Natural retouch for a family group photo
Your family photo with even light and small fixes for everyone, faces and ages untouched. Upload a clear photo, paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
Part of the Natural retouch trend
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- You'll need
- A clear photo to upload
- Status
- Tested 20 Oct 2026 in grok-imagine-image-2.0
- Test settings
- Reference photo: an AI-generated picture of a fictional family of adults (not real persons), made in Grok for this test. Uploaded with the default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio kept from the reference photo (3:2). First result used. Resized to 1920x1280 and converted to WebP.
- Variability
- Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
Prompt
Use the uploaded photo as the reference for everyone in it; everyone shown has agreed to this edit. Keep every face exactly as it is: same features, natural skin tone, skin texture, ages and body shapes. Change only what is listed below and check the result against the reference. Scene: the original photo and background. Pose: unchanged. Clothing: unchanged. Light: even out the exposure so the person on the left is as bright as the rest, keep the light direction. Style: subtle group photo correction, a warm colour cast removed, true skin tones for everyone, natural texture. Format: keep the original aspect ratio Avoid: adding or removing people, changing anyone's age, opening closed eyes, changing the face shape or features, skin lightening, plastic or waxy skin, removing pores, removing moles or birthmarks, slimming, extra fingers, text, logos, watermarks.
Customise
For example: the person on the left.
For example: a warm colour cast removed.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
- Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
- Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
- Compare the result with the reference. If a face, pose or detail changes, ask for one correction or try again; an exact match is not guaranteed.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
- Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
- Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.
Good to know
- Faces at the edges of a group photo can drift; check every person.
- Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.
