DALL-E Prompts

Prompts for DALL-E image generation.

Travelers unloading a station wagon at a modest 1980s roadside motel

Flux

Roadside Motel Arrival

Creates a subdued 1980s travel-arrival scene with a generic roadside motel, an unbranded station wagon, and narrative details free of copied cinema imagery.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: two fictional travelers arriving at a small roadside motel near sunset, one lifting a canvas overnight bag from an unbranded station wagon while the other studies a folded paper map. Frame vertically from across one parking space, using the open rear door as a foreground shape and placing the low motel walkway diagonally behind the travelers. Use boxy vehicle design, metal room doors, an exterior ice machine without lettering, simple travel clothes, sodium-vapor fixtures, and plain curtains; imply the motel identity through architecture rather than a sign. Use fading golden daylight mixed with the first warm practical lights, subdued slide-film color, natural long shadows, and crisp but not commercial detail. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude horror cues, dramatic fog, famous motel designs, readable room numbers, modern luggage wheels, and excessive teal-orange grading. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Multigenerational family sharing Sunday tea in a modest 1980s sitting room

Gemini

Sunday Tea Room Gathering

Generates a relaxed multigenerational home gathering centered on tea and conversation, with ordinary 1980s domestic detail and respectful natural interaction.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional multigenerational family sharing Sunday tea in a modest sitting room, with an older adult pouring from a plain teapot, two adults mid-conversation, and a child sitting on the rug arranging wooden blocks. Use a vertical doorway viewpoint that layers the child in the foreground, low tea table in the middle, and seated adults behind, while leaving clear space between hands, cups, and faces. Include upholstered chairs, lace or woven antimacassars used sparingly, patterned curtains, wood veneer cabinet, ceramic cups, family photos too small to identify, and culturally adaptable modest everyday clothing. Mix soft window light with one warm shaded lamp, use natural consumer-film color, gentle grain, modest depth of field, and the quiet timing of an unplanned household photograph. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude formal ceremony, luxury décor, branded tea packaging, modern screens, perfect symmetry, fake photo captions, and exaggerated nostalgia damage. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Three friends sharing food in a red-vinyl 1980s diner booth at night

Midjourney

Late-Night Diner Booth Photo

Creates an intimate, unbranded 1980s diner snapshot with direct flash, chrome and vinyl details, and a relaxed group moment rather than cinematic imitation.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: three fictional friends sharing fries and coffee in a corner diner booth after a late event, one person laughing away from the camera while another reaches for a napkin and the third leans into the red vinyl seat. Frame vertically from the aisle at seated eye level, crop the tabletop close in the foreground, keep all three faces distinct, and allow chrome trim and a dark window to form simple background layers. Use plain ceramic cups, metal napkin holder without branding, laminated menus turned away from the camera, modest casual 1980s clothing, red vinyl, and soft pendant lamps. Use compact-camera direct flash on faces and tabletop, warm practical light behind, rich consumer-film color, deep exterior darkness, and restrained grain. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude readable menu text, jukebox clichés, neon signs, famous diner layouts, modern food packaging, and staged fashion poses. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Students packing notebooks in a warm late-afternoon 1980s classroom

DALL-E

Last-Period Classroom Candid

Generates an informal late-afternoon classroom photograph with students packing up, period-correct school objects, and a natural documentary viewpoint.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional group of secondary-school students packing notebooks at the end of the day while one student near the window turns to answer a friend and another wipes part of the chalkboard. Shoot vertically from the rear corner at seated eye level, use rows of wooden desks to lead toward the window, and keep five students arranged at different depths with clear, non-overlapping faces. Include paper notebooks, simple pens, cloth or vinyl school bags, a chalkboard with only faint erased marks, analog wall clock too soft to read, ceiling fan, and region-neutral age-appropriate uniforms or everyday clothes. Use warm late-afternoon window light, softly falling classroom shadows, mild consumer-film grain, muted colors, and a candid 35 mm perspective. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude laptops, interactive boards, smartphones, legible chalk text, invented school emblems, overly perfect uniforms, and staged yearbook smiles. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Traveler beside a standard 1980s motorcycle at a quiet rural fuel stop

Flux

Motorcycle Roadside Portrait

Creates a grounded roadside portrait of a fictional rider and period-plausible motorcycle, prioritizing safe posture, realistic machinery, and open-country light.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional adult traveler resting beside an unbranded standard motorcycle at a quiet rural fuel stop, helmet held at the hip, canvas jacket partly unzipped, and a rolled sleeping mat secured to the rear rack. Frame vertically at eye level, show the rider from boots to head and most of the motorcycle in three-quarter view, with the road receding through open farmland behind. Use a simple round headlamp, analog gauges, metal fuel tank without a badge, practical 1980s riding clothes, an old mechanical pump, and a plain shelter with no readable pricing. Use low late-afternoon sun, modest slide-film saturation, realistic chrome highlights, crisp subject detail, and light atmospheric depth. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude racing poses, dangerous riding, modern full-face graphics, futuristic bike parts, fake fuel brands, and exaggerated action-movie styling. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Family of four posing on a windy beach in a candid 1980s vacation snapshot

