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Photo Rater: Find Your Best Photo
Not sure which picture to post? Upload up to six photos of yourself and get each one rated out of 100, ranked, with the one thing to fix in each. The rater measures what makes a face photo work: head position, light, sharpness and framing, and shows how your face proportions read in each shot. Use it to pick a profile picture in a minute instead of asking five friends.
Drop your photos, paste them, or choose files
One photo for a score, or up to 6 to find your best one. JPG, PNG or WebP.
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How it is measured
Four measured parts, one score per photo.
Each photo gets 478 face landmarks. From them and from the pixels of the face, the rater takes four readings and scores each against a band: full marks inside the band, falling smoothly with distance outside it. The four are then multiplied together, each raised to its weight, so one weak part pulls the whole score down instead of being averaged away. Your measured face score in each photo is shown beside the photo score and breaks ties; it is never mixed in. Nothing is a rater's opinion, so the same photo always gets the same score, and two photos of you can be compared fairly.
- Head position · 30%
- Head tilt up to 5° and head turn up to 8° count as straight-on.
- Light · 30%
- Brightness of the brightest parts of your face between 105 and 240 on a 0–255 scale, with the two cheeks within 20% of each other. Reading the highlights instead of the average keeps skin tone out of it.
- Sharpness · 25%
- Fine detail on the face (variance of the Laplacian at a fixed size): 80 or more reads sharp.
- Framing · 15%
- The face fills 22% to 60% of the photo's width and does not touch the edge.
- Face score · shown beside
- The same eight proportions as the face rating tool, measured in this photo. It moves with lens distance and angle.
Measure it yourself
How to take a photo that scores well
Every part of the score is something you control when you take the picture.
- 1Face a window or a soft lamp, so both sides of your face get the same light. Light from one side or from above costs the most points.
- 2Hold the camera at eye level and at arm's length or further. A lens close to the face widens the nose and shrinks the ears and jaw.
- 3Keep your eyes level and face the lens. A few degrees of tilt or turn is fine; more starts to change how your proportions read.
- 4Tap to focus on your face and hold still. Clean the lens: a smudge is the usual reason a face reads soft.
- 5Leave room around your face, then upload a few versions and let the rater rank them.
Skip the ruler: the free tool above does it from one photo in about 30 seconds ↑
What's normal
What the photo score means
The score is out of 100. It rates the photo, not the person in it.
- 85–100
- Reads as: Profile-ready
- What it means: Head position, light, sharpness and framing are inside their bands, or very close.
- 70–84
- Reads as: Good photo
- What it means: One part is outside its band. The result names it and says what to change.
- 55–69
- Reads as: Usable
- What it means: One part is well outside its band, or two are costing points. Worth a retake if the photo matters.
- Under 55
- Reads as: Retake this one
- What it means: The light, the angle or the focus is working against you.
A photo of the same face can move by 20 points or more between a dim, side-lit close-up and a level, evenly lit shot.
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FAQ
How does the photo rater work?+
It finds your face, measures head tilt and turn from the landmarks, reads brightness and sharpness from the pixels of your face, and checks how much of the frame your face fills. Each part is scored against a fixed band and the four are combined with fixed weights. Your measured face score in that photo is shown beside it.
Which photo should I use as my profile picture?+
Upload the ones you are choosing between. The rater ranks them and marks the best, and for each of the others it names the one thing that cost the most points: a turned head, uneven light, a soft focus or a face too small in the frame.
Can I rate just one photo?+
Yes. One photo gets a score out of 100, the four parts behind it and the first thing to fix. Add more photos whenever you want a ranking.
Does it work for dating profile photos?+
It rates the technical side of a face photo, which is what you can fix: angle, light, focus and framing, and it shows how your proportions come across in each shot. It does not judge your outfit, the background, or whether the photo shows who you are. Use it to pick your clearest photos, then choose among those.
Why did the same face get different scores?+
Because the photos differ. The photo score follows the light, the focus, the angle and the framing. The face score moves too: a lens held close changes proportions and a turned head hides part of the face. That is why comparing several photos is useful.
Is this an AI judging how attractive I am?+
No. There is no opinion in it. Every part is a measurement against a band that is printed on this page, and the result shows each reading.
Are my photos uploaded?+
No. Everything runs in your browser, and your photos never leave your device.
One reading here.
Nineteen in the app.
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