To turn your photo into Cyberpunk Edgerunners style, upload one clear front-facing photo to a photo-to-video tool and let it redraw you as a neon anime street mercenary. There is no official Edgerunners AI filter that we could find as of October 2026, but Cyberpunk Edgerunners AI on videosi makes the look as a 10-second video: your real selfie, a glitch wipe, then you in neon anime on a rainy street.
This guide goes deeper than the page's FAQ. It covers why AI tools keep drawing someone else, what actually makes the look, how to pick a photo and how to post the result. videosi is independent and has no connection to CD PROJEKT RED, Studio TRIGGER or Netflix.
Key takeaways
- The look is a style, not a character: line art, flat cel colour, a neon palette and rim light. You can borrow it without borrowing anyone's face.
- Typing a show name into a generic image or video model often returns a known character. An identity lock built around your own photo prevents that.
- A sharp, front-facing, evenly lit photo matters more than any setting.
- On videosi a standard 10-second video (Standard model, 720p) costs 9 credits. There is no free generation and no free trial, and a failed render returns its credits.
- Check the platform rules and stay clear of logos, titles and show characters when you post fan-style art.
In this guide
- Why do AI tools draw a show character instead of me?
- What makes the Edgerunners look different from a generic cyberpunk filter?
- How does the Season 1 art style compare with Season 2?
- How do I pick the right photo?
- Should I make an anime still or a video?
- Can ChatGPT or Sora do this directly?
- What does a video cost and how long does it take?
- How do I post it with a song on TikTok?
- Is it OK to post fan-style AI art of a licensed show?
- Is this trend still early?
Why do AI tools draw a show character instead of me?
Image and video models learn associations. When a prompt contains the name of a famous anime, the strongest association is its most recognisable characters: a distinctive hair colour, a signature jacket. The model reaches for those shapes and your face becomes a loose suggestion. That is why many "Edgerunners filter" results look like a cosplay of someone else.
The fix is to reverse the priority. The Cyberpunk Edgerunners AI template on videosi tells the model that your photo is the only source for face shape, hairstyle, glasses and skin tone, and forbids existing characters. It also never uses character names, so the result is you as your own edgerunner, not a recreation of anyone from the show. In the Cyberpunk universe an edgerunner is simply a street mercenary living on the edge of the law, usually loaded with cyberware.
What makes the Edgerunners look different from a generic cyberpunk filter?
Most cyberpunk filters add pink and blue light to a photo and stop there. The Edgerunners look is an animation style, and four ingredients carry it.
- Line art. Bold black outlines that vary in weight, thicker on the silhouette and thinner inside the face.
- Flat cel colour. Solid fills with hard-edged, two-tone shadows, often tinted purple or teal, not smooth airbrushed gradients.
- Palette. Acid yellow, cyan and hot magenta against deep navy.
- Neon rim light and glitch. Light wraps the face from both sides, with light colour splitting at the frame edges.
The 2023 wave of TikTok AI filters tagged #edgerunners mostly gave a glossy painted look instead. The videosi page offers both: Neon anime for the cel look and Painted neon for the semi-realistic poster look. Painted neon tends to keep more of your face across the 10 seconds, because anime redraws simplify faces and likeness is never guaranteed.
How does the Season 1 art style compare with Season 2?
Season 1 premiered on Netflix on 13 September 2022 as a ten-episode series made by Studio TRIGGER with CD PROJEKT RED, according to Wikipedia. In broad terms its look is the neon one described above: heavy outlines, flat shading, saturated night scenes.
Season 2, a standalone story with a new cast, premiered on Netflix on 20 October 2026, with Kai Ikarashi named as director on the official Edgerunners 2 page. Netflix describes a reimagined animation style. Coverage points to a brighter look with a 90s anime feel, dust and lens flare, handheld framing, camcorder and VHS scan lines, and a high-saturation main colour for each character.
For a photo template this means a choice. The rainy neon street leans toward the Season 1 mood that fans know best. If you want something closer to Season 2, the Painted neon look and a daytime or grainy edit afterward are closer starting points than the cel version. The template does not copy any frame or design from either season.
How do I pick the right photo?
