Contact: hands and object
Both hands should touch the object's surface, with fingers wrapping around or pressing against it. Fingers that vanish into the object, or an object floating a little in front of the palms, are the most common giveaways.
Image trend
Forced Perspective AI Photo: Grip and Shadow Check
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- Final image
- 1 still
- Your input
- 2 photos
- Price
- from 51 credits
Where a giant object illusion usually breaks
Shadow and light direction
A giant object in daylight should throw a shadow onto your body or the pavement, falling the same way as the shadows of the buildings and passers-by. A bright object with no shadow at all tends to look pasted in.
Identity of both subjects
Compare the object's colour, case and logo position with your object photo, then compare your face and outfit with your own photo. If the object drifts, reshoot it alone on a plain surface; if your face drifts, use a sharper, front-lit photo of yourself and make a new image.
How to make it
Hold your phone, your ice-cream, your coffee. Absurdly huge. Add a clear photo for each of the 2 slots; the look is already set.
The photos you add
1. You
A clear photo of you with your upper body visible.
2. Your object
A photo of the thing you want giant: your phone, an ice-cream, a coffee cup, sneakers.
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Add your photo
Upload a clear photo of yourself, upper body in frame.
- 02
Add your object
Upload the thing you want blown up to giant size.
- 03
We build the shot
About a minute later you have a street photo of you holding it.
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Download and post
Save the image and share it anywhere.
Your exact object
The colours, the case, the shape. The giant version is built from your own photo of it.
Still looks like a photo
Daylight, a real street and believable shadows, so the scale gag lands instead of looking cut and pasted.
Still you
Your face, hair and outfit carry over from your photo.
Photo tips
- Face and upper body clearly visible
- Object photographed alone on a plain background
- Good, even lighting on both photos
- One object per photo
Questions & answers
Does the giant-object effect enlarge me or the object I upload?
The object is made oversized, while you hold it in a street-photo scene. Upload your own photo in the person slot and a separate photo of the item in the object slot. This is a giant-object scale effect, rather than a scene where you become a giant towering over a city.
How many photos do I need?
Two: one photo of you and one photo of the object you want giant. Both are needed.
Is my photo private?
Your photos are used to make your image. Only upload photos of yourself, or of people who have agreed to it.
Can I use the result commercially?
Check your plan's terms for what you can do with generated images. They apply to your result.
How long does it take?
About a minute. You can leave the page; the finished Big Thing Effect image is saved to your assets.
What objects work best?
Anything with a clear shape: phones, ice-cream cones, cups, sneakers, bags. Simple, well-lit photos give the cleanest result.
Ideas for your next photo
Pick a premise, choose the right photo, and turn one finished image into a post worth sharing.
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Make your Big Thing Effect image
One selfie, one object, about a minute. Then watch your friends ask how you did it.