Qwen Image 2 Edit: change one locked still (4cr)

Qwen Image 2 Edit is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.

Qwen Image 2 Edit is an image editing model that allows users to modify and enhance images based on specific instructions. It is designed to provide high-quality edits while maintaining the integrity of the original image, making it suitable for photo editing, retouching, and creative transformations. Four credits. Categories: edit-image and image-to-image. requires_image is true. No listed resolution ceiling, no durations, no audio. Retouching is the job. A cousin generate is not.

Integrity of the original is the product

The catalog sentence that matters is "maintaining the integrity of the original image." That is the opposite of sampling a new picture until the lighting feels luckier. If the still is signed, the cheap move is a four-credit instruction: the stain, the sky, the stray hand, the color of the hem.

If the still is not signed, you are not in this aisle. Generate on a text-to-image Qwen (or any stills) row, approve, then come here. Qwen's image and TTS lines sit on the Qwen roster. This slug is the Image 2 Edit line, not Image 2 generate, not Edit Pro.

The door is the AI photo editor. Best image editing model is the ranking.

Four credits, instruction, retouch

Quote the row:

• 4 credits
• edit-image + image-to-image
• requires_image: true
• max_reference: 3
• aspect ratios 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16
• no audio, no durations, no listed max resolution

Four credits is the same sticker as several generate rows. The difference is the required upload. You cannot "just prompt Qwen Image 2 Edit" into a new key art. The form will ask for the file because the spec does.

Photo editing and retouching in the description are the honest use cases. Creative transformations are allowed — "put the jacket in navy" is a transformation — as long as the rest of the frame is the rest of the frame. "Same person, totally new scene" is how integrity dies. That request is a generate wearing an edit URL.

Requires the locked file

Keep the ratio of the approved still. A 9:16 retouch that comes back 1:1 is a new crop, not a retouch. Because no output ceiling is listed, judge sharpness against the source. If the source is small, upscale the image as its own step. Do not ask Edit to be an upscaler and a retoucher in one sentence.

One object per run. Three objects is three four-credit jobs, which is still cheaper than throwing away a signed still. Image-to-image is the contract; inpainting language helps even without a mask.

When the retouch is signed, animate on an i2v row if the brief needs motion. Animate the retouch, not the pre-edit file.

Name the stain, not the vibe

"Specific instructions" is the catalog phrase. Be specific. "Clean up the table" is a vibe. "Remove the fork on the left, keep the plate" is an instruction. Qwen Image 2 Edit is billed as the second.

Alibaba also ships Wan for video. Do not send a locked still into Wan to "fix the fork." That is seconds of the fork.

FAQ

Can Qwen Image 2 Edit generate a still from text only?

Not on this slug. requires_image is true and there is no text-to-image category. Use a generate row, then edit.

Why is this 4 credits when HunyuanImage Instruct Edit is 9?

Different rows, different stickers. This page is Qwen Image 2 Edit at 4 credits. Compare them on structure preservation for your file, not on a universal cheaper-is-better rule.

Does it output 4K?

No resolution is listed. Do not promise 4K. Match the source, inspect full size.

What is a good instruction?

Name the region and the change. "Remove the parked car in the background, do not touch the storefront type." Not "make it more premium." Premium is a generate.