Put me on a magazine cover. Me in a strong editorial portrait filling most of the frame, shot on a plain saturated backdrop, looking straight to camera. A masthead area left clean across the top and a clear column down one side for cover lines. My shoulders overlapping the masthead area slightly, the way real covers do. Bold, high-contrast styling and lighting. Glossy print finish. Keep my face, bone structure, natural skin tone and identity exactly as they are in my photo — change the styling around me, never who I am. The result must read as a real photograph: natural skin texture with visible pores, believable light direction and shadow falloff, correct anatomy and hands.
“Use it” opens the editor with this prompt already loaded — add your photo and generate. Copy works anywhere else: ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney.
The subject overlapping the masthead is the detail that makes a cover look like a cover.