DALL-E

Windy Beach Family Vacation

Builds a cheerful, imperfect 1980s seaside family snapshot with wind-blown clothing, simple beach gear, and a genuine consumer-camera perspective.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional family of four pausing on a breezy public beach during a modest summer vacation, with one child holding a bright plastic pail, another looking toward the water, and the adults leaning slightly together against the wind. Photograph vertically from chest height with a slightly tilted horizon typical of a quick family snapshot, keeping all four people fully visible and leaving a band of sea and pale sky behind. Use simple 1980s shorts, cotton shirts, modest swim layers, canvas tote, striped towel, plain windbreak, and no resort branding or modern beach furniture. Use bright hazy daylight, mild fill flash, sun-softened consumer-film color, slight edge softness, and natural wind movement without heavy print damage. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude luxury-resort styling, current sunglasses shapes, smartphones, drone-like viewpoint, fake date stamps, and perfect catalog posing. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Indian family waiting at a modest 1980s bus station before sunrise

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Indian Bus-Station Departure

Depicts an everyday 1980s Indian intercity departure with travelers, practical luggage, and region-neutral station details handled without spectacle.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional Indian family of three waiting to board an intercity bus in the early morning, one adult holding a cloth-wrapped bundle, the other checking a paper ticket, and a child watching the conductor load a small suitcase. Frame vertically from platform level, place the family in the foreground and the bus door along one edge, and use the roof supports to guide the eye without crowding the scene. Use practical 1980s clothing, metal-framed luggage, canvas bags, a boxy unbranded bus, painted station walls, ceiling fans, and an analog clock with its face too soft to read precisely. Use cool dawn ambient light mixed with warm fluorescent fixtures, muted print color, light atmospheric dust, and documentary-style eye-level realism. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Do not add religious symbolism, tourist spectacle, poverty clichés, unreadable poster walls, modern rolling luggage, or contemporary bus design. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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1980s fashion portrait beside a terrazzo shopping-center escalator

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Escalator-Landing Fashion Editorial

Creates a composed 1980s mall-fashion photograph with graphic architecture, restrained styling, and no dependence on recognizable stores or brand marks.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional fashion model standing at the quiet landing beside an escalator in a mid-range shopping center before opening hours, wearing a structured [outfit] with one bold color and otherwise neutral styling. Use a slightly low vertical camera angle, let the escalator rails form converging lines behind the subject, keep the full outfit visible, and leave clean architectural space above the head. Include terrazzo flooring, brass-toned rail details, square planters, glass-block accents, and period-plausible tailoring without using specific stores, labels, or a famous mall interior. Use bounced electronic flash balanced with cool skylight, crisp editorial focus, restrained saturation, fine grain, and clean magazine-like color without adding page text. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Exclude extreme shoulder pads, excessive neon, shopping bags with invented logos, modern digital displays, and runway poses that distort anatomy. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Adults taking a break during a 1980s community-center aerobics class

DALL-E

Community-Center Aerobics Break

Generates an energetic but believable 1980s fitness-class break with practical sportswear, ordinary community-center lighting, and natural body diversity.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a small group of fictional adults taking a water break during an aerobics class in a local community-center gym, smiling and talking rather than performing a synchronized pose. Photograph from seated bench height, with two people in the foreground, three loosely arranged behind, a rolled exercise mat creating a diagonal, and sufficient space around every limb. Use practical 1980s fitness wear in [color palette], tube socks, simple training shoes, reusable plain bottles, varnished wooden floor, painted court lines, and stacked folding chairs. Use bright overhead gym light mixed with window daylight, lively consumer-film saturation, moderate shutter speed, and slight natural movement in loose fabric only. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Avoid caricatured neon, identical bodies, extreme muscles, modern leggings, branded sportswear, mirrors full of duplicated people, and impossible exercise poses. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Couple posed in a 1980s department-store studio with a blue-gray backdrop

ChatGPT

Two-Person Department Store Portrait

Turns a couple photo into a composed department-store studio portrait while keeping both faces separate, recognizable, and naturally proportioned.

