1990s Computer Magazine

Editorial · Magazine · Tech

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1990s Computer Magazine, Angled boxes, drop shadows, a CD taped to the cover and total confidence — Cover with mounted disc·Nano Banana Pro

Recipe

The style is the recipe. The subject is yours.

The examples above were generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 4.5. The recipes below are written for GPT Image and Flux, so treat the settings as a starting point rather than the exact run.

A description in plain sentences. This is the version to start with, and it works on any current image model. Settings below are the ones we used on GPT Image; treat them as a starting point.

Make it yours

The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the highlighted part of the prompt changes.

Prompt

A spread from a 1997 consumer computer magazine. Angled coloured boxes with bevelled edges and hard drop shadows, four small software screenshots in windows with callout arrows, a busy gradient background, three columns of dense body copy, a large italic headline with an outline and shadow. Oversaturated cheap four colour printing, visible dot screen, slight misregistration on the yellow plate.

The prompt gets you close. Feed one of the examples in as a style reference for the rest. Download the images

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Send the example as an input image to the images.edits endpoint alongside the prompt, or attach it in ChatGPT. It follows composition closely, so describe your subject firmly or it will copy the example.

Settings on GPT Image

Size: 1536 x 1024
Quality: High
Background: Opaque
Output: PNG

Tips

1Angled boxes with bevels and shadows is the layout signature. Name all three.
2Cheap four colour printing with misregistration keeps it out of modern territory.
3Callout arrows pointing at screenshots complete the effect.