OpenAI GPT Image 2.5 on Pixel Dojo
GPT Image 2.5 AI Image Generator
GPT Image 2.5 spells the words you put in quotes, from magazine mastheads to engraved perfume glass, and edits a photo while keeping everything you ask it to keep.
GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI's image model in two variants at one price: Sunburst, built for reference edits and dense layouts, and Flare, built for speed. Use it for magazine covers, product shots, fashion editorials and epic concept art, up to a 3840x2160 file, for 2 credits per High quality image. We made every image on this page on Pixel Dojo, and each one comes with its exact prompt so you can start from it.
2 credits ($0.13) per image at 1024x1024. Included in every plan, from $10/month.
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By Brian Lovett · Updated
GPT Image 2.5 at a glance: variants, uses and credits
Sunburst and Flare share one price list, so you can choose by the look and the job. Here is what each setting is great for, the example on this page that shows it, and what it costs.
| Setting | Great for | Example on this page | Credits per image |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare, High | Epic concept art and trying many ideas quickly | The titan caravan at dawn | 2 |
| GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, High | Covers, fashion and product shots with exact text | TIDELINE cover, tangerine cape, NOCTURNE No. 7 | 2 |
| GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst edit, 1 reference | Color variants and new versions of a product photo | The emerald and silver perfume | 2.5 |
| GPT Image 2.5 at 3840x2160, High | 4K UHD files for print and big screens | Any prompt on this page | 4 |
| GPT Image 2, High | The previous OpenAI model, for comparison | The bakery side by side below | 5 |
What you can create with GPT Image 2.5: covers, campaigns and worlds
Five images we made on Pixel Dojo at High quality: epic concept art, a magazine cover with six lines of exact text, a fashion editorial, a luxury perfume shot and a color edit of that same bottle. Tap Use this prompt on any tile to start from it. The last tile is an edit, so attach the perfume shot or your own product photo with the Image button before you run it.
Flare at 2560x1440. A caravan on long legged mechanical camels passes beneath the stone ribcage of a fallen titan, with long dawn shadows, drifting dust and a crescent moon. Matte painting scale for game worlds, film pitches and book covers. Start from this prompt.
Epic cinematic concept art, extreme wide shot at dawn. A caravan of travelers in indigo robes rides a line of tall long legged mechanical camels across rust red dunes, passing beneath the colossal curved ribcage of a fallen stone titan half buried in the sand, each rib as tall as a cathedral. Low golden sun behind the ribs throws long blue shadows across the dunes and rim lights drifting dust, tiny figures for scale, a pale crescent moon in a peach sky. Painterly matte painting detail, atmospheric perspective, anamorphic widescreen composition.
Sunburst at 1024x1536. The TIDELINE masthead, three cover lines, ISSUE 38 and AUTUMN 2026, all spelled as written, over a true to life portrait with real skin texture. Swap in your own title and headlines.
A glossy print magazine cover in portrait format for an invented ocean quarterly. Masthead across the top in huge white condensed serif capitals: "TIDELINE". A weathered fisherwoman in her sixties with silver braids and a mustard yellow oilskin jacket looks straight into the lens on a storm grey harbor wall, sea spray backlit behind her, soft overcast light on real skin texture and wind reddened cheeks. Cover lines in clean white sans serif down the left side: "The Last Oyster Farms of the North Coast", "Reading Storms Like a Skipper", "12 Harbors Worth the Detour". A small red corner flag reads "ISSUE 38". A barcode sits in the lower right above the line "AUTUMN 2026". Magazine print finish, every word spelled exactly as written.
Sunburst at 1024x1536. A tangerine silk cape streams sideways in the wind against a cobalt sky, shot from a low angle in hard sun with laundry lines snapping behind. A ready base for fashion and resort campaigns.
