X-Ray Scan
See straight through the scene — a cinematic volumetric X-ray.
What it does
Turns your photo into a cinematic volumetric X-ray scan — translucent materials, subtle skeletal anatomy, and a cyan radiographic glow.
When to use it
- Striking profile pictures with a scientific, futuristic edge
- Album art, posters, and cover visuals for sci-fi or electronic music
- Concept frames and moodboards for film, game, and visual-effects projects
- Social posts that stand out with a premium volumetric-scan aesthetic
- Editorial or campaign imagery that needs a high-tech, mysterious atmosphere
- Personal art pieces that reinterpret a familiar photo as something otherworldly
When not to use it
- Real medical or diagnostic use — this is an artistic effect, not an actual radiograph
- Contexts that need a clear, conventional photo of a face or product
- Images where the subject is already very dark or low-contrast — internal layering needs detail to work from
- Documents, ID photos, or anywhere a realistic untouched photo is required
How it works
Your photo is read for composition, pose, depth, and material structure, and then the whole scene is re-rendered as a layered X-ray. upsa's editing model keeps framing, silhouette, proportions, and camera perspective aligned with the source while making materials semi-transparent, surfacing internal geometry, and applying density-based shading. Lighting is rebuilt with radiographic cyan edges and soft volumetric bloom, so the result reads as a single coherent scan rather than a transparency filter dropped on top of the original.
Specifications
- Approach
- Identity-preserving re-render of the whole scene as a cinematic volumetric X-ray
- Stylization
- Translucent materials, glowing structural contours, subtle skeletal anatomy, density-based layering
- What stays
- Composition, pose, framing, silhouette, proportions, environment layout, camera perspective
- What changes
- Material opacity, internal visibility, lighting, color palette, depth layering
- Ideal source
- Well-lit photos with clear structure and depth — a subject in a readable environment
- Maximum input
- Up to 25 MP per image
- Supported formats
- JPEG, PNG, HEIC
- Output format
- PNG — preserves the deep cyan-to-black radiographic gradient without compression banding
- Pricing
- 2 credits per image
Frequently asked questions
Will the person still be recognizable through the X-ray effect?
Yes. Facial structure, silhouette, body proportions, and pose are all preserved, and the face is kept beautiful and readable through the transformation. The body turns partially translucent with a subtle hint of internal structure, but identity stays strong — it is meant to look like the same person, scanned.
Is this going to look gory or like horror imagery?
No. The effect is deliberately artistic and cinematic. Internal anatomy is only suggested and abstracted — there is no blood, no exposed flesh, no zombie or monster look, and no realistic medical shock imagery. The mood is scientific and mysterious, closer to a luxury sci-fi film than to a medical scan.
Will it add scanner UI, labels, or futuristic text overlays?
No. The image stays purely photographic. There is no floating typography, no HUD, no scanner interface, no coordinates, annotations, or technical markings. The goal is a clean cinematic X-ray photograph, not a computer-interface screenshot.
What kind of photo works best?
Photos with clear structure and depth — a subject in a readable environment, well-lit and reasonably sharp. The model needs visible detail to build the internal layering from, so very dark, flat, or heavily compressed images give weaker results. A scene with some architecture or objects around the subject makes the volumetric effect more dramatic.
Does it work on photos without a person — objects, pets, or landscapes?
Yes. The X-ray treatment scans the whole scene, not just a person, so objects, animals, plants, and architecture all gain translucent layering and visible internal structure. A photo with clear depth and structure — rather than a flat or empty background — gives the most dramatic result.
Can I use the result commercially?
Yes — generated images on upsa are yours to use for personal and commercial purposes. We recommend you keep the consent and rights to the source photo as well, since the output preserves the identity in it.
How long are my photos stored?
Source uploads and generated results are stored for 48 and then automatically deleted from upsa's storage. We don't train any model on your photos.
AI results vary
Each generation uses a different random seed, so your result may not exactly match the example shown. If the first try doesn't fit what you had in mind, run it again — output differs noticeably between runs.
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