OpenAI image model
GPT Image 2.5 Flare AI Image Generator
Bold, high-contrast graphics for launch art and illustrated posters.
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At a glance
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Best for
- Launch graphics, illustrated posters, and high-contrast product graphics.
- Sizes
- 1K to 4K
- Reference images
- Up to 16
- Price
- 3 Credits at default settings
Character
Flare shares Sunburst’s controls and adds a second temperament: higher contrast, simpler shapes, and a more poster-like finish when the first pass feels too soft.
GPT Image 2.5 Flare uses the same Create surface as Sunburst. Prompt, aspect, resolution from 1K to 4K, and Image to Image are all here. The difference is the picture’s temperature.
Flare pushes toward graphic clarity. Blocks of color, harder light, and a louder silhouette suit covers, launch graphics, and illustration that has to obey a layout. It remains an instruction-following model: the brief is the picture.
Style
How GPT Image 2.5 Flare tends to see a picture.
Graphic punch
Shapes read quickly. Backgrounds simplify, and the subject carries more of the contrast.
Harder light
Edges and shadows can be decisive. Useful for covers and key art that need to survive a small crop.
Color as structure
Limited palettes stay coherent. Name two or three colors when the picture should feel designed.
Type-friendly layouts
Short titles and labels can sit in the frame. Keep the line short and state its position.
In practice
The work this model is built to carry.
Launch graphics
Key art with a strong silhouette and little wasted background.
Illustrated posters
Stylized scenes that leave room for a title.
Product graphics
Simple shapes and a strong silhouette around a product, on a ground you name.
Alternate passes
A second reading of a brief that already works in Sunburst.
Briefing
Be explicit about contrast and shape. Words like flat color, hard shadow, duotone, or a single accent color give Flare something to organize around.
If a Sunburst frame is already close, reuse that prompt here and change one visual instruction: the light, the palette, or the amount of detail in the background.
Same controls, different finish
Aspect, resolution, and references match the other GPT Image 2.5 model. Choose Flare for the look, not for a different toolset.
Reduce the scenery
Flare is strongest when the prompt names one subject and one graphic idea. Extra locations tend to soften the punch.
Check small type
Large titles are the reliable case. Tiny captions and long paragraphs need a look before they ship.
How GPT Image 2.5 Flare 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 for the default reading: a polished, designed frame with layout and type held in place.
- GPT Image 2
Choose GPT Image 2 for mixed everyday work: product ideas, social frames, illustration, and presentation art.
- Flux.2 Pro
Choose Flux.2 Pro when an object needs convincing volume and readable materials rather than flat graphic shapes.
GPT Image 2.5 Flare FAQ
GPT Image 2.5 Flare is a second GPT Image 2.5 path for graphic images. It shares Sunburst’s controls and adds a different temperament: higher contrast, simpler shapes, and a more poster-like finish.
The controls match: prompt, aspect ratio, 1K to 4K, and Image to Image. The difference is the look. Flare pushes toward graphic clarity with blocks of color and harder light, so choose it for the look, not for a different toolset. If a Sunburst frame is already close, reuse the prompt here and change one visual instruction.
Large titles are the reliable case. Tiny captions and long paragraphs need a look before they ship, so keep the line short and state its position.
The price depends on the resolution, the number of outputs, and whether you use a reference image. At default settings, GPT Image 2.5 Flare 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
The everyday all-rounder: product ideas, social frames and slide visuals.
Cook with GPT Image 2.5 Flare
Create opens on this model. Write the prompt, set the frame, and keep the image on your private shelf.
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