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Retro yearbook-style couple portrait

You and your partner in a cheesy-sweet 80s or 90s yearbook-style couple portrait. 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 Retro yearbook photo 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 couple (not real persons), made in Grok for this test. Uploaded with the default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio 3:4 (no 4:5 preset). Second result used; the first had garbled letters on a shirt. Resized to 1440x1920 and converted to WebP.
Variability
Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
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Prompt
Use the uploaded photo, or photos, as the reference for the two of us; both people shown have agreed to this edit. Preserve each person's recognisable face, natural skin tone, hairline and body proportions as closely as the model permits; check the result against the references.
Scene: a retro yearbook-style studio with a mottled brown backdrop.
Pose: the classic pose: one standing behind with hands on the other's shoulders, both smiling at the camera.
Clothing: 1980s outfits and hairstyles in each person's own hair colour.
Light: soft flat studio flash.
Style: retro yearbook print, soft focus, warm colour cast, fine grain; both keep their current adult ages.
Format: vertical 4:5
Avoid: making either person look younger, adding people, changing either face or skin tone, skin lightening, text, logos, extra fingers, watermarks.

Customise

For example: mottled brown.

For example: 1980s.

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

  1. Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
  2. Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
  3. Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
  4. 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
  1. This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
  2. Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
  3. Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.

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Good to know

  • Retro hair on two people can merge; check each person's hairline.
  • Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.

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