#Retro

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subjects' exact faces, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour. If the couple is supplied in two separate reference photos, preserve each person's identity independently and bring them together in one coherent photograph; do not blend or swap their faces. Subjects: a couple posed closely together in an early-1940s interior. The woman stands on camera left, turned slightly toward the man, her near hand lightly holding the front of his vest near the tie. The man stands on camera right, shoulders angled toward her, one arm wrapped around her waist with his hand resting naturally at her side. Both face the lens with restrained, self-assured expressions. Keep their bodies at believable relative scale and their touching hands anatomically correct. Wardrobe: she wears a dark wool beret, a cream blouse patterned with tiny dark geometric motifs, sleeves ending below the elbow, and a high-waisted warm-grey skirt. He wears a camel-brown felt fedora with a dark band, cream button-up shirt, narrow dark tie, charcoal pinstripe waistcoat with dark buttons and tailored trousers. Use credible wool, cotton and suiting textures, not theatrical costume fabric. Do not prescribe either subject's hair or facial features; the uploaded reference supplies those. Setting: softly blurred wood-paneled room with dark window frames behind them and one small amber lamp glowing deep in the background. The space should feel like a real period room, without modern electronics, visible logos or readable signs. Keep the background subdued so both figures remain the focus. Camera: three-quarter-length two-person portrait at chest height, a natural 50mm lens perspective, both subjects in the same focus plane. Frame from their hats to below the hips, leaving a little room around the silhouettes. Her hand on the vest and his arm around her waist must remain visible and distinct. Lighting and colour: broad soft key light from camera left with a gentle warm tungsten accent behind, rich tobacco-brown and charcoal shadows, cream highlights and natural skin tones. Slight period-inspired warmth and fine film grain without scratches, fading or a fake antique filter. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic wool felt, pinstripe suiting and patterned cotton weave, believable soft studio shadows, accurate depth and contact where their hands meet clothing, true-to-life colour grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 250 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference faces] --no black and white, monochrome, greyscale, desaturated, distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, visible logos or brand names, overly smooth skin, fused arms, modern clothing

Using my uploaded photo, show me what I would have looked like around 1985. Preserve my identity, facial features, skin tone, age, and recognizable appearance. Reimagine my hair, clothing, accessories, and surroundings with bold, unmistakably mid-1980s styling—expressive silhouettes, statement accessories, layered details, distinctive colors, and textures. Make it feel like a genuine 1985 photograph with analog grain, faded color, direct flash, and subtle softness. Add a period-accurate 1980s red-orange date stamp in the lower corner. No modern objects or text.

Create an authentic 1980s colour photograph that has physically aged for forty years: a real print kept in a family album, now creased, scratched and colour-faded. The finished image must look like a damaged old print that has been scanned, not like a clean digital photograph. Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subjects' exact faces, likeness and skin tone. Subjects: a couple standing close together on a grassy hillside, posed for a holiday photograph. He stands slightly behind and to her left with one hand in his jeans pocket, chin raised, looking coolly toward the camera. She stands in front of his shoulder with her hands loosely clasped in front of her, head tilted, smiling gently at the lens. Hair: his is dark, thick and worn high with strong volume swept up and back off the forehead in a full period blow-dry. Hers is a big voluminous mane of long chestnut curls with heavy body, falling well past the shoulders and lifting away from the face. Wardrobe: both wear matching oversized nylon shell jackets in bold colour-block panels of teal, magenta and cream, worn open. He has a plain white t-shirt beneath, acid-wash high-waisted jeans and a black digital wristwatch, with dark aviator sunglasses. She has a hot pink top, a wide black leather belt with a large buckle, acid-wash jeans and oversized cream and black hoop earrings. Setting: an open grassy meadow on a hill station, with hazy blue-green mountain ridges receding into soft atmosphere behind them and a pale washed-out sky. Lighting: flat bright overcast daylight, slightly hazy, no hard shadows. Camera: three-quarter body shot at chest height, 50mm lens, subjects sharp with the hills falling into gentle haze. Colour: teal, magenta and cream jackets reading strong against muted olive grass and hazy blue-green ridges, warm skin tones. Colour grade: authentic aged 1980s C-41 print stock. The cyan dye layer has faded faster than magenta and yellow, leaving a strong warm amber-pink cast that is heaviest toward the edges and corners. Blacks are lifted and milky rather than true black, with shadows sitting warm grey-brown and carrying a magenta tint. Contrast is noticeably low and flat, highlights roll off softly instead of clipping, and light sources bloom with a warm halation glow. Clear colour crossover between cooler shadows and warmer highlights. Overall desaturation in which warm tones survive best while blues and greens read muted and yellowed. Print damage: the photograph sits on aged photo paper with a narrow cream-white border whose edges are worn, softly frayed and darkened. Across the image itself there are pale hairline crease lines, fine white surface scratches, small handling marks and one slightly bent corner, with uneven fading and light staining toward the borders. These flaws must be clearly visible, not subtle. Mood: warm, posed, a holiday snapshot from a family album. Rendering: period photographic rendering, not modern digital. Soft focus falloff typical of an inexpensive 1980s consumer lens, low micro-contrast, and heavy visible film grain across the entire frame including the face. Edges are slightly soft everywhere. Skin reads naturally textured but without clinical pore-level detail. Correct anatomy, no extra fingers. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference faces] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, gibberish lettering, modern clothing, visible logos or brand names, sharp modern photo, crisp digital rendering, high micro-contrast, clean undamaged print, no border, HDR look, true black shadows, oversharpened detail, clinical skin detail

