the snow in one sentence, plus what must not change. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst made all four winter edits on this page at 11.7 credits each; the hiker and the dog came back clearly the same, while the street and road edits changed more than we asked for.

Key facts

Edits tested
4 photos: hiker, dog, city street, coast road
Kept closely
Hiker's face and freckles, the dog's face and coat
Changed more than asked
Street: hair and face · Road: camera angle
Model
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (OpenAI)
Watermark
None

Same prompt

Before and after: same photo, now snowing

The originals are summer photos from our other pages. One sentence added the snow; the hiker's freckles and smile and the dog's face and coat stayed. The wind loosened the hiker's ponytail — the model's idea, not ours.

PromptAdd snow to this photo: light snow is falling across the whole frame, a dusting of snowflakes sits on her red hair and the shoulders of her green jacket, and the mountains behind her are covered in fresh snow. Keep her face, freckles, smile, hair colour, jacket, backpack, pose and the camera angle exactly the same.

  • Original: Add snow to this photo: light snow is falling across the whole frame, a dusting of snowflakes sits on her red hair and the shoulders of her green jacket, and the mountains behind her are covered in fresh snow. Keep her face, freckles, smile, hair colour, jacket, backpack, pose and the camera angle exactly the same.OriginalSummer hike
  • Snow added: Add snow to this photo: light snow is falling across the whole frame, a dusting of snowflakes sits on her red hair and the shoulders of her green jacket, and the mountains behind her are covered in fresh snow. Keep her face, freckles, smile, hair colour, jacket, backpack, pose and the camera angle exactly the same.Snow addedSunburst edit · 11.7 credits
  • Original: Add snow to this photo: light snow is falling across the whole frame, a dusting of snowflakes sits on her red hair and the shoulders of her green jacket, and the mountains behind her are covered in fresh snow. Keep her face, freckles, smile, hair colour, jacket, backpack, pose and the camera angle exactly the same.OriginalIndoor pet photo
  • Snowy garden: Add snow to this photo: light snow is falling across the whole frame, a dusting of snowflakes sits on her red hair and the shoulders of her green jacket, and the mountains behind her are covered in fresh snow. Keep her face, freckles, smile, hair colour, jacket, backpack, pose and the camera angle exactly the same.Snowy gardenSunburst edit · 11.7 credits

How to

How to use the AI snow filter

Time needed
Steps
4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Open the Image Studio

    Go to /app/image. Sign in free for 25 starter credits.

  2. Step 2

    Upload your photo

    Add the photo you want covered in snow — a portrait, a pet, a street, a house or a landscape.

  3. Step 3

    Describe the snow

    How heavy, where it settles and the winter light — plus what must stay the same. Pick GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst.

  4. Step 4

    Download

    Regenerate if a detail moved, then download without a watermark — or upscale up to 4K for printing.

Kenerate AI Image Studio with a text prompt typed into the prompt box

Open Image Studio and type what you want to see — subject, style, lighting and mood.

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Tips

Get snow that looks real

What worked — and what didn't — in our four tests.

  • Say how much snow: “light flurries”, “big soft flakes” or “heavy snow blowing diagonally” give very different pictures.

  • Say where it settles: on the hair and shoulders, the ground, car roofs, shop awnings, tree branches.

  • Change the light too — “soft grey winter sky” or “cold blue daylight”. Snow under summer sun looks pasted on.

  • List what stays: “keep her face, freckles, hair colour, outfit and the camera angle exactly the same”.

  • Close-up portraits keep the face best. In our wide street shot the woman's hair and face drifted; crop closer or regenerate.

  • Aerial and landscape shots may get re-framed. If the composition matters, regenerate or try Nano Banana 2.1.

Models

Models for adding snow to a photo

What each model is good at. Open any one straight in the generator.

  • GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst title card — glowing sunburst-coloured 3D lettering on a bold magazine-cover-style layout

    OpenAI

    GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

    Reference images
    Up to 16
    Output
    1K–4K

    Best for

    Made every edit on this page

    Open GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
  • Google

    Nano Banana 2.1

    Reference images
    Up to 14
    Output
    Up to 4K

    Best for

    Keeps a person or product the same across a set

    Open Nano Banana 2.1
  • Seedream 5.0 Pro title card — a gallery-worthy photoreal portrait of a fictional adult woman with freckles in golden-hour light

    ByteDance

    Seedream 5.0 Pro

    Reference images
    Up to 10
    Output
    1K · 2K

    Best for

    Painted and illustrated winter scenes

    Open Seedream 5.0 Pro
  • Qwen Image 3.0 title card — neatly written on a café blackboard menu board in a sunlit café
    Free plan

    Alibaba

    Qwen Image 3.0

    Reference images
    Up to 3
    Output
    1K · 2K

    Best for

    Free plan

    Open Qwen Image 3.0

FAQ

AI Snow Filter questions

What is an AI snow filter?

It is an image edit that makes a photo look as if it was taken in snow: falling flakes, snow on the ground and rooftops, and a dusting on hair and clothes. Unlike a fixed overlay, an AI model redraws the scene — the light, the ground, the sky — so the snow sits in the picture. On Kenerate AI you do it in the Image Studio with one sentence.

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How do I add snow to a photo?

Open the Kenerate Image Studio, upload the photo, pick GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and write what you want — for example “light snow falling, snow on her hair and shoulders, snowy mountains behind, soft grey winter sky; keep her face, outfit and the camera angle exactly the same”. An edit costs 11.7 credits and returns one image without a watermark.

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Is the AI snow filter free?

Free to start. A new Kenerate account gets 25 credits on sign-up — enough for two one-photo edits with Qwen Image 3.0 (9.9 credits each), which works on the free plan. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst (11.7 credits per edit) unlocks once you buy a credit pack; packs are one-time, with no subscription. Downloads carry no watermark.

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Will my face stay the same?

Usually, in a close portrait, if you ask for it. Our hiker kept her freckles, smile and jacket, and the dog kept its face and coat. In a wide street shot the woman's hair turned curlier and her face matched less well. Use a photo where the face is large and clear, name what must stay, and regenerate if something drifts.

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Can I choose between light snow and a blizzard?

Yes — the amount of snow is whatever you write. “Light flurries” or “a few big soft flakes” gives a gentle look; “heavy snow blowing diagonally, snow piled on cars and awnings” gives a blizzard, as in our street example. You can also ask for snow only on the ground, or a frosty morning with no falling snow.

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Can I add snow to a landscape or a house photo?

Yes. Describe what should be covered — roofs, trees, cliffs, the road — and ask for an overcast winter sky. Our coast-road edit covered the cliffs in snow, but the model also re-framed the shot (the road curves the other way) even though we asked it not to. For a composition you care about, regenerate or try Nano Banana 2.1.

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Can I add snow to a pet photo?

Yes. Upload the pet photo and ask for a snowy garden or park with flakes on its fur, adding “keep the same dog, fur colour, face and pose”. Our golden retriever moved from an indoor floor to a snowy back garden with the same face and coat.

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Can I make the snow move in a video?

The snow filter makes a still image. To make it fall, take the snowy photo to an image-to-video model and describe the motion — “snow keeps falling, her hair moves in the wind”. Video models cost more than image edits and need a paid plan.

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Can I add snow to photos of celebrities or other real people?

No. Only upload photos of yourself or of people who have agreed, and don't use celebrities' or strangers' photos or names. Kenerate's terms of service apply to everything you generate.

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In depth

AI Snow Filter, explained

What works, what to avoid, and how to pick a model.

Snow filter app or AI snow edit?

Classic snow filters lay the same falling-flake overlay over every picture. The ground stays green, the sky stays blue and the light stays summery, which is why the result often looks pasted on.

An AI edit redraws the scene instead: snow settles on rooftops, car roofs, branches and shoulders, the sky turns winter grey and the colours cool down. The cost is that the model may change things you didn't ask about, so the prompt has to say what stays.

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We build and run the Kenerate generator. Every example is a real output of the model named under it; models and presets were checked against the app's code.

Sources: Kenerate Image Studio · Kenerate terms of service

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