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Grok AI has now expanded its AI photo generator to turn your personal photos into a completely new style, such as creating Studio Ghibli style photos with famous animated films. You just need to enter the command to create a Ghibli style photo and then Grok AI processes it to create the photo according to your needs. Here is a guide to create Ghibli style photos using Grok AI.
How to create Ghibli style photos on Grok AI
Step 1:
At the interface on the Grok AI application, click on the pin icon to upload the image file to the Grok AI application.
Step 2:
Display options as shown below, click on Photo to upload the photo to Grok AI. Next, select the photo in the album and then enter the command to create a Ghibli style photo to proceed.
Step 3:
As a result, we get a Ghibli style photo as shown below. Click on the image to download. In this interface, users will have additional Edit options to change the photo if desired.
Step 4:
Go back to the request input interface on Ghibli. Here you enter the request to change the image as below and then press send.
As a result, we can see the new photo after editing it to our liking.
Video tutorial on creating Ghibli style photos
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