The photo decides almost everything. Use these rules:
- One person, head and shoulders, facing the camera.
- Even light on the face. Hard shadows get redrawn as odd shapes.
- No sunglasses, masks or heavy beauty filters. Clear glasses are fine and will be kept.
- A hairstyle you want to keep. The template preserves your hair silhouette, so a messy photo gives a messy edgerunner.
- A real, sharp photo rather than a screenshot of a screenshot.
Only upload an adult who has agreed to it. videosi does not accept photos of celebrities, public figures or minors. Photos and results are deleted within 30 days, so download the MP4 you want to keep.
Should I make an anime still or a video?
A still is right for a profile picture or a wallpaper. For that, the videosi AI anime filter redraws a photo as one anime image. The Cyberpunk Edgerunners AI page is built for the format the trend actually uses: a short clip where a plain selfie glitches into the neon version. The transformation is the point of the post, and a single image cannot show the wipe.
The clip has five beats: a plain selfie, a diagonal glitch wipe with colour splitting, a push-in on the neon street, a turn over the shoulder and a held close-up. The wipe is the hardest part to get from a general model, which often cuts straight to the anime version or morphs slowly.
Can ChatGPT or Sora do this directly?
You can try. A chat assistant can restyle a still image if you describe the style, and a general video model can animate it. Expect three problems. First, the character drift described above. Second, the reveal: getting a clean wipe from a real selfie to the redrawn version takes several attempts. Third, signs and billboards fill up with garbled text and fake logos.
Each retry costs time or credits, and the result may still not look like you. A purpose-built template trades flexibility for consistency: the prompt, the identity lock and a motion reference for the wipe are already set, and you write nothing. The videosi video is made with ByteDance's Seedance model. Standard is Seedance 2.0 Mini by default, with Fast, Pro and Seedance 2.5 Ultra available on the same page.
What does a video cost and how long does it take?
There is no free generation and no free trial on videosi. A standard 10-second video (Standard model, 720p) is 9 credits. Credit packs start with the Single pack at $6.99 for 10 credits, and plans start at $29.90 a month. If a render fails, the credits are returned. Paid MP4s have no watermark.
Rendering takes several minutes. If you close the page, the result is saved in My creations. You can pick 9:16 for TikTok and Reels, 1:1 for feeds or 16:9 for YouTube.
How do I post it with a song on TikTok?
The videosi file is a silent 10-second MP4, so you add the sound where you post. That keeps you in control of licensing. Practical steps:
- Upload the MP4 to TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts and pick a sound from the app's own library.
- Start the sound a second in, so the plain selfie lands before the beat and the glitch wipe hits near the 1.5 second mark.
- In 2023 most AI filter posts we checked used "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" by Rosa Walton and Hallie Coggins. The 2026 posts use different sounds, so check what is rising before you choose.
- Use the app's own sound library rather than a downloaded track, so the platform handles the rights.
Hashtags used in 2023 included #edgerunners and #aifilter. Mention in the caption that the video is AI-made.
Is it OK to post fan-style AI art of a licensed show?
Cyberpunk and Edgerunners are trademarks of CD PROJEKT S.A., and the show is a licensed work. We are not lawyers, and the rules differ by country and by platform, but a few habits keep you on the safer side. Borrow a look, not assets: no logos, titles, official art or frames. Do not present your clip as official or as made by the studios. Avoid selling it or using it in ads. Follow the platform's AI labelling rules.
This is also why the template avoids show characters entirely. It will not turn you into a named character, and videosi has no affiliation with CD PROJEKT RED, Studio TRIGGER or Netflix. Treat the result as personal, fan-inspired content.
Is this trend still early?
Yes, by our reading. The first wave ran on TikTok from January to May 2023, a few months after Season 1. It returned when Season 2 premiered on 20 October 2026, with fans posting AI edgerunner versions of themselves and fan edits from 20 to 22 October. As of 26 October 2026 no single filter or template drives it, and the AI posts we found are still small.
That makes a clip starring you a fresh angle rather than a copy of a viral format. Try the Cyberpunk Edgerunners AI page with one good photo, post early and keep the caption honest about how it was made.
