HiDream O1 Image Edit: change one locked still (1cr)

HiDream O1 Image Edit is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.

HiDream O1 Image Edit is instruction-driven edits and subject-driven changes on a supplied image, at up to 2K resolution. Category is edit-image only. An image is required. The catalog lists 1 credit. There is no duration and no marked audio. Features named: image-editing, reasoning, 2K, HiDream.

One credit, 2K, reasoning — that combination is how people regenerate "because it's basically free." It is still an edit. The still you approved is the asset. A new text-to-image is a new asset wearing a similar prompt.

Instruction-driven means a sentence that points

The catalog says instruction-driven and subject-driven. Both assume a supplied image. "Make the jacket the red we specified, keep everything else." "Swap this subject into the scene; keep the lighting." If your sentence starts with "a photograph of," you have left the edit and opened a generate.

Subject-driven is not a casting call from a blank canvas. You still upload the scene or the subject. HiDream O1 Image Edit reasons about the change at up to 2K. It does not invent the plate at 2K and call that an edit. requires_image is true. No plate, no 1-credit pass.

Keep the instruction to one object when you can. A jacket plus a sky plus a logo is three edits billed as one argument. Do the jacket. Approve. Then the sky. 1 credit each is cheaper than one 1-credit pass that quietly redesigned the product.

The AI photo editor is the surface. HiDream's roster is the family. Best image editing is the job ranking. This page is O1's 2K instruction at 1 credit.

2K is the ceiling, not a new brief

Up to 2K is the published output size. It is not 4K, and it is not a reason to upsample a still you do not like. Approve the change at the crop you will actually use. If the master needs more pixels than 2K, this row is the look pass, not the print master.

Reasoning in the feature list is for interpreting the instruction, not for ignoring the upload. If the instruction is vague ("make it premium"), the reasoner will pick a premium and you will not recognise the still. Name the object. Name the change. Name what must not move.

There is no aspect-ratio menu published on this slug. Do not use HiDream O1 Image Edit as a reframing tool for a ratio the pixels do not contain. Crop first if the delivery ratio is the change. Edit second if a subject inside the crop is the change.

What you do not spend the 1 credit on

A new scene. That is text-to-image.

Motion. There is no video out. If the still is locked and you want it to move, leave this row.

A talking pass. Audio is unmarked. Mouths are a lipsync job after a plate exists — and this edit is how you fix the plate before that job.

Regenerating the hero because the label is one letter off. That is the exact failure this row exists to prevent. Point at the letters. Keep the bottle.

Mai Image 2.5 Edit is a different 5-credit Microsoft row (cleanup, backgrounds, text, more aspect ratios). Do not name-swap. HiDream O1 is 1 credit, 2K, instruction- and subject-driven, edit-image only. The 1-credit figure is why it should be the default edit, not the default reroll.

Circle one subject

On the approved still, circle one subject. Write one instruction.

If you cannot circle it, you do not have an edit. Generate a new still on a text-to-image row, then come back.

If you can circle it and you still open a generate model "because HiDream is only a credit anyway," you are throwing away the still to save a thought. Spend the credit on the instruction.

FAQ

Does HiDream O1 Image Edit require an upload?

Yes. Edit-image, requires_image true, supplied image in the description. Prompt-only is a different HiDream, or a different brand. This slug is the 1-credit change.

What does "up to 2K" mean for delivery?

The catalog publishes 2K as the edit ceiling. Do not brief 4K against this row. If you need a 4K still, lock the look here and use a 4K image model or an upscaler as a later, separate decision.

Why not always regenerate at 1 credit?

Because a generate re-samples identity even when it is cheap. O1 Image Edit is scoped to an instruction on a plate you are keeping. The 1-credit sticker is an argument for editing more often, not for throwing the plate away more often.

Can I use it to fix a frame from a video?

You can pull a frame and edit that still. You are not editing the clip. Motion, audio, and durations do not exist on this row. Fix the plate, then re-run image-to-video or lipsync if the sequence has to move again.