Hy Image 3.5 Preview: what Tencent shipped
Tencent's Hy Image 3.5 Preview generates and edits in one model; its API guide lists 4K output and 20 references. No weights or report. Rows to use today.
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Qwen-Image-2.1 generates a real alpha channel
Qwen-Image-2.1, released 20 September 2026, generates native RGBA with a true alpha channel up to 2K from a prompt, replacing generate-then-background-remove.
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Ten references in one Qwen-Image-2.1 edit
Qwen-Image-2.1 composes up to 10 reference images into one scene by prefix KV cache reuse. Long prompts overload the encoder and add unsolicited Chinese text.
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Grok Imagine Image vs GPT Image 2
Grok 2.0 is region edit and compositing. GPT Image 2 is instruction-following stills. Pick the lever, not the arena rank.
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HiDream O1: instruction vs generate
O1 Image draws a new still. O1 Image Edit changes a supplied still. Same 1 credit, different contracts.
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Grok Imagine 2.0 region editing
Shipped 7–8 Aug 2026 and #2 on stills arenas: edit one region, composite several stills, and pick Quality Mode on purpose.
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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.
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HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct Edit changes one still
HunyuanImage 3.0 Instruct Edit is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Kling Image O1: change one locked still (3cr)
Kling Image O1 is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Mai Image 2.5 Edit: change one locked still (5cr)
Mai Image 2.5 Edit is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Nano Banana 2: change one locked still (8cr)
Nano Banana 2 is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Seedream 4.5: change one locked still (4K, 4cr)
Seedream 4.5 is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Seedream 5.0 Pro Edit when the layout is the job
Edit endpoint vs generate. Infographics and dense type are an edit of a layout, not a photoreal hero.
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SeedVR Upscale: change one locked still (4K, 4cr)
SeedVR Upscale is an edit. Point at the object. A new text-to-image throws away the still you approved.
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Remove the background from a still you will use
Photo cutouts go through generate_image_from_image (and sometimes remove_background). Erasing a rejected still, or erasing before the board is locked, spends an image edit on a tile you will not use.
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Blur garbled signage into depth of field
Background text a model got wrong is not repairable, but it is not necessary either. A soft-focus pass that reads as optics, and where it stops working.
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Element re-render vs masked inpainting
Maskless element re-render regenerates one named object. A decision table for when it beats masked inpainting and when the mask is still the safer tool.
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Fixing hands without regenerating the image
Fused fingers are a small-region problem, not a whole-image one. A masked inpaint loop that lands in two or three tries, plus the depth-guided fallback.
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The hand deforms as soon as it holds the product
Contact with a product is where hands fail. A grip-region mask-and-inpaint recipe, then a composite fallback that keeps the real SKU geometry intact.
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The sign is misspelled. Fix it without re-rolling
Do not re-roll a good image for one misspelled word. Quote the exact string, describe the font, set a mask margin, and know when to composite type instead.
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Four design options from one room photo
Remodelers and flooring retailers lose deals in the imagination gap. A four-variant render-to-video build from one room photo, plus the sourcing rules.
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Reve 2.1 leads the image editing board
Reve 2.1 holds first on Artificial Analysis image editing at 1262 Elo. What an editing score actually measures, and how to turn a rank into a revision workflow.
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The upscale broke text that was already correct
Generative upscalers re-draw letterforms and will respell a word that was already right. Mask text out of the pass, or drop denoise on text-bearing images.
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Your edit model repainted the whole image
Instruction-based edit models regenerate the whole frame. Scope the change, then composite the region back so the background stays put.
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