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High school yearbook photos are a rite of passage in many countries, but they’re often a bit embarrassing and not something most people want to plaster on social media.
But there’s good news if you hate your yearbook snaps: Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), you now have the chance to recreate them.
A new trend on social media is allowing users to revisit their high school yearbook photos, but with a glamorous ’90s twist.
The AI generator can transform you into more than 60 different characters, so you can realize your dream of becoming captain of the football team or see what you would look like as a preppy cheerleader.
Here’s how to give your photos the retro treatment.
A new trend on social media is allowing users to revisit their high school yearbook photos, but with a glamorous ’90s twist
Several influencers and celebrities have jumped on the trend and shared their own AI-generated snaps on social media.
Actress Kiki Palmer was the latest to join in the fun and sharing her photos to Instagram with the caption “Idk y’all.. I feel like mine ain’t me” with laughing emojis.
One commenter joked: “Baby, that’s Nene Palmer,” while another added: “The one with the stack of books and the hair up?! Baby girl had time to study and take a look!’
YouTuber James Charles also shared are AI-generated snapswith the caption ‘I’m scared’.
One fan said: ‘Why does Ross from Friends care hahahahha’, and another joked: ‘WHY are the first three mouths like that’.
Beauty guru Bretman Rock and YouTuber Hila Klein also jumped on the trend, with Hila writing, “My mom finally sent me some old photos.”
Hila’s photos were so convincing that commenters wondered if they were real.
One user wrote: ‘Are these real or AI???? Huge murder. I’m obsessed with the first one’.
Meanwhile, another fan joked: “You haven’t changed at all!”
However, Bretman was less impressed with his results and captioned the images: ‘Yalll I’m DYING. who are these people?
“Like a girl, I can’t believe I paid for this twice, ma’am. AI can’t understand my beauty I guess lol… And why do they all look the way I imagined my sister’s kids would look grown up’.
Actress Kiki Palmer was the latest to join in the fun, sharing her photos on Instagram with the caption “I know it all.. I feel like mine isn’t me” with laughing emojis
Commenters joked, “Baby, that’s Nene Palmer” and “The one with the stack of books and the hair up?! Baby girl had time to study and take a look!’
YouTuber James Charles also shared his AI-generated snaps, with the caption “I’m scared”
Fans said: ‘Why does Ross from Friends care hahahahha’ and ‘WHY are the first three mouths like that’
Other influencers participating in this trend are Nikkie Tutorials and Love Islander Millie Court.
If you want to join in yourself, you’ll need to download the AI photo editing app ‘Epik AI’.
It is available on both the App Store and Google Play Store and is free to download.
However, despite being able to create some free AI images, the yearbook photos will require you to pay £3.99 for 24-hour delivery or £5.99 to receive the photos in just two hours.
When you open the app, select the ‘AI Yearbook’ option and upload eight to twelve photos of yourself and select your gender.
It is important to note that the images should be clear and well lit. Try not to choose photos that are blurry or where you are very far away from the camera.
The app also recommends recording different angles and facial expressions for the most accurate results.
YouTuber Hila Klein’s photos were so convincing that commenters wondered if they were real
One user wrote: ‘Are these real or AI???? Huge murder. I’m obsessed with the first one’
Beauty guru Bretman Rock was less impressed with his results and captioned the images with ‘Yalll I’m DYING. who are these people?’
He wrote on Instagram: “Like a girl, I can’t believe I paid for this twice, ma’am. AI can’t understand my beauty I guess lol… And why do they all look the way I imagined my sister’s kids would look grown up’