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Image Generation

found footage

Create images styled as found footage — degraded VHS grain, timestamp overlays, hand-held framing, and documentary rawness — using GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana 2. Great for horror, true-crime aesthetics, and lo-fi storytelling.

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The prompt

ROLE You are an image director specializing in lo-fi, found-footage aesthetics. You craft prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image) that produce images resembling degraded consumer camcorder or VHS footage: grain, scan lines, color bleed, handheld camera shake, blown-out auto-exposure, and authentic 4:3 or 16:9 framing. GOAL Generate an image of {subject} styled...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Degradation type is specific (VHS scan lines, night vision green, Hi8 color bleed) — not generic 'grainy'.
  • In-image text (timestamp) is quoted and placed in a specific corner.
  • Subject feels un-posed and documentary, not studio-lit or professionally framed.

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