Use [uploaded photo] as the sole identity and composition reference. Transform the two people into a 1980s department-store portrait with a simple seated-and-standing arrangement, a smoky blue-gray fabric background, and understated [outfit] choices that coordinate without matching exactly. Maintain their original emotional connection and avoid changing who appears taller unless the source perspective is misleading. Treat each face as a separate protected identity: retain each person's facial geometry, skin tone, approximate age, hairline, build, and individual distinguishing features, with no feature exchange or blended likeness. Keep the result photographic and believable rather than theatrical. Use broad frontal studio lighting, a small catchlight, moderate depth of field, slightly cool shadows, and the clean surface of a well-kept color print. Preserve natural skin texture, realistic hands, coherent fabric folds, and the original relationship between every person and the camera. Do not add glamour makeup, wedding cues, or intimate posing unless those elements already exist in the source or are explicitly requested. Do not introduce celebrity likenesses, fake brands, legible invented text, excessive neon, heavy sepia, torn-paper overlays, or damage that hides important facial details. Return one polished vertical 9:16 photograph with a period-plausible 1980s finish and no border or watermark.

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Commuter under a shop awning on a rainy 1980s street at blue hour

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Rainy Blue-Hour Street Pause

Builds a quiet cinematic street photograph at blue hour, balancing rain, practical shop light, and realistic 1980s details without copying a film scene.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional solitary commuter pausing beneath a plain shop awning after rain, holding a folded umbrella while an older city bus recedes along the wet road. Use a vertical street-level view with the commuter in the lower-middle foreground, reflections leading toward the bus, and dark building edges creating depth without enclosing the frame. Include an understated 1980s coat, analog wristwatch, paper shopping bag, boxy bus silhouette, simple street lamps, and shop windows with no legible words or brands. Combine cool ambient dusk with one warm fluorescent shop spill, realistic wet-surface reflections, low-light color grain, and restrained contrast. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Do not turn the scene into neon cyberpunk, add glowing signage, use impossible reflections, or imitate a recognizable movie composition. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Child leaning toward a birthday cake in a modest 1980s living room

DALL-E

Childhood Living-Room Birthday

Creates a spontaneous 1980s child's birthday snapshot with a compact family room, homemade decorations, direct flash, and believable imperfect timing.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: a fictional eight-year-old leaning toward a homemade birthday cake while two friends laugh and an adult hand enters the edge of the frame to straighten a candle. Shoot vertically from an adult's standing height, crop close enough to emphasize the child's anticipation, and layer the friends behind the cake without obscuring faces. Use a modest 1980s living room with patterned curtains, a fabric sofa, paper chains, plain balloons, simple party clothes, ceramic plates, and no readable cake message. Use compact-camera direct flash mixed with tungsten room light, slightly imperfect white balance, saturated consumer-film color, and a clean glossy-print feel. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Keep the party small and ordinary, with no themed branding, elaborate balloon wall, LED lighting, or studio-perfect styling. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Everyday Indian courtyard scene after monsoon rain with a parent and child

Midjourney

Monsoon Courtyard Morning

Generates an everyday Indian household scene after morning rain, using culturally plausible architecture, clothing, and objects without turning them into stereotypes.

Create an original fictional 1980s photograph: an ordinary Indian household courtyard just after monsoon rain, where a fictional middle-aged woman in a simple cotton saree shakes water from a small doormat while a school-age child secures books inside a cloth bag near the doorway. Frame from a slightly sheltered eye-level position, using the wet cement floor as a leading shape and keeping both figures fully readable without posing them for the camera. Use region-neutral 1980s details: limewashed walls, wooden door, steel bucket, woven stool, simple sandals, practical clothing, and no decorative palace motifs or invented signs. Render soft cloud light, small reflections in shallow puddles, humid muted color, fine consumer-film grain, and gentle warmth in skin tones. The people must have natural anatomy, expressive but unforced poses, realistic skin texture, and hands that are either clearly formed or naturally positioned. Keep the domestic work natural and dignified; do not add poverty clichés, exotic animals, ceremonial dress, or a tourist viewpoint. Avoid celebrity resemblance, copied movie scenes, fake logos, readable invented text, modern devices, watermarks, costume-party exaggeration, and excessive aging effects. Compose the final result vertically in 9:16 for a strong mobile thumbnail while retaining the spontaneity and physical character of a real period photograph.

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Soft-focus 1980s-style portrait preserving natural age and expression lines

ChatGPT

Age-Locked Soft-Focus Portrait

Adds a gentle 1980s soft-focus studio finish without making the subject younger, older, smoother, or less recognizable than the source photograph.

