Qwen Z Image: lock this still before you buy motion (2cr)

Qwen Z Image is the stills row. Animate after approval. Do not generate the pack inside the video model.

Qwen Z Image is an advanced image generation model with enhanced creative capabilities. Content type is image. Category is text-to-image only. requires_image is false. No max resolution listed. No quality chips. No durations. Audio is null. Aspects: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16. Display price: 2 credits. Provider is Qwen. Features: text_to_image, creative, versatile. That is a still, cheap enough to iterate, wide enough in aspect to match the cut you will later animate.

Two credits, eight aspects, zero seconds

2 credits is the display price (per-megapixel on the matrix, min 2, max 2). There is no clip length because there is no clip. Enhanced creative capabilities are a stills claim. They are not a camera.

The aspect list is the production feature: 21:9 through 9:16, including 3:2 and 2:3. Pick the frame the video row will inherit. A 2-credit 9:16 still you already like is a better I2V input than a 16:9 still you crop after the video model invented a different crop.

No resolution ceiling is listed. Do not write 4K into the brief and assume the row. Inspect the file. Approve what you see. Then buy motion.

The door is text-to-image. Term: text-to-image. Ranked: best AI image generator. Family: the Qwen roster. Qwen Image is another stills slug on that roster — different page. This page is Z Image, 2 credits, creative stills.

Creative is not motion

Versatile, creative, advanced — those adjectives describe the plate. A video model asked to "be creative" about the pack will be creative about the pack. That is the failure. Lock the look on Qwen Z Image. Six SKUs is six stills at 2 credits each, not one video prompt that "shows the line."

Alibaba's video work on this catalog ships under Wan, not under this Qwen image slug. Do not treat Z Image as a Wan preview. Different provider key, different content type.

Lock the look, then pick I2V

The motion door is AI image-to-video. It requires a plate. Qwen Z Image is how you get one for 2 credits without opening a video bill. If the still is wrong, you spent 2 credits. If you skipped the still, you spent a video generate learning the composition was wrong.

Approve at the aspect you will ship. Then upload. Image-to-video will treat the file as the contract — including the extra fingers you shrugged at because "it's just the still."

Key visual first, two credits, then motion

The test: would you send this frame to a client as a key visual? If not, do not animate it. Iterate at 2 credits. Qwen Z Image has no soundtrack to hide a weak plate in. That is useful. You see the still.

If you needed type-heavy layout or a vector mark, another stills row may fit better. You would still lock a still. The 2-credit creative row is not a skip-the-lock card.

FAQ

Does Qwen Z Image make video?

No. Text-to-image, 2 credits, no durations, no audio, no listed max resolution. Animate after you approve the still.

Why so many aspect ratios?

So the still matches the cut: 21:9 down to 9:16, including 3:2 and 2:3. Pick the aspect the image-to-video row should inherit. Do not crop after motion.

Is this the same as Wan video?

No. Qwen Z Image is a Qwen stills row. Wan is a separate video roster. Lock the still here, then pick an I2V slug if you need motion.

Do I upload a reference image?

Not required. requires_image is false. The still you generate at 2 credits is the file you later upload to image-to-video.