Fashion editorial photograph, low angle, 35mm lens, hard late afternoon sun against a deep cobalt sky. A woman in her thirties with a cropped platinum bob, gold hoop earrings and bold red lipstick stands on a whitewashed rooftop, a vast tangerine silk cape billowing sideways from her shoulders in a strong gust, one hand pinning a wide straw hat to her head. Lines of laundry in lemon yellow, white and cobalt snap in the wind behind her. Crisp hard shadows, saturated medium format film color, fine grain, natural skin texture.
Sunburst at 2560x1440. NOCTURNE No. 7 engraved exactly as written, droplets on faceted amber glass and a glowing caustic pool on wet basalt, with open space on the right for copy. Put your own product name in quotes.
Luxury studio product photograph, macro 100mm lens. A faceted amber glass perfume bottle with a heavy brushed brass cap stands on a slab of wet black basalt, fine water droplets beaded on the glass, one fallen white orchid petal at its base. A single hard spotlight from the upper left passes through the bottle and throws a glowing amber caustic pattern across the stone. The front of the glass is engraved in fine serif capitals: "NOCTURNE No. 7". Deep black background with a soft smoke haze, clean negative space on the right for copy, rich commercial color grade.
Sunburst edit of the amber perfume shot, 2.5 credits. Emerald glass, a polished silver cap and a green glow across the stone, while the petal, droplets, smoke and framing stay just as they were. Attach your own product photo to make color variants.
Change the bottle glass to a deep emerald green and the cap to polished silver, so the light passing through the glass throws a green caustic glow across the stone instead of amber. Keep the engraved text, the bottle shape, the wet basalt slab, the water droplets, the white orchid petal, the smoke, the lighting direction and the camera framing exactly the same.
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst vs Flare: one prompt, two looks
Sunburst and Flare cost the same 2 credits at High, so running a prompt on both is an easy way to get two different compositions. Here are the Flare cover, the Sunburst titan and the Flare perfume, each made from the same prompt as its partner in the showcase above. Tap Use this prompt to try it on either variant.
Flare cover: all six quoted strings spelled as written, with the cover lines stacked low on the left and a wave breaking behind the fisherwoman.
A glossy print magazine cover in portrait format for an invented ocean quarterly. Masthead across the top in huge white condensed serif capitals: "TIDELINE". A weathered fisherwoman in her sixties with silver braids and a mustard yellow oilskin jacket looks straight into the lens on a storm grey harbor wall, sea spray backlit behind her, soft overcast light on real skin texture and wind reddened cheeks. Cover lines in clean white sans serif down the left side: "The Last Oyster Farms of the North Coast", "Reading Storms Like a Skipper", "12 Harbors Worth the Detour". A small red corner flag reads "ISSUE 38". A barcode sits in the lower right above the line "AUTUMN 2026". Magazine print finish, every word spelled exactly as written.
Sunburst titan: the camels become true walking machines, travelers lead the caravan on foot, and a spired desert city rises on the horizon.
Epic cinematic concept art, extreme wide shot at dawn. A caravan of travelers in indigo robes rides a line of tall long legged mechanical camels across rust red dunes, passing beneath the colossal curved ribcage of a fallen stone titan half buried in the sand, each rib as tall as a cathedral. Low golden sun behind the ribs throws long blue shadows across the dunes and rim lights drifting dust, tiny figures for scale, a pale crescent moon in a peach sky. Painterly matte painting detail, atmospheric perspective, anamorphic widescreen composition.
Flare perfume: NOCTURNE No. 7 engraved as written, the bottle set left of center under a shaft of light, with amber glints across the stone.
Luxury studio product photograph, macro 100mm lens. A faceted amber glass perfume bottle with a heavy brushed brass cap stands on a slab of wet black basalt, fine water droplets beaded on the glass, one fallen white orchid petal at its base. A single hard spotlight from the upper left passes through the bottle and throws a glowing amber caustic pattern across the stone. The front of the glass is engraved in fine serif capitals: "NOCTURNE No. 7". Deep black background with a soft smoke haze, clean negative space on the right for copy, rich commercial color grade.
- Both variants spell exact text. Our magazine cover carried six quoted strings, and Sunburst and Flare both spelled every one. Both perfume bottles read NOCTURNE No. 7.
