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Buzz Cut Filter

Wondering how you'd look with a buzz cut? Upload your own photo and preview a clean buzz before the clippers come out. Your face, expression and background stay the same.

Looping split-screen of the same man with tousled hair and a buzz cut
  • Keeps your face
  • Pick the guard length
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  • No watermark

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Quick answer

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What is a buzz cut filter?

A buzz cut filter shows you with a short clipper cut on your own photo, so you can preview it before you shave. Kenerate AI opens its image editor with the buzz cut instruction filled in; you add a clear photo, and the model shortens only the hair while your face, expression and background stay the same.

Key facts

Works on
Your own photo
What changes
Hair length only
Default model
Qwen Image 3.0
Example below
Seedream 5.0 Pro edit
Free start
Starter credits
Watermark
None

Gallery

Buzz cut examples

Fictional adults made with Kenerate AI to show the look.

Same prompt

Before and after

A fictional portrait and a real Seedream 5.0 Pro edit from one sentence. His face, stubble and background didn't change.

PromptGive him a clean buzz cut. Keep his face, expression, stubble, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.

  • Original: Give him a clean buzz cut. Keep his face, expression, stubble, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.OriginalShort side-swept hair
  • Buzz cut: Give him a clean buzz cut. Keep his face, expression, stubble, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Buzz cutSeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K

How to

How to use the buzz cut filter

Time needed
Steps
4 steps

  1. Step 1

    Open the buzz cut filter

    Press “Add your photo”. The image studio opens with the buzz cut instruction in the prompt box. Sign in free for starter credits.

  2. Step 2

    Upload your photo

    Add a clear, front-facing photo of yourself in good light, with your hairline visible.

  3. Step 3

    Pick the length and create

    Keep Qwen Image 3.0 (free plan) or pick Seedream 5.0 Pro, change the length in the prompt if you like, then press Create.

  4. Step 4

    Compare and download

    Try two or three lengths and download the one you like without a watermark.

1Upload the photo to edit2Describe the change3Paint an area (optional)4Click Generate5Compare and download
Kenerate AI Edit Studio canvas with a green blazer photo loaded and the Upload button

Open Edit Studio and upload an image, or pick one from your history.

1 / 5 · Upload the photo to edit

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Chapters

Tips

Get a realistic buzz cut preview

What makes the preview believable.

  • Use a front-facing photo with your hairline and ears visible.

  • Name the length: “number 2 guard”, “very short buzz”, “buzz cut with a skin fade”.

  • Keep “keep my face and background the same” in the prompt.

  • Long hair? The model has to guess your head shape under it, so try two photos.

  • Add “same hairline” if a result moves it.

  • Want a different cut? Use the AI hairstyle changer.

Models

Models for buzz cut edits

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

  • 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 or 2K

    Default here · free plan

    Open Qwen Image 3.0
  • 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
    2K

    Used for the example on this page

    Open Seedream 5.0 Pro
  • Nano Banana 2 title card — many reference images

    Google

    Nano Banana 2

    Reference images
    Up to 14
    Output
    1K (square today)

    Good edits; square for now

    Open Nano Banana 2

Example uses

How creators use buzz cut filter

Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.

  • Clippers and guard combs beside a tablet with a buzz cut preview

    Barber

    A barber could show a client a buzz cut on their own photo before picking up the clippers.

  • Laptop with a long-hair and buzz cut version of one portrait

    Content creator

    A creator could preview a buzz cut on the same photo before filming a head-shave video.

  • Clippers and printed buzz cut previews on a table

    Charity shave organiser

    An organiser could show participants what a shaved look will be like ahead of a fundraising shave.

FAQ

Buzz Cut Filter questions

How do I see myself with a buzz cut?

Upload a clear, front-facing photo of yourself to the buzz cut filter and press Create. Kenerate AI opens the image editor with the instruction already written: a clean buzz cut, same face, same background. You only add the photo. Change the length in the prompt, for example “number 1 guard” or “buzz cut with a fade”, and compare a few versions.

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Is the buzz cut filter free?

Yes, to start. A new Kenerate account gets free starter credits, which work on free-plan models such as Qwen Image 3.0, the default here. Seedream 5.0 Pro, used for the example on this page, needs a one-time credit pack rather than a subscription, and credits you buy never expire. Results download without a watermark.

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Will the buzz cut filter change my face?

It shouldn't. The prompt asks the model to keep your face, expression, skin, clothing, background and lighting exactly the same, and instruction-based editors repaint only what you name. In the Seedream 5.0 Pro example on this page the face and stubble stayed the same. If a result drifts, run it again or add “same hairline, same face shape”.

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Can I try different buzz cut lengths?

Yes. Edit the prompt before you press Create: “number 1 guard”, “number 3 guard”, “buzz cut with a skin fade” or “butch cut”. Each run is a separate edit of your original photo, so you can line up two or three lengths side by side and show the one you like to your barber as a reference.

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Can I use someone else's photo?

Only with their permission. A buzz cut preview still edits a real person's likeness, so use your own photo or one the person has agreed to, and share the result only with their consent. Never upload a photo of anyone under 18; the filter is for adults editing their own pictures. Kenerate's content rules apply to every edit.

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In depth

Buzz Cut Filter, explained

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

How the buzz cut filter works

The filter is an instruction edit, not a sticker. Your photo goes to an image model's edit endpoint with one sentence asking for a clean buzz cut, and the model redraws only the hair, so the hairline, ears and head shape follow your photo.

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