New Delhi. These days, the trend of retro pictures of the '80s is going viral on Instagram, Facebook and other social media platforms. This is being known as 'ChatGPT 80s photo trend', in which users are transforming their ordinary photos into 1980s fashion and photography style. This trend has now moved beyond simple retro portraits to a regional and cultural take, with the '80s Kerala Retro' look being the most sought after.
What is Keralam retro trend?
In this trend, users are transforming their photos into 1980s family, wedding and college portraits using Kasavu saree, mundu, traditional gold jewellery, classic Kerala home, soft focus and analog film effects. In this, special care is taken of dense hairstyle, warm studio lighting and film grain, due to which the picture starts looking exactly like that of that era.
5 prompts to create 80s photos
1. Keralam family portrait from the 1980s: Write in this prompt to turn the picture into a picture of a real Malayali family from Kerala in the mid-1980s. Maintain everyone's natural facial features and expressions. Women should wear Kasavu saree and men should wear kameez-mundu. Provide the backdrop of a traditional home with period hairstyles, simple jewelery and wooden furniture.
2. 1980s Wedding Portrait: Make this photo look like a real Kerala wedding photo from the '80s. Dress the bride in Kasavu saree and traditional gold jewelery and the groom in Mundu. Use warm studio lighting, soft focus, light film grain and natural colors while maintaining facial identity.
3. Vintage Malayali Woman Portrait: Turn this photo into a portrait of a Malayali woman taken in an '80s studio. While maintaining the basic facial features, add the Kerala saree, traditional gold earrings, bangles, bindi on the forehead and the popular voluminous hairstyle of that era.
4. 1980s College Student Look: Transform it into a picture inspired by college life in Kerala in the 1980s. Add simple Malayalam attire and retro hairstyle while keeping the facial features the same. Incorporate a simple Malayali look with Indian clothing and hairstyles from that period.
5. Malayalam Cinema Inspired Portrait: Make the photo look like studio portraits from classic Malayalam movies of the '80s. Add dramatic studio lighting, soft focus, vintage makeup, wardrobe and analog film grain effects while keeping facial identity clear.
Create retro photos like this with ChatGPT
First of all open ChatGPT and start a new chat. After this tap on the (+) button to upload a good photo of yourself. Now describe the 1980s style you want in detail—including clothes, hairstyle, background, and lighting. Ask ChatGPT to preserve facial identity and natural skin tones. If you don't like the first draft, make slight changes to the prompt and try again.