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour. Subject: a man sitting on the ground of a rooftop car park with his back resting against the rear bumper of a parked car, one knee bent and one leg stretched out, looking up and away from the camera with a calm, unhurried expression. Wardrobe: a vintage colour-block windbreaker with bold chevron panels in black, red and mustard yellow, worn open over a plain white t-shirt. Light-wash straight-leg jeans and black low-top canvas sneakers with white soles. Setting: the open top deck of a concrete multi-storey car park at dusk. A boxy 1980s saloon car fills the frame behind him, its red tail lights lit and glowing. A city skyline and a few distant lights sit far behind, softly out of focus. Lighting: fading blue-hour daylight with a warm glow from the car's tail lights spilling onto the tarmac around him, low contrast, soft and even on the face. Camera: full body shot from a low seated angle, 35mm lens, moderate depth of field so the car stays sharp and the skyline falls away. Colour: rich full colour, deep teal-blue dusk sky against warm red tail lights and the mustard and red of the jacket, cool grey concrete, natural skin tones. Mood: nostalgic, still, quietly cinematic, late-eighties film aesthetic. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic nylon windbreaker sheen and denim weave, believable tail-light glow and reflections on wet-looking tarmac, fine film grain, true-to-life colour grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, visible logos or brand names, readable number plate, gibberish lettering

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subjects' exact faces, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour, styled as a 1950s street photograph. Subjects: a couple walking toward the camera along a wet city pavement. She is a step ahead, head thrown back mid-laugh, one hand lifting the side of her skirt as she strides. He walks just behind at her shoulder, grinning at her, a vintage twin-lens reflex camera held in one hand. Wardrobe: she wears a sapphire-blue satin tea-length dress with a fitted waist, a modest wrapped portrait neckline that sits on the shoulders, and a full pleated skirt; with a wide-brimmed navy hat, a diamond collar necklace, short white gloves and navy heels. He wears a brown herringbone tweed three-piece suit, a white shirt and a dark tie. Setting: a 1950s London street after rain, the pavement glossy with reflections. A red telephone box at the left edge, a black classic saloon car parked at the kerb, cast-iron street lamps, and Big Ben rising through grey mist in the background. Lighting: soft, flat, overcast daylight with a faint warm glow from the street lamps, damp atmosphere, gentle haze. Camera: full body shot at chest height, 50mm lens, subjects sharp, background softly falling off. Colour: rich full colour with a period grade — saturated sapphire blue and pillar-box red against muted greys, browns and wet-stone tones. Mood: joyful, cinematic, nostalgic, mid-century romance. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic satin sheen and tweed weave, believable wet-pavement reflections, fine period film grain, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference faces] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines, modern cars, modern clothing, gibberish signage

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image. Subject: a woman (face from the [reference image]) with a short curled blonde vintage hairstyle, striking blue eyes, mouth open mid-gasp as if hearing surprising gossip, gold hoop earrings. Wardrobe: a hot-pink paisley-print headscarf tied in a bow on top of her head, a bright yellow collared blouse. Prop: holding a glossy hot-pink vintage corded telephone handset to her ear, the coiled cord looping down in front of her. Setting: a flat, saturated solid yellow studio backdrop, no other elements in frame. Lighting: bright, even beauty lighting, crisp catchlights in the eyes, punchy saturated color. Camera: full-frame, 85mm lens, chest-up framing, tack-sharp focus. Mood: playful, retro pin-up, mid-century gossip-call aesthetic. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, individual hair strands, realistic fabric weave and material reflections, true-to-life lighting and shadows, professional cinematic color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 3:4. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 3:4 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines