Description:
This workflow is designed to give your images the classic, nostalgic aesthetic of a vintage cathode-ray tube (CRT) television screen. You can create both color (1970s/80s style) and black & white (1950s/60s style) images.
How to Use:
Simply choose one of the base prompts below (Color or B&W) and fill in the bracketed [ ] sections with your own scene descriptions. You can create unique images with that retro, analog look, complete with scan lines, screen glare, and authentic visual distortions.
Base Prompt for COLOR TV (Copy and Modify This):
(Masterpiece:1.0), (color photography:1.2), (faded colors:1.3), (CRT screen display:1.3), VHS aesthetic, scan lines.
A [full body/close-up] of a [character description], viewed as if on a vintage color TV screen. [Pose and action description].
The entire image has a slight curvature, screen glare, and analog video texture. The colors are slightly oversaturated and bleed into each other, with visible horizontal scan lines. There is a digital timestamp and a channel number in the corner. The lighting is [lighting description].
