OpenAI image model
GPT Image 2 AI Image Generator
The everyday all-rounder: product ideas, social frames and slide visuals.
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At a glance
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Best for
- Mixed everyday work: product ideas, social frames, illustration, and presentation art.
- Sizes
- 1K to 4K
- Reference images
- Up to 15
- Price
- 3 Credits at default settings
Character
GPT Image 2 is the generalist in the family: product ideas, social frames, illustration, and presentation art, with resolution-aware aspect choices.
GPT Image 2 covers the wide middle of commercial image-making. It holds a prompt’s structure, renders a believable object, and can move from a photographed look to a drawn one without a change of tool. Output is 1K, 2K, or 4K.
Image to Image is available for reference-led changes. The model is a practical daily driver when the job is mixed: one day a slide illustration, the next a product concept, the next a social image.
Style
How GPT Image 2 tends to see a picture.
Even instruction following
Subjects, counts, and simple spatial notes stay attached to the brief. It is a steady model for repeated commercial tasks.
Neutral finish
The default look is clean and presentable. Push it toward illustration or photography with an explicit style line.
Usable objects
Products and props keep a readable silhouette. Good for concepts that have to stay recognizable.
Quiet backgrounds
Scenes support the subject. Ask for a specific place when the setting should do more of the work.
In practice
The work this model is built to carry.
Marketing concepts
Early campaign frames before a more specialized pass.
Social visuals
Everyday posts with a controlled crop and subject.
Illustration ideas
Drawn and graphic treatments for decks, articles, and explainers.
Presentation artwork
Clear pictures that can sit beside a title without competing with it.
Briefing
Lead with the format and the subject. 'Square social image, ceramic vase, morning window light, pale plaster wall' is a complete brief. Add style only after the scene is clear.
For edits, point at the part that should move. Changing the background, the color of one material, or the crop is clearer than asking for a whole new mood.
Name the finish
Photographic, flat illustration, and editorial images are different requests. Put that choice in the first sentence.
Resolution follows the use
Stay at 1K while the idea is moving. Step up when the frame is the one you intend to keep.
References for identity
A product photo or a layout sketch gives Image to Image a concrete thing to preserve.
How GPT Image 2 compares
Not sure it is the right pick? Here is when another model is the better start.
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
Choose GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst when an image has to behave like a designed object: a poster, a pack shot, or type set in the frame.
- Nano Banana 2
Choose Nano Banana 2 when you want expressive color and imaginative, story-led scenes.
- Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Choose Grok Imagine Image 2.0 when you want a small surface: a prompt, an aspect ratio, and optional references.
GPT Image 2 FAQ
GPT Image 2 is the generalist in the GPT Image family. It covers the wide middle of commercial image-making: product ideas, social frames, illustration, and presentation art.
1K, 2K, or 4K, with resolution-aware aspect choices. Image to Image is available for reference-led changes.
GPT Image 2 is the broad everyday model with a clean, neutral finish. Sunburst is the one to open when an image has to behave like a designed object, with layout and type held in place.
Lead with the format and the subject. “Square social image, ceramic vase, morning window light, pale plaster wall” is a complete brief. Add style only after the scene is clear, and name the finish (photographic, flat illustration, or editorial) in the first sentence.
The price depends on the resolution, the number of outputs, and whether you use a reference image. At default settings, GPT Image 2 costs 3 Credits. Create always shows the exact price before you start.
Yes. Images generated while a paid kitchen is in force include commercial use, including through the end of a period you already paid for. That permission stays with those images after the kitchen ends, subject to our Terms. Images generated with starter Credits, or while no paid kitchen is in force, are for personal, non-commercial use. See Pricing.
More in the GPT Image family
Same family, different jobs. Pick by the work in front of you.
- GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
The default pick for posters, pack shots and type that stays in place.
- GPT Image 2.5 Flare
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Cook with GPT Image 2
Create opens on this model. Write the prompt, set the frame, and keep the image on your private shelf.
Create with this modelGPT Image 2 is a model made by OpenAI. Model names and logos belong to their owners, and image.cooking is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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