How to make GTA 6 style images and videos in the AI Media Studio composer

1.Add your photo and the prompt

Open the composer and stay on the Image tab. Attach your photo at the top left, then write the prompt underneath: the look first, then where the person should be, then what must stay. With a photo attached, the model edits that photo and does not invent a new person.

There is no GTA style in the Style menu yet, so the look has to be in the prompt. The phrases that carry it are “clean dark outlines”, “smooth painterly cel shading” and “a vivid Vice City palette of hot pink, orange and teal”.

2.Pick a model and check four settings

Click Model to change it. The buttons on this page select GPT Image 2.5 with Detail on: same price, about twice as long. Nano Banana 2.1 is the one we used most. Muse Image is the cheapest way to try the look, and GPT Image 2.5 gave the softest, closest face. Then check the rows below it. Style: leave “No style”, because any other style adds its own look to your prompt. Aspect ratio: “Original” keeps the shape of your photo. Quality: 1K is enough for a profile picture; 2K costs 14 credits on Nano Banana 2.1. Outputs: a new visitor starts on 2, which doubles the cost; set it to 1 while you are still adjusting the prompt.

3.Generate, then compare with your photo

Press Generate. The picture appears on the right after about 20 seconds. Check the features you named against your photo. Here is the same prompt on the three models: all three kept his hair, stubble, sunglasses and T-shirt. Nano Banana 2.1 is the most graphic, Muse Image is softer and GPT Image 2.5 is the most painterly.

To change something, edit the prompt and generate again from the original photo, not from the result, so changes do not add up.

4.Set up the clip in the Video tab

Download the picture you like, switch to the Video tab and add it as the start frame. Describe one action and end the prompt by naming the look again, so the clip does not drift toward live action. Kling O3 Pro is the default model. Duration opens on 4s (68 credits); we set 5s (85 credits). Sound is off by default and costs extra when on. The Aspect ratio row still reads 16:9, but with a start frame the clip follows the picture: ours came back square.

5.The clip that came back

It took just under four minutes. He lifts his hand, slides the sunglasses onto his eyes and the camera pushes in. The outlines and the pink and teal colours held for the whole clip; his hair came out spikier than in the picture.

Exact prompt we ran

Redraw this photo in the style of Grand Theft Auto VI cover artwork: a hand-painted digital illustration with clean dark outlines, smooth painterly cel shading, glossy highlights and a vivid Vice City palette of hot pink, orange and teal. Put him on a Miami-style beachfront boulevard with palm trees and pastel art deco buildings under a pink and orange sunset sky. Keep his likeness: short grey hair, grey stubble, smile, sunglasses pushed up on his head, navy T-shirt and backpack straps. No text or logos.

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6.Restyle a video you already have: Remix

The Remix tab changes a clip you upload. Choose Restyle, add an MP4 or MOV of 3 to 15 seconds, and give it a look in one of three ways: a preset, a style photo, or your own words. Kling O3 Edit at 720p is the default. This route keeps the motion of your clip. In our two runs it got the colours of the look but drew a softer cartoon, shown in the next step.

7.What the restyle gave us

The two runs took 4 and 10 minutes and cost 114 credits each for a 5.9-second clip. With the look in words only, the street clip became a pink and purple dusk scene, drawn as a soft cartoon with simplified faces. With the same words and one of our GTA 6 style pictures as the style photo, the result was nearly the same. Both kept the walk, the framing and the yellow coat.

For the full look in motion, animate a finished picture in the Video tab. Restyle is the route when the motion of your own clip matters more than the drawing.