GlowShot ✦ Prompts
Step 1 · Photo → Aesthetic

VHS Freeze Frame

Works with: Gemini · ChatGPT (any AI image editor)

A paused home-video moment: scan lines, PLAY overlay and analog color bleed.

Edit this photo to look like a paused VHS home-video frame. Keep my exact facial features, do not change my face. Scan lines, slight color bleeding and chromatic fringing, soft analog blur, a white 'PLAY ▶' overlay and timestamp in the corner, warm 80s-90s home video color cast.

How to use it

  1. Open Gemini or ChatGPT and attach your photo.
  2. Paste the prompt below — tweak details like clothing or setting if you like.
  3. If the face drifts, add: 'Do not alter my facial features in any way.'
  4. Save the result — then animate it with a Step 2 prompt.
Customize this in the generator →

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