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Pixie Cut Filter

Wondering how you'd look with a pixie haircut? Upload your own photo and preview a pixie before you commit to the chop. Your face, expression and background stay the same.

  • Keeps your face
  • Classic, long or undercut
  • Free to start
  • No watermark

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Quick answer

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What is a pixie cut filter?

A pixie cut filter shows you with a pixie haircut on your own photo, so you can see how you'd look before the scissors come out. Kenerate AI opens its image editor with the pixie instruction filled in; you add a clear photo, and the model redraws only the hair while your face, expression and background stay the same. Ask for a classic crop, a long pixie, an undercut or pixie bangs — each run is a separate edit of your original photo.

Key facts

Works on
Your own photo
What changes
Hair only
Default model
Qwen Image 3.0
Styles
Classic, long, undercut, bixie, bangs
Examples below
Seedream 5.0 Pro edits
Free start
Starter credits
Watermark
None

Same prompt

Before and after: three pixie cuts on the same photo

A fictional adult and real Seedream 5.0 Pro edits, one sentence each. Her face, smile and the grey background didn't change. The bangs version came out as a shaggier, longer pixie than a classic crop — name the length (“ear-length”, “cropped at the nape”) and re-run if that happens.

PromptGive her a short textured pixie cut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.

  • Original: Give her a short textured pixie cut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.OriginalStraight shoulder-length
  • Pixie cut: Give her a short textured pixie cut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Pixie cutSeedream 5.0 Pro · 2K
  • Long pixie with bangs: Give her a short textured pixie cut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Long pixie with bangsWispy curtain bangs
  • Undercut pixie: Give her a short textured pixie cut. Keep her face, expression, skin, clothing, the grey background and the lighting exactly the same.Undercut pixieClipped sides, long top

How to

How to use the pixie cut filter

Time needed
Steps
4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Open the pixie cut filter

    Press “Add your photo”. The image studio opens with the pixie 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 style and create

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

  4. Step 4

    Compare and download

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

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.

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Prompts, styles, references, edit, Arena & chat

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Tips

Get a realistic pixie cut preview

What makes the preview believable.

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

  • Name the style: “classic pixie”, “long pixie”, “undercut pixie”, “pixie with curtain bangs”.

  • 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 a colour in the same sentence if you want one: “platinum pixie cut”.

  • Want it even shorter? Try the buzz cut filter instead.

Models

Models for pixie 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

    Best for

    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

    Best for

    Used for the examples 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)

    Best for

    Good edits; square for now

    Open Nano Banana 2

FAQ

Pixie Cut Filter questions

How would I look with a pixie haircut?

Upload a clear, front-facing photo of yourself to the pixie cut filter and press Create. Kenerate AI opens the image editor with the instruction already written: a short textured pixie, same face, same background. You only add the photo. In the examples on this page the same woman went from shoulder-length hair to three different pixies while her face and smile stayed the same.

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Is the pixie 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 examples 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 pixie 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 all three Seedream 5.0 Pro examples on this page the face and smile stayed the same. If a result drifts, run it again or add “same face shape, same jawline”.

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Which pixie styles can I try?

Any you can describe. Edit the prompt before you press Create: “classic cropped pixie”, “long pixie”, “bixie”, “undercut pixie with clipped sides”, “pixie with curtain bangs”, “asymmetric pixie”. Each run is a separate edit of your original photo, so you can line up a few styles side by side and show the winner to your stylist.

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Does the pixie cut filter work with long or curly hair?

Yes. Going from long to short is the classic use — the example on this page starts from straight shoulder-length hair. With very long or very curly hair the model has to imagine your head shape underneath, so use a photo with your hairline and ears visible and run it two or three times. Curly hair stays curly unless you ask for it straightened.

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What's the difference between a pixie, a long pixie and a bixie?

A classic pixie is cropped short at the back and sides with a little more length on top. A long pixie keeps more length everywhere, often ear-length with soft layers. A bixie sits between a bob and a pixie — pixie-short layers with a bob's shape around the jaw. Name whichever one you want in the prompt and the filter previews that version.

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Can I try a pixie cut with a different hair colour?

Yes, in the same sentence: “give me a platinum blonde pixie cut” or “a copper long pixie”. The model changes the cut and the colour in one edit. If you only want to test colour on your current cut, the AI hair color changer does that without touching the length.

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Is this the same as the TikTok or Snapchat short hair filter?

No. Camera filters on TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram overlay a hairstyle live while you film. This one edits a still photo with an AI image model, which redraws the hair to match your head and lighting, and you can name the exact pixie style, length or colour. It works in any browser, and the result downloads without a watermark.

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Can I use someone else's photo?

Only with their permission. A haircut 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 a minor; the filter is for editing your own pictures. Kenerate's content rules apply to every edit.

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In depth

Pixie Cut Filter, explained

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

How the pixie 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 pixie cut, and the model redraws only the hair, so the hairline, ears and head shape follow your photo.

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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.

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