Retro AI photo
AI Polaroid Generator puts one photo inside a vintage instant print: a white-bordered photo lying on a wooden table among other prints and a film camera, or held up by a hand in an autumn park, and inside it you laughing on a sunny boardwalk or smiling among falling leaves, with faded warm colours, light leaks and soft grain. Your face, hair and outfit stay as in your photo. An ai polaroid photo in one step.
Updated By the Vidlark teamWorks in Google Gemini · ChatGPT
Instant print from a beach boardwalk
1 photo · Nano Banana 2.1 · 40 credits
An instant print has a look of its own: the thick white border, colours a little faded and warm, a leak of light at the edge, soft grain. A polaroid filter puts your picture in that look; this page goes one step further and shows the print itself, on a table or in a hand.
It makes it from one photo. The prompt keeps your face, hairstyle and outfit exactly as in your photo and changes the place and the film; the other prints on the table stay blank.
One photo of you; the print, the film look and the place are in the prompt.
The prompts behind the two cards: copy one, or open it with your photo and press Generate.
A vintage instant film photo of the person from the photo lying on a wooden table among a few other blank instant photos and a film camera: inside the white-bordered print, the person laughs at a sunny beach boardwalk, faded warm colors, light leaks and soft grain. Keep the face, hairstyle and outfit exactly as in the photo. Photorealistic, vertical 3:4. No text, no logos, no watermark.
A vintage instant film photo of the person from the photo held up by a hand against a blurry autumn park: inside the white-bordered print, the person smiles among falling leaves, faded warm colors, light leaks and soft grain. Keep the face, hairstyle and outfit exactly as in the photo. Photorealistic, vertical 3:4. No text, no logos, no watermark.
At a glance
Copying a prompt is free. Making it here uses 40 credits for one Nano Banana 2.1 image at 1K, so the 100 credits you get when you sign up make 2. On monthly plans Starter pays 32 credits an image and Pro 20. Unlimited makes Nano Banana 2.1 images without using credits.
A clear half-body photo of one adult in good light; a natural smile or a laugh suits the instant-film look.
Yes. Add a line to the prompt, for example “a handwritten caption SUMMER 2026 on the white border”, and drop “No text”. Short words come out best.
Use a photo with both of you in it and write “the two people from the photo” in the prompt.
No. It is an AI picture in an instant-film style, and the site is not affiliated with Polaroid.
Yes. Under your result, tap Animate it: the picture opens on image to video as the first frame, and you can make a short clip of it.
About one to two minutes for one picture. It is saved in My creations, so you can leave the page while it works.
Not to read or copy a prompt. To make it here, sign up for a free account: the card, the prompt and your photos are still there when you come back.
Vidlark is not affiliated with or endorsed by Polaroid. The pictures are original AI art in an instant-film style.