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GPT Image 2.5 AI Image Generator

GPT Image 2.5 gets you the image you pictured, then changes only what you name on the next pass. Flare for fast drafts, Sunburst for final details.

GPT Image 2.5 AI Image Generator

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Examples

GPT Image 2.5 images from launch week

Each posted on X by its maker, with GPT Image 2.5 named.

One line of prompt, a whole city
An oil painting, not a photo
A soft-body 3D character

One line of prompt, a whole city

How creators work

Edit a GPT Image 2.5 image round after round

Generate once, then fix a single thing per turn.

01

Generate the first version

Name the deliverable first: product photo, poster, slide, character sheet.

02

Upload it back with one change

One line for the change, one for what stays: face, pose, layout, labels.

03

Repeat the keep list every turn

Lock the details in: paste the same keep line into every round.

04

Switch tiers when it counts

Draft on Flare, then run the final edit on Sunburst. Both cost the same credits.

Access

Choose Flare or Sunburst, no API key, no ChatGPT limit

In ChatGPT the tier is picked for you. Here both are in the picker, you pay per image in credits, and nothing needs installing.

GPT Image 2.5 — game key art with its own title logo
Game key art with SKY DRAGON ODYSSEY set into the frame as a finished logo. Posted by @LuminaBench as a GPT Image 2.5 example.

Creative engine

GPT Image 2.5 on Kavel

2 tiers
Flare and Sunburst
4K
Top resolution
25 credits
Per 1K image, edits too

Up to nine reference images

Type the brief, or upload up to nine images in the image generator: a subject, an outfit, a style.

One image up to 4K out

Square, wide, vertical, 4:3 or 3:4, at 1K, 2K or 4K.

The price before you press

25 credits at 1K on Flare or Sunburst, and an edit costs the same as a new image.

What people post about

Three things GPT Image 2.5 does best, according to Reddit

A rough drawing or an old frame, rebuilt without losing its layout

A rough drawing or an old frame, rebuilt without losing its layout

This castle town started as a crayon doodle of a keep, two hills and a river. On r/StableDiffusion a creator used it to modernise a 40-year-old anime, frame by frame.

  • Upload it and say: preserve the exact layout and perspective
  • Name what should change: the art style, the colour, the hair detail
  • Say what must not appear: do not add new elements or text
The same character in every panel

The same character in every panel

Creators build one GPT Image 2.5 sheet, then hand it to MiniMax H3 or Seedance as the only reference for a video.

  • Ask for a 4x4 sheet: front, back, sides, expressions, detail crops
  • Keep the sheet background plain white
  • Repeat the defining details in every scene
Pages of text that stay readable

Pages of text that stay readable

Numbered equations, a captioned figure and body copy down to the footnotes. One hackathon entrant built two full slide decks with it.

  • Put every on-image word in quotes and say where it goes
  • Name the typeface: bold sans-serif, serif title
  • Ask for the text exactly once, with no extra text
Prompts

GPT Image 2.5 prompts you can copy

Creators' own prompts, word for word. The poster is a template: fill in the words in [brackets].

One model, three studio shots

One model, three studio shots

@frametheory058

Face, outfit and set held steady while the pose changes.

Ultra-realistic 9:16 spring fashion studio photoshoot featuring the same cute young female model throughout, with natural realistic skin, dark-brown hair in a loose messy bun, soft minimal makeup and a warm subtle smile. She wears a cream floral camisole, oversized blush-pink knitted cardigan, relaxed light-blue wide-leg jeans and clean white sneakers.

Dreamy sage-green studio with warm golden sunlight creating large window and soft botanical shadows across the backdrop. Surround her naturally with pink and white flowers, a glass flower vase, stacked books, scattered petals and a soft cream bouclé cushion.

Create three distinctly different professional editorial shots while keeping her face, hairstyle, outfit, background and props perfectly consistent: one relaxed front-facing seated pose with her cheek resting on her hand, one elegant over-the-shoulder floor pose holding a small flower near her face, and one cozy seated pose with one knee raised and her head gently resting on her hands. Change framing and camera angle naturally between shots.

