# Birthday edit record

October 23, 2026. Built-in Codex image generation/editing; exact model identifier not exposed. One attempt per listed instruction. Fictional subjects.

Source: /static/blog/portrait-style-study-source.webp, an earlier generated fictional portrait. Output: /static/blog/next-five-birthday.webp. The invitation uses separately typeset SVG text. Fine facial and clothing detail differs; no real-person identity approval.

## birthday

Edit the uploaded fictional adult portrait into a restrained birthday invitation photo background. Keep the same man's visible face shape, apparent age, salt-and-pepper curly hair and beard, round wire glasses, natural skin texture, calm expression, mustard corduroy overshirt and navy undershirt. Keep his upper-body pose and do not introduce hands. Move the composition only as needed so he occupies the right half, with generous clean dark teal negative space on the left for separately typeset invitation text. Replace the gray background with a softly lit teal studio backdrop and a small restrained cluster of ochre and cream birthday balloons in the far upper-right, behind him. No cake, no candles, no age number, no text, no lettering, no logos. Natural believable lighting. Wide horizontal 16:9 image. One edited photo only, not a comparison. This is a fictional person and a fictional celebration design.