Chennai, Sept 11:
A new AI-powered 1980s photo trend has been gaining popularity on Instagram, with users transforming their modern selfies into vintage-style portraits using ChatGPT.
The trend uses AI image generation to recreate the visual style of photographs from the 1980s. Users can modify hairstyles, clothing, backgrounds, lighting and overall photographic effects while retaining recognisable facial features.
The resulting images often resemble old studio portraits, family-album photographs, vintage magazine pictures or film-inspired portraits. Colourful clothing, classic hairstyles, warm lighting and subtle film grain are among the commonly used elements.
The trend has attracted attention largely because of its nostalgic appeal. Users can experiment with how they might have looked several decades ago and share the resulting images on Instagram, including through Reels and the platformâs interactive features.
To create such an image, users can upload a clear, well-lit photograph to ChatGPT and describe the desired retro style. They can specify the hairstyle, clothes, background, lighting and photographic effects to achieve a more convincing vintage appearance.
The trend follows a series of AI-based image trends that have spread widely on social media, allowing users to transform ordinary photographs into different artistic and nostalgic styles.