Understanding Qwen-Image-Edit
We are thrilled to introduce Qwen-Image-Edit, a revolutionary step forward in AI-powered image editing. Building on the powerful foundation of our 20B Qwen-Image model, Qwen-Image-Edit extends its unique text rendering capabilities to the realm of image manipulation, enabling you to edit images with unprecedented precision and creativity.
But that's not all. Qwen-Image-Edit combines the best of both worlds by feeding the input image into Qwen2.5-VL for visual semantic understanding and the VAE Encoder for visual appearance control. This dual-approach unlocks a new dimension of editing possibilities, from subtle tweaks to complete transformations.
Ready to see it in action? Visit Qwen Image Generator and select the "Image Editing" feature to experience the future of image editing today.
Key Features at a Glance
Qwen-Image-Edit is packed with features designed to empower your creativity:
- Semantic and Appearance Editing: Whether you need to make low-level adjustments like adding or removing elements while keeping the rest of the image untouched, or high-level semantic changes like creating original IP, rotating objects, or transferring styles, Qwen-Image-Edit has you covered.
- Precise Text Editing: Say goodbye to clunky text tools. With Qwen-Image-Edit, you can directly add, delete, and modify text in both Chinese and English, all while preserving the original font, size, and style.
- SOTA Performance: Qwen-Image-Edit has been rigorously tested on multiple public benchmarks and has consistently achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in image editing tasks, making it a powerful and reliable tool for any creative project.
Showcase: Where Imagination Meets Reality
Let's dive into what makes Qwen-Image-Edit so special. Here are just a few examples of its powerful capabilities.
Semantic Editing: The Art of Transformation
Semantic editing is all about modifying the content of an image while preserving its original meaning and style. To showcase this, let's take our beloved mascot, the Capybara, on a creative journey.
As you can see, even though the edited images are vastly different from the original, the character of the Capybara remains perfectly consistent. This powerful semantic editing capability makes it easy to create diverse and original IP content.
We even created a set of MBTI-themed emoji packs based on our Capybara mascot, showcasing the endless possibilities for creative expression.
Novel View Synthesis: A New Perspective
Qwen-Image-Edit can also generate novel views of objects, allowing you to see them from different angles. It can rotate objects by 90 degrees, or even a full 180 degrees, revealing the back side of the object.
Style Transfer: Unleash Your Inner Artist
With Qwen-Image-Edit, you can easily transform any portrait into a variety of artistic styles, such as the iconic Studio Ghibli look. This is perfect for creating custom avatars or just having fun with your photos.
Appearance Editing: The Power of Precision
Appearance editing is all about making precise changes to specific parts of an image while leaving the rest untouched. Qwen-Image-Edit excels at this, allowing you to add, remove, or modify elements with incredible detail.
For example, you can add a signboard to a scene, and Qwen-Image-Edit will even generate a corresponding reflection.
You can also remove fine details like hair strands or change the color of a single letter.
From changing backgrounds to swapping outfits, the possibilities are endless.
Text Editing: A Writer's Dream
Thanks to its deep understanding of text rendering, Qwen-Image-Edit makes editing text in images a breeze. Whether you're working with English or Chinese, you can make precise changes to headlines, posters, and even small, intricate text elements.
Chained Editing: The Path to Perfection
Sometimes, getting the perfect result takes a few tries. With Qwen-Image-Edit, you can use a chained editing approach to progressively correct errors and refine your images until they're exactly what you want.
Here's an example of how we used chained editing to correct a calligraphy artwork generated by Qwen-Image:
By drawing bounding boxes and providing specific instructions, we were able to correct the characters step-by-step until we achieved the final, perfect version.
Isn't it amazing? With this chained, step-by-step editing approach, we can continuously correct character errors until the desired final result is achieved.
Conclusion
Qwen-Image-Edit is more than just an image editor. It's a powerful tool for creativity, a new way to express yourself, and a glimpse into the future of AI-powered content creation. We hope that Qwen-Image-Edit will inspire you to create amazing things and help to lower the barriers to visual content creation for everyone.
We can't wait to see what you create!
Written by
Qwen Image Team
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Mon Aug 25 2025