xAI image model
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 AI Image Generator
A plain sentence in, a clear image out. Built for quick concepts and posts.
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At a glance
- Provider
- xAI
- Best for
- Concept images, social frames, and poster ideas from a short brief.
- Reference images
- Up to 5
- Price
- 5 Credits at default settings
Character
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 keeps the surface small: a prompt, an aspect ratio, and optional reference images.
Grok Imagine is for cooks who already know the sentence. There is little apparatus between the idea and the image. Describe the subject, choose the frame, and, when identity or layout matters, add a reference. The model is for everyday image making: concepts, posts, posters, and quick edits.
That small surface is the character. It suits a plainspoken brief and a result you can judge immediately, then cook again.
Style
How Grok Imagine Image 2.0 tends to see a picture.
Plainspoken scenes
Clear subjects and ordinary visual language. A good prompt reads like a caption you could say aloud.
Immediate readability
The idea should be obvious at a glance. Posters and social frames benefit.
Flexible finish
Photo, illustration, and graphic treatments are available if you name them.
Reference when needed
References are optional. Use them to pin identity, and let the prompt handle the rest.
In practice
The work this model is built to carry.
Concept images
A fast, readable picture of an idea.
Social content
Frames built around one clear subject.
Poster ideas
Bold compositions from a short brief.
Reference edits
A source image adjusted by a direct instruction.
Briefing
Say what is in the frame and how it should feel, in one or two sentences. Grok does not need a manual. It does need the subject to be unmistakable.
Add a reference when the picture must resemble a specific person, object, or layout. Leave it off when you want the sentence alone to decide.
One subject
The small surface favors a single idea. Split a crowded brief into two cooks.
Aspect first
Choose the frame before polishing the sentence. The crop is one of the few explicit controls.
References are optional
A prompt alone is a complete request. Add an image only when resemblance matters.
How Grok Imagine Image 2.0 compares
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Grok Imagine Image 2.0 FAQ
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is xAI’s image model, kept deliberately simple on image.cooking: a prompt, an aspect ratio, and optional reference images. It is for everyday image making: concepts, posts, posters, and quick edits.
No. A prompt alone is a complete request. Add an image only when the picture must resemble a specific person, object, or layout.
Say what is in the frame and how it should feel, in one or two sentences, and make the subject unmistakable. A good prompt reads like a caption you could say aloud.
The aspect ratio. The crop is one of the few explicit controls, so choose the frame before polishing the sentence.
The price depends on the resolution, the number of outputs, and whether you use a reference image. At default settings, Grok Imagine Image 2.0 costs 5 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.
Cook with Grok Imagine Image 2.0
Create opens on this model. Write the prompt, set the frame, and keep the image on your private shelf.
Create with this modelGrok Imagine Image 2.0 is a model made by xAI. Model names and logos belong to their owners, and image.cooking is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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