# AI Bob Haircut Filter

> You lift the scissors, cut your long hair at the jaw, and a sleek, swinging bob is left. The haircut prank, without the haircut.

- URL: https://soracai.com/ai-bob-haircut-filter
- Canonical: https://soracai.com/ai-bob-haircut-filter
- Model: Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini image model) builds the start frame, then Google Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 (reference images to video with sound)
- Type: video effect
- Category: Transform (https://soracai.com/effects/transform)
- Cost: 140 credits per run (packs from $0.99; pricing: https://soracai.com/pricing.md)
- Inputs: Your selfie – One adult with long hair, face and hair clearly visible
- Time: 1–3 minutes
- Watermark: none
- Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-bob-haircut-filter/poster.avif
- Updated: 2026-10-18

## What is the AI Bob Haircut Filter?

The AI bob haircut filter does the big chop for you, on video, without touching your hair. Upload a selfie with your long hair and you get a short front-camera clip: you hold a pair of scissors at your jaw, cut one side, wince, and cut the other. Then the video jumps, and your hair is a sleek, glossy chin-length bob in your own colour. You spray it, shake your head so it swings, run your hands through it and smile. It looks like a real haircut, which is the whole point of the bob filter prank.

The trend started in August 2026 with CapCut AI templates that turn one photo into a haircut video. On 9 August a creator posted "Pranking my husband with the ai haircut filter", and the wave took off from there: one Spanish-language clip of a perfect bob passed 5.1 million views and 231,000 likes, and a how-to titled "Pranking my friends with the bob filter" passed 3 million. It is still one of the most copied hair prank formats on TikTok.

The template runs in two steps: an image model sets up the opening frame with the scissors, using your face, hair colour and clothes, then a video model plays the cut and the reveal with sound. The clip is 8 seconds, vertical and watermark-free.

## Why it fools people

The viral clips work because they look like ordinary front-camera footage: a nervous face, real scissors, a lock of hair falling, then a clean bob. The template copies that format exactly, and it keeps your face, hair colour and clothes from your photo, so the result looks like you really did it.

## Pranks, fairly

Use your own photo, or a friend's only with their permission, and keep it to adults. Reveal the joke once you get the reaction, and label it as AI when you post it publicly.

## How to use it

1. Open https://soracai.com/ai-bob-haircut-filter and upload a photo (Your selfie).
2. Press Generate (140 credits, shown on the button before you run it).
3. Wait one to three minutes; the result is also saved to My Creations.
4. Download the MP4 without a watermark. Failed runs are refunded automatically.

## Examples

- Example result: https://soracai.com/media/templates/ai-bob-haircut-filter/poster.avif

## This trend on Instagram & TikTok

- @gracielazaihair (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-08-18: Long hair to a sleek bob. 5,183,022 views, 231,363 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@gracielazaihair/video/7675480773058727201
- @rich82809 (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-09-13: How-to: the bob filter prank. 3,018,151 views, 83,387 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@rich82809/video/7685017689848433934
- @_kat_120 (Trend video), TikTok, 2026-08-09: “Pranking my husband with the AI haircut filter”. 47,532 views, 750 likes. Original: https://www.tiktok.com/@_kat_120/video/7672030536520518915

## Tips

- Start from a photo with long hair visible past your shoulders; the longer it is, the bigger the reveal.
- Keep your face and hair well lit; the bob keeps your exact hair colour.
- For the prank, send it without a caption and wait for the reply.
- Pair it with a real before photo so people compare.
- Each run is new; try again if you want a shorter or blunter bob.

## Use cases

- The classic prank: send it to your partner, a parent or a friend and film their reaction.
- See whether a bob suits you before you book the haircut.
- A salon or stylist account showing what a chop could look like (with the client's permission).

## FAQ

### How do I make the bob filter video?

Upload a selfie that shows your long hair and press Generate. You get an 8-second video of you cutting your hair into a sleek bob.

### Is it free?

Video templates use paid credits. New accounts get free credits for photo templates only. The exact cost is shown on the Generate button before you confirm.

### Is it a real filter?

No. Like the viral version, it is an AI template: it makes a new video from your photo, so nothing happens to your hair or your camera.

### Does it work if my hair is already short?

It works best with hair past the shoulders. With short hair there is little to cut, so the reveal is smaller.

### Will the bob keep my hair colour?

Yes. The template keeps your colour and texture from the photo. For a new colour as well, try the AI hair dye filter.

### Is there a watermark?

No watermark is added to the video.

### Where is my photo stored?

Uploads are stored in Firebase Storage (Google Cloud) under your account so the run can happen and the result appears in Creations. They are not public, and you can email support to request deletion. To run the effect, a copy is sent to our AI model provider (kie.ai); result files are kept for 14 days, so download what you want to keep.

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