Y2K Ghost in the Doorway

A free Y2K Ghost in the Doorway AI photo prompt to copy and paste: early-2000s point-and-shoot selfie with a sheet-ghost silhouette in a dark doorway, with your real face, skin tone and hairstyle kept.

Target photo: One clear chest-up photo, face fully visible. Inputs: source photo (1). Prompt v1.0.0.

Best source photo

✓One person, face clearly visible and sharp

✓Front or slight three-quarter angle works best

✓Even daylight, no beauty filters

✓Original image should not be blurry

What changes

Y2K digital-camera look

Sheet ghost in doorway

Flash selfie

Spooky fun

What should stay recognizable

✓Face and identity

✓Skin tone

✓Hairstyle, beard or head covering

✓Apparent age

AI tools can still change small details. Review the final result before using it professionally.

Limitations

Example people in the before and after images are AI-generated, not real.
Heavy face occlusion can weaken identity fidelity

Customize this prompt

Adjust the details, then copy the prompt to Gemini.

Color mood

Background

Output ratio

Keep clothing from original photo

Keep original pose

Edit the uploaded portrait into a spooky early-2000s digital camera selfie. Use the main person in the source image as the person. Follow the selected source-preservation settings: preserve their recognizable identity, proportions, defining features, and expression. Keep the person exactly recognizable as the uploaded person: same face shape, eyes, nose, lips, eyebrows, hairstyle and hairline, hair color, any beard, glasses, or head covering, apparent age, and exact skin tone; do not lighten the skin, change ethnicity, de-age, age up, slim, beautify, or replace the face. Make it look like a real early-2000s compact digital camera photo with flash, mild noise and slightly blown highlights. If clothing is not preserved, dress them in their own casual outfit. If pose is not preserved, show them grinning into a flash selfie while, in the dark doorway behind, a simple white bedsheet ghost with two dark eye holes peeks out. Use harsh flash, slight noise, no date stamp and deep shadows. Apply early-2000s digital flash color grading. Replace the background with dark home hallway at night with a half-open doorway, keeping clean edges around hair and clothing. Show natural hands with five fingers each. Do not add any text, lettering, numbers, or watermarks. Do not add any people or creatures beyond those described. No brand names, logos, emblems, franchise characters, or copied costumes; every outfit, armor, prop, sign, screen, and package is original and unbranded, and any signs or screens show only abstract shapes. Keep it family-friendly: no blood, gore, wounds, or graphic violence, weapons are clearly fantasy props never aimed at the camera, and clothing stays modest. Compose for 4:5 Portrait without cropping important facial features.

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Created with your photo in mind

Only upload photos you own or have permission to use. Keep recognizable people informed about how their images are edited.