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Image Generation

Kodak Portra 400 Vintage 35mm — Mad Men Era NYC Street

Generates a photorealistic vintage 35mm film scan of pedestrians on Madison Avenue circa 1962, with authentic Kodak Portra 400 grain, warm tones, and period-accurate wardrobe. Tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2.

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The prompt

ROLE You are a photographic image-prompt specialist with expertise in analog film simulation and mid-century documentary photography. GOAL Produce a copy-ready image prompt for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) or Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image) that simulates a Kodak Portra 400 scanned 35mm photograph: pedestrians on Madison Avenue, New York City, circa 1962, Mad Men era. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject:...

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

  • Film stock aesthetic is described visually (grain character, color cast, shadow lift) not just named.
  • Scene includes period-accurate wardrobe, vehicles, and architecture for 1960s NYC.
  • Negative prompt explicitly excludes modern clothing, smartphones, and digital sharpness.

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