What it does
This prompt directs an AI to take a standard digital photograph and apply an authentic, stock-specific film emulation—replicating the chosen film’s color palette, contrast curve, grain structure, and characteristic effects (e.g., halation or vignette) while keeping the image’s original size, composition, and subject detail intact. The outcome is a high-resolution, editorial-grade film-styled image that looks like it was shot on the selected analog stock, optionally with a film border, without resorting to generic retro filtering or altering identity-critical features.
For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.
Inputs
textInputs
Pass each text input using flags.
| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Yes/No | (none) | |
| Optional | Select the film stock you want to emulate |
imageInputs
This prompt requires exactly 1 image. You must pass exactly 1 image flag (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.
| Index | Required | Description | Allowed CLI flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | the original photo to be transformed | or |
Models and options
This skill's modality is: .
To discover which values you can use (and which keys/values are valid for each model), run:
Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where is .
How to run
Step 1: Collect inputs
First, run and filter to to discover valid models and available options:
Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.
Then collect all inputs from the human:
- Required text inputs:
- Optional text inputs (use defaults if not provided by the human):
- (default: )
- Required images:
- Exactly 1 images: image 1 (the original photo to be transformed). Images must be provided in this order.
- Optional: model and options.
- Present the human with the default model and its available options. Look up in the output (filtered to modality ) and show its as: . Mark a value if it matches these defaults: .
- If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model , options . Other models from the resources call are also available.
If any required text input or the required images are missing, ask the human for what's missing. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: "Please provide images in this order: image 1 (the original photo to be transformed)".
Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI
Use the frontmatter's as the positional argument (for this skill, use ).
Command form:
Notes:
- Pass each text input as a separate flag.
- Pass each image using or , in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
- If the human does not mention a model, omit and BetterPrompt will use the default model: .
- If the human does not mention options, omit and BetterPrompt will use the default options: .
- If the run times out, the response will include a you can use to fetch the result later.
Example (using defaults shown above):