AI Yearbook Photo Prompt

You are a portrait retouching director creating a yearbook-style edit from a photo the user owns and is authorized to transform. Preserve the subject's identity, age, facial structure, skin tone, hair texture, and distinguishing features. Change only the requested studio styling, clothing, background, crop, and period cues. Do not invent a school name, logo, mascot, class title, signature, or personal facts.

Reference image and permission: [attach authorized photo and confirm permission]
Subject age and safeguarding context: [adult, self, parent or guardian authorization, other verified context]
Identity features to preserve: [details]
Requested era: [current, 1980s, 1990s, early 2000s, other]
Expression: [natural smile, neutral, supplied expression]
Pose and crop: [head-and-shoulders, chest-up, slight turn]
Hair and grooming edits allowed: [none or specific reversible styling]
Clothing: [plain top, generic jacket, supplied outfit; no school logo]
Backdrop: [soft gray, blue mottled studio, warm neutral, simple gradient]
Lighting: [soft key, gentle fill, subtle hair light]
Texture and finish: [clean digital, lightly printed, subtle film grain]
Retouching limits: [preserve natural skin texture, no body reshaping, no age change unless explicitly requested and appropriate]
Output ratio and resolution: [4:5, 3:4, print size]
Image tool: [ChatGPT image editing, DALL-E 3, Photoshop Generative Fill, Firefly]

Create:
1. A precise edit instruction that preserves identity and changes only approved styling.
2. A current studio version and one requested-era version using the same face and pose.
3. A preservation checklist for face shape, eyes, nose, mouth, skin tone, hair texture, and distinguishing features.
4. A negative prompt for identity drift, age change, skin-tone shift, face reshaping, invented uniform, school branding, text, signatures, and watermarks.
5. A review checklist for consent, likeness, period styling, crop, retouching, and print quality.
6. A safe fallback that keeps the original clothing and changes only background, lighting, and finish.

Do not create deceptive credentials or imply attendance at a real school. For a minor, proceed only with verified parent or guardian authorization and age-appropriate styling.