ChatGPT Images 2.5 AI Image Generator
Create, edit, and refine images with sharper details, faster generation, more precise editing, and better control over composition. ChatGPT Images 2.5 is designed for practical creative workflows, from product campaigns and posters to UI concepts and image edits.
Sunburst is built for high-fidelity image work, combining richer detail, natural lighting, and precise edits for polished results.
Create Images That Are Easier to Use
ChatGPT Images 2.5 brings more natural lighting, richer textures, stronger reference-photo preservation, and more reliable multi-turn editing. For API workflows, Flare prioritizes speed while Sunburst prioritizes demanding image quality.
What Makes ChatGPT Images 2.5 Different?
Use Image 2.5 when accuracy, layout, and iteration matter as much as visual quality.
Sharper Details and Natural Lighting
Create images with richer textures, more natural lighting, and stronger subject fidelity across reference-led workflows.
Complex Layouts and Transparent Backgrounds
Describe multi-element layouts, real-world information, visual hierarchy, and transparent assets with clearer constraints and more dependable structure.
More Precise Image Editing
Upload a reference and specify what should change. Preserve the subject, composition, or product details while editing only the areas that need a new background, style, or object.
Consistent Multi-Turn Refinement
Make several focused edits while keeping earlier changes and image quality more consistent across the conversation.
Prompt Examples for ChatGPT Images 2.5
Start with a clear goal, then describe the subject, composition, style, text, and constraints. For edits, state what should change and what must stay the same.
Preview target
16:9 science presentationUse case
Educational Presentation
Create a clear 16:9 educational presentation titled Our Dynamic Sun about how solar flares form. Use a dark space background with a glowing sun, warm orange highlights, concise explanatory copy, and a four-step visual sequence showing magnetic field twisting, sunspot activity, magnetic reconnection, and energy release. Keep the slide hierarchy clean and the scientific labels easy to read.
ChatGPT Images 2.5 vs Previous Image Models
Image 2.5 is designed to move image generation closer to a dependable creative workflow: write a structured prompt, inspect the result, and refine only what needs to change.
Area
ChatGPT Images 2.5
Previous image models
Text rendering
Sharper details, clearer layouts, and more reliable text handling
Text could be distorted, misspelled, or inconsistently placed
Image editing
More targeted edits with better preservation of unchanged areas
Edits could unintentionally change the subject or composition
Instruction following
Better handling of complex visual instructions and explicit constraints
Complex instructions were easier to miss
Layout control
More stable positions, hierarchy, transparency, and negative space
Object placement and visual structure could drift
Workflow use
Faster iteration, with up to 50% lower latency than Images 2.0 in the official comparison
Slower iteration and less consistent multi-turn refinement
How to Use ChatGPT Images 2.5 on LitVideo
Use a structured prompt and refine the result in a few focused steps.
Step 1
Choose a Creation Mode
Start with text-to-image, image-to-image, or an existing image that you want to edit.
Step 2
Write a Structured Prompt
Describe the goal, subject, composition, style, text, and constraints in direct language.
Step 3
Add References and Settings
Upload reference images when needed, then choose the aspect ratio, quality, and number of images.
Step 4
Generate and Refine
Review the result and make small, targeted prompt changes to improve the final image.