Premium lifestyle-fashion editorial photography, 50–85mm full-frame lens, shallow depth of field, soft realistic skin texture, beautiful fabric detail, warm cinematic color grading, natural shadows, magazine-quality composition, photorealistic human appearance, no plastic skin, no AI look, no distortions.
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National park infographic poster (template)

National park infographic poster (template)

@Naiknelofar788

A wildlife hero shot above labelled stat panels.

Create a breathtaking, premium national park travel infographic poster for [NATIONAL PARK, COUNTRY], designed to inspire people to explore, protect, and appreciate nature.

Show a cinematic natural landscape featuring the park’s most famous animal — [FAMOUS ANIMAL] — naturally integrated into the scene, surrounded by its authentic flora and fauna. Include subtle visual elements representing the park’s ecosystem, such as native trees, flowers, grasses, mountains, rivers, birds, and wildlife.

Use an elegant editorial travel-poster aesthetic with realistic nature photography blended with refined graphic-design elements. Warm natural tones, soft sunlight, atmospheric depth, detailed textures, and a clean premium composition. Make the wildlife the emotional focal point while keeping the landscape expansive and majestic.

Add beautifully organized, minimal information panels:

[NATIONAL PARK]
[COUNTRY]

Famous Animal: [ANIMAL]
Flora & Fauna: [KEY SPECIES / VEGETATION]
Species: [NUMBER OF SPECIES]
Area: [AREA]
📍 Location: [LOCATION]
Best Time to Visit: [MONTHS / SEASON]
Ticket Price: [PRICE]

Add a short inspirational line:

“Protect the wild. Preserve the wonder.”

Keep the typography sophisticated, clean, and highly legible. Use small icons, fine divider lines, subtle map/topographic details, and a restrained information hierarchy. The overall design should feel like a luxury conservation magazine cover + collectible national-park poster, visually inspiring but informative.

Format: Vertical 4:5
Style: Cinematic, realistic, premium editorial, conservation-inspired, detailed, elegant, atmospheric
Avoid: Crowds, excessive text, cartoon style, artificial-looking animals, tourist buses, logos, watermarks, and clutter.
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What people say

What people said after trying GPT Image 2.5

People who pushed it through real edits, quoted as written from Reddit.

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the editing now is so good compare to previous.

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Compared

GPT Image 2.5 Flare vs Sunburst, and vs GPT Image 2, Nano Banana Pro, Grok

The matchups people ran in launch week.

Flare vs Sunburst

OpenAI built Flare for speed and Sunburst for precision. Same credits here: draft on Flare, finish on Sunburst.

“sun burst is always better with more complex setups and logic.”

vs GPT Image 2

Pick 2.5 when an image has to survive round after round of edits, like this user restyling his car.

“2.5 solved all that problem in that case.”

See GPT Image 2

vs Nano Banana Pro

Colouring the same Berserk spread, Nano Banana Pro added a character; 2.5 kept the ink work. A 1K image costs less than Pro here.

“ChatGPT Images 2.5: My pick overall here.”

See Nano Banana Pro
FAQ

GPT Image 2.5 FAQ

The questions people ask most in GPT Image 2.5 threads.

You can start free: log in and Kavel adds free credits with no card, which run Kavel's own image engine and Nano Banana 2 Lite. GPT Image 2.5 runs on any paid plan or credit pack, cost shown before you generate.

Pick either by name in the model picker. Flare is the fast default for everyday images; Sunburst spends longer on each image to get precise edits and detailed work right.

No. Both cost 25 credits at 1K, 40 at 2K and 60 at 4K, edits included. Failed runs are refunded automatically.

No. There is no plan cap to wait out: pick the model, type or upload, generate in the browser and download the image.

Upload the image and write two lines: "Change only: the jacket colour." then "Keep exactly: identity, pose, framing, lighting, layout." Repeat the keep line every round of edits.

Make one reference sheet on a plain white background, attach it to every scene, and repeat the defining details: same face, same outfit.

Yes. Generate a numbered 4x4 pose sheet of one character, then attach that sheet as the reference in MiniMax H3 or Seedance 2.5, both on the same credit balance here.

4K. Choose 1K, 2K or 4K before you generate, in square, wide, vertical, 4:3 or 3:4.

Make your first GPT Image 2.5 image

Stop leaving the picture in your head. Make it on Flare, perfect it on Sunburst, from 25 credits at 1K, and if a run errors on our side the credits go straight back.