Use [uploaded photo] as the sole identity and composition reference. Transform the source into a calm three-quarter studio portrait with [background], [outfit], and a relaxed pose closely derived from the original. Let optical softness affect bright edges and background transitions rather than facial anatomy; keep expression lines, facial volume, posture, and age-specific details visible and respectful. Lock the subject's approximate age, face shape, eyes, nose, mouth, jaw, skin tone, hair density and color, body proportions, wrinkles, and other identifying age markers; do not de-age, age up, or cosmetically tighten features. Keep the result photographic and believable rather than theatrical. Use a mild diffusion filter, broad key light, low-contrast pastel backdrop, warm print whites, and fine grain, with the eyes remaining clearly focused. Preserve natural skin texture, realistic hands, coherent fabric folds, and the original relationship between every person and the camera. Exclude glamour retouching, airbrushed skin, exaggerated haze, haloed facial edges, and nostalgic damage overlays. Do not introduce celebrity likenesses, fake brands, legible invented text, excessive neon, heavy sepia, torn-paper overlays, or damage that hides important facial details. Return one polished vertical 9:16 photograph with a period-plausible 1980s finish and no border or watermark.

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Family birthday snapshot with paper streamers and gently faded 1980s color

Gemini

Faded Birthday Table Snapshot

Turns a birthday photo into a gently faded 1980s home snapshot with a believable cake table, direct flash, and preserved family identities.

Use [uploaded photo] as the sole identity and composition reference. Recreate the birthday moment around a small dining table in an ordinary 1980s home. Keep the same people, headcount, relative positions, and central celebrant; simplify the decorations to paper streamers, plain balloons, and a homemade cake with no readable writing, while changing conflicting clothing to comfortable [color palette] party clothes appropriate to each age. Protect every face separately, along with skin tone, age, height relationship, body proportions, hairstyle, and the celebrant's recognizable expression; do not replace children with generic faces. Keep the result photographic and believable rather than theatrical. Use compact-camera direct flash, warm room light, slightly lifted blacks, mild color fading, and a clean glossy-print surface with no scratches over faces. Preserve natural skin texture, realistic hands, coherent fabric folds, and the original relationship between every person and the camera. Remove smartphones, LED decorations, branded packaging, and elaborate modern party styling without adding fake dates or captions. Do not introduce celebrity likenesses, fake brands, legible invented text, excessive neon, heavy sepia, torn-paper overlays, or damage that hides important facial details. Return one polished vertical 9:16 photograph with a period-plausible 1980s finish and no border or watermark.

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Direct-flash nighttime portrait with a denim jacket and warm background lights

ChatGPT

Denim Direct-Flash Night Snapshot

Transforms a casual portrait into an energetic 1980s direct-flash photo with believable denim, deep ambient shadows, and identity-safe editing.

Use [uploaded photo] as the sole identity and composition reference. Turn the source into a candid nighttime snapshot outside a modest music venue or neighborhood café. Dress the subject in [outfit] built around period-plausible denim, a plain T-shirt or knit layer, and simple accessories; retain their basic stance while adding the slight spontaneity of being photographed mid-conversation, with a dark doorway and indistinct warm bulbs behind them. Preserve the face, skin tone, age, body shape, hairstyle, and recognizable expression exactly enough that the result remains the same person, without turning them into a stylized performer. Keep the result photographic and believable rather than theatrical. Use hard on-camera flash, a quick falloff into deep background shadow, slightly saturated consumer-film color, red-eye-free eyes, and crisp central focus. Preserve natural skin texture, realistic hands, coherent fabric folds, and the original relationship between every person and the camera. Exclude neon typography, band logos, modern streetwear silhouettes, smartphones, and artificial light streaks. Do not introduce celebrity likenesses, fake brands, legible invented text, excessive neon, heavy sepia, torn-paper overlays, or damage that hides important facial details. Return one polished vertical 9:16 photograph with a period-plausible 1980s finish and no border or watermark.

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Gemini

Classic Yearbook Headshot Conversion

Converts a clear student photo into a restrained 1980s yearbook headshot with age-appropriate styling, simple lighting, and no fabricated school text.

Use [uploaded photo] as the sole identity and composition reference. Convert the student into a centered 1980s yearbook portrait cropped from the upper chest, using a neutral blue or gray gradient background and [outfit] that is age-appropriate, tidy, and free of logos. Keep the expression recognizably theirs; only adjust posture enough to create the straightforward formality of a school photo day. Lock facial structure, skin tone, freckles, dental details, hairline, approximate age, and natural asymmetry; do not mature, de-age, glamorize, or reshape the student. Keep the result photographic and believable rather than theatrical. Use even frontal light, a faint hair light, mild optical softness, balanced print color, and minimal grain typical of a clean yearbook reproduction. Preserve natural skin texture, realistic hands, coherent fabric folds, and the original relationship between every person and the camera. Do not add a school name, caption, date, emblem, uniform, or regional convention unless supplied by the user. Do not introduce celebrity likenesses, fake brands, legible invented text, excessive neon, heavy sepia, torn-paper overlays, or damage that hides important facial details. Return one polished vertical 9:16 photograph with a period-plausible 1980s finish and no border or watermark.

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