Viral AI 80s photo trend: How to create a retro photo with ChatGPT

'80s-style photo trend is flooding Instagram feeds and Stories; users are turning photos into portraits that look like they were taken decades ago.

The trend uses intelligence to bring back the look of the 1980s in photos. It focuses on hair, loud clothes, soft light old-school backdrops and a light film grain. This is different from vintage filters. AI can change things like what people wear, their hair, the place they're in and the light. This helps make the whole image feel like it belongs in the 80s.

Users also share the prompts that users use to create their portraits on Instagram. Users encourage others to join the trend by using the platform's "Add Yours" sticker.

What is the ChatGPT '80s-style photo trend?

This trend allows you to take a photo you already have, upload it to ChatGPT and ask ChatGPT to transform it so that it appears as if it was taken in the 1980s. With this trend you can select a style you love such as a Bollywood studio portrait, a family album photo or a bright Hollywood shoot. With this trend you can even specify to ChatGPT which clothes to use, what kind of hair, what jewellery, what background and what lighting you desire.

How to create an '80s-style photo with ChatGPT

Creating your own retro portrait is relatively simple.

Step 1: Open ChatGPT and start a conversation.

Step 2: Tap the + button to upload a clear photo.

Step 3: Ask ChatGPT to recreate the image as if the image was taken in the 1980s.

Step 4: Describe the specific style you are looking for. Include details, about clothing, hairstyles, accessories, the setting, lighting and the photographic style. You may also want a classic Bollywood studio portrait or an Indian family album look.

Step 5: Ask ChatGPT to keep the person's face recognisable, keep the person's face, preserve the person's facial features and preserve the person's natural skin tone.

Step 6: If the generated image isn't what you expected, adjust the prompt and make a new request.

Step 7: Once the image is ready, share it on Instagram Stories and use the "Add Yours" sticker to invite friends and followers to join in.

Ideas for trying out the 80s trend

Classic Bollywood portrait: Change this photo into a portrait that looks like it came from 80s Bollywood movies. Keep my face the way it is and add clothes, hair and things that were common in India, in the 80s. Use light from a studio, a soft focus, a little bit of film grain and colours that are a little faded. Make it look like a photo taken in India during the 80s. Don't use much old-fashioned effects or brown tones or something that looks fake and old.

Vintage family album style: Make this photo look like an image of an Indian family from the 1980s. Include clothing that was popular, during that time and hairstyles that were common then. Set the scene inside a house with a look. Use lighting that feels natural. Make the colours look like they came from a film. Add the texture that an old camera would create.

Classic Hollywood portrait: I want this photo to become an 80s Hollywood-style studio portrait while keeping the original facial features. Classic Hollywood portrait requires period- hair, makeup and wardrobe along, with dramatic studio lighting, soft focus and subtle film grain.

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