Upload a photo, pick a cathedral, geometric, or mosaic look, then compare and download the stained glass version.
Glass, lead, and light
Every run asks the model to rebuild the photo from coloured panes bounded by dark lead and lit from behind, while preserving the composition, so the result reads as stained glass rather than a flat colour filter.
Upload one clear photo, pick a glass style, then inspect the split view before downloading.
JPG, PNG, or WebP · up to 5 MB · 256–4,096 px per side · ≤ 16 MP
The subject, pose, crop, and framing are asked to stay the same on every run.
One clear subject with a simple background gives the cleanest glass panel.
Your stained glass panel will appear here
Upload a sharp photo with one clear subject to verify its size and prepare one panel.
Illustrative before and after pairs
Each pair is an illustration of fictional subjects, not a customer photo, and shows the kind of transformation the workbench targets. Look at how the lead lines follow the original shapes and how the light still describes the subject, because that is where a believable stained glass effect holds or breaks.
A close, softly lit head-and-shoulders portrait. The cathedral preview keeps the face, hairline, and shoulders readable, then rebuilds the skin, background, and clothing from bold leaded panes in deep sapphire, ruby, and amber.
A city skyline at dusk with a wide sky. The geometric preview maps the buildings and cloud bands into clean straight-edged panes with thin lead lines, keeping the city outline and horizon exactly where they were.
A garden path with flowers and foliage. The mosaic preview breaks the scene into many small shards with dense grout, so the petals, leaves, and path edge stay legible through a dense, richly coloured glass surface.
What changes and what stays
A stained glass panel is only convincing when the original shapes survive the restyle. The tool changes the surface treatment to coloured glass and lead, and asks the model to keep the subject, composition, and light direction as close to the source as it can.
The locked brief keeps the same main subject, silhouette, pose, crop, and camera angle. It does not add, remove, or move people, animals, or objects, so a portrait still looks like the same person and a skyline still looks like the same city.
Cathedral uses large panes and bold lead in jewel tones, geometric uses clean straight edges and thin lead, and mosaic uses many small shards with dense grout. Each style changes the surface, not the underlying scene.
Very small or busy photos leave too little shape to read once panes and lead are added, and text or fine lettering usually dissolves into the glass. The workbench reads the image size locally before a run is allowed.
Practical workflow
The best source is a sharp, well-lit photo with one clear subject and a simple background. A readable silhouette and obvious light direction give this stained glass effect the most shape to translate into panes and lead.
Choose a JPG, PNG, or WebP file up to 5 MB, with each side from 256 to 4,096 pixels and no more than 16 megapixels. The workbench reads the dimensions locally before a run is allowed.
Cathedral is the most traditional and colourful, geometric is the cleanest and most modern, and mosaic gives the densest, most detailed surface. Start with cathedral for a recognizable window look.
Sign in, confirm the fixed cost of 25 credits, and start one tracked job. The result is a 1K image at the same aspect ratio as your photo. Controls lock while the job runs so the request and the result always describe the same style.
Drag the split view across the image and check that the subject still reads and the lead follows the original shapes. Download only when you like the panel. A failed task refunds its credits, and a paused status check can resume the original task.
Choose the right route
The right route depends on whether you want a finished glass-art image of your own photo, a quick preset on your phone, or a manual edit you control piece by piece. Names below describe product classes rather than specific brands.
Choosing a style
Historic stained glass is glass coloured in the melt, cut into pieces, and joined with lead or copper foil so light passes through the panel. The three looks here mirror the main families of that craft, from large cathedral windows to dense mosaic work.
Large hand-cut panes bounded by bold dark lead, with deep jewel tones and a luminous backlit glow. Pick it for portraits, landmarks, and any photo where you want the traditional church-window look.
Clean straight-edged panes and precise thin lead, with a restrained contemporary palette against soft neutrals. Pick it for architecture, skylines, and minimal photos that suit a calm, graphic treatment.
Many small irregular shards with dense dark grout and lively glass texture. Pick it for gardens, patterns, and detailed scenes where a rich, tightly packed surface is the point.
General stained glass history and technique from public references, reviewed 18 Sep 2026.
Hard inputs
We deliberately test weak sources so this page can say where the stained glass effect holds up and where it fails. If your photo matches a weak case, pick a different source instead of paying for the same run twice.
When the subject is tiny in the frame, the panes and lead lines swallow it and the result turns into abstract colour. Crop closer to one clear subject before uploading, then run the tool.
A crowd, a messy desk, or a dense forest gives the model too many competing shapes to map into glass, so subjects blur together. A simple background and one focal point give the cleanest panel.
Lettering and small printed details usually dissolve into the panes, and any text the model does add is unreliable. Do not rely on this tool to keep a logo, sign, or poster wording legible.
Several faces close together, or a face that is small in frame, lose likeness once the image is rebuilt from glass. For people, use one clear portrait with a face that fills a good part of the frame.
The stained glass effect generates a new image from your photo plus a fixed, server-owned brief. It is a creative visual preview, not a literal photograph of a real window, and it does not reproduce the craft of cutting and leading physical glass. Because the whole image is regenerated, small details can still shift, especially thin lines, text, and the smallest facial features.
Keep the original file. If the result looks muddy, the panes flatten the subject, or the lead lines ignore the photo, discard it and try a sharper, simply composed image with a clear subject and a readable light direction. For real glasswork, talk to a stained glass studio; this tool is a digital interpretation only.
Upload only photos you own or have permission to edit, and never use the tool to misrepresent someone else. Signed-in stained glass tasks and results can appear in My Creations so a task can be recovered after a temporary connection problem instead of being paid for twice.
The current storage backend has no automatic expiry for uploaded or generated image objects. Delete in My Creations soft-deletes the task record from account history; it does not delete the underlying image object or provider copy. Analytics events record only the tool and the style choice, never the photo. Review the Privacy Policy before uploading a face photo.
Tool specifications
The workbench accepts one JPG, PNG, or WebP photo up to 5 MB. Each side must be between 256 and 4,096 pixels, and the image must stay within 16 megapixels. One run costs 25 credits and returns a 1K result at an automatic aspect ratio that follows your photo.
Processing reinterprets the photo you upload, so the result is a creative preview rather than a record of a real window or a physical glass panel. By using the tool, you confirm that your upload complies with the Terms of Service. Reviewed by the Banana Pro AI product team · Last reviewed: 2026-09-18.
Questions
Straight answers about photos, styles, credits, and what an AI glass effect can and cannot do.
Upload one clear photo, choose the cathedral, geometric, or mosaic style, then run the preview. When it finishes, drag the split view to compare the glass panel with the original and download the version you like. Cathedral is the safest starting point for a traditional window look.
That is what the locked brief is for: it asks the model to keep the main subject, silhouette, pose, crop, and light direction, then rebuild the surface from coloured panes and lead. It is not a guarantee, because the image is regenerated. A sharp photo with one clear subject and a simple background holds up best.
Cathedral uses large panes and bold lead in deep jewel tones for a classic church-window look. Geometric uses clean straight-edged panes and thin lead for a modern, graphic result. Mosaic uses many small shards with dense grout for the most detailed and colourful surface.
One run uses 25 credits and returns a single 1K image. The workbench shows the cost and your remaining balance before submission. If the task fails, the credits are refunded, and a dropped connection resumes the original task instead of charging again.
Yes, as long as you own the photo and are honest about the edit. The 1K output suits screens, posters, and design mockups of a glass panel. It is a digital image, not a cut-and-leaded window, so a real glass studio is still the right route for physical glass art.
No. The tool reinterprets the pixels of your photo; it does not colour-melt, cut, or lead real glass. Coloured glass is made by adding metal oxides to molten glass, and a physical panel is assembled piece by piece. Treat the output as a digital illustration of that craft.
Keep creating
Use the narrowest tool for the next change. Try another illustration style, clean up the source photo first, or write your own instruction in the image editor.
Keep the original. Check the shapes.
Start with one sharp photo and a clear subject, review the fixed 25-credit cost, and compare the stained glass result with the original before you keep it.
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