- Each variant brings its own composition. Flare framed the titan as a vast ribcage with the caravan in front, while Sunburst built a deeper world with a city on the horizon. Run your prompt on both and pick the look you like.
- OpenAI builds Sunburst as the premium variant for reference edits and dense layouts, and Flare as the fast one. Both cost the same, and Sunburst is the default in the tool.
- Edits change only what you name. Our emerald edit swapped the glass and the cap and kept the petal, droplets, smoke and framing. End an edit prompt with the list of things that must stay.
- Quote every exact string and name its role: masthead, cover line, engraving, chalkboard. We wrote every prompt on this page that way.
- Direct it like a photographer. Lead with the shot type and lens, then the subject, one action, the light and the texture, and GPT Image 2.5 follows the brief, from hard rooftop shadows to caustic light on wet stone.
GPT Image 2.5 vs GPT Image 2: one bakery prompt, side by side
We sent one documentary bakery prompt with a chalkboard sign to GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and to GPT Image 2, both at High quality and 2560x1440. Both spelled the chalkboard. GPT Image 2.5 delivered the full 2560x1440 frame for 2 credits, less than half the 5 credits of GPT Image 2, which makes it the natural pick for high volume work.
Same prompt: Photoreal documentary photograph, 35mm lens, soft morning window light. A baker in her fifties with flour dusted forearms and a rolled up denim shirt lifts a tray of glossy cardamom knot buns out of a wood fired oven in a small blue tiled bakery, steam curling off the buns, pearl sugar glinting. Behind her a hand lettered chalkboard reads "CARDAMOM KNOTS 3.50" above a second line "FRESH FROM 7 AM". Warm light on real skin texture, visible flour in the air, shallow depth of field, fine film grain.
GPT Image 2.5GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, 2 credits: the full 2560x1440 frame, both chalkboard lines in the order written, a live fire in the oven and a shop full of detail.
Photoreal documentary photograph, 35mm lens, soft morning window light. A baker in her fifties with flour dusted forearms and a rolled up denim shirt lifts a tray of glossy cardamom knot buns out of a wood fired oven in a small blue tiled bakery, steam curling off the buns, pearl sugar glinting. Behind her a hand lettered chalkboard reads "CARDAMOM KNOTS 3.50" above a second line "FRESH FROM 7 AM". Warm light on real skin texture, visible flour in the air, shallow depth of field, fine film grain.
GPT Image 2GPT Image 2, 5 credits: the same scene with flour dusted forearms and steam off the tray, delivered at 2048x1152.
Photoreal documentary photograph, 35mm lens, soft morning window light. A baker in her fifties with flour dusted forearms and a rolled up denim shirt lifts a tray of glossy cardamom knot buns out of a wood fired oven in a small blue tiled bakery, steam curling off the buns, pearl sugar glinting. Behind her a hand lettered chalkboard reads "CARDAMOM KNOTS 3.50" above a second line "FRESH FROM 7 AM". Warm light on real skin texture, visible flour in the air, shallow depth of field, fine film grain.
| GPT Image 2.5 | GPT Image 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Credits per image | 2 | 5 |
| Output size at the 2560x1440 setting | 2560x1440 | 2048x1152 |
| Chalkboard | Spelled right, both lines in the order written | Spelled right, in a three line layout |
| Scene details | Fire in the oven, stone ground flour sacks, bread shelves | Flour dusted forearms, steam rising off the tray |
GPT Image 2.5 settings: variant, quality, size and references
The tool has four controls next to the prompt box plus an Image button for references, and the API adds output format and a mask. Here is what each one gives you and what it costs.
- ModelSunburst, Flare
- Same price on both. Sunburst is the premium variant for reference edits and dense layouts, and Flare is the fast one. Both spelled all six strings on our magazine cover, so pick by the look you like, or run a prompt on each and compare.
- QualityLow, Medium, High
- Low is 0.5 credits, Medium 1 credit and High 2 credits per image. High gives the richest detail, and it is what we used for every image on this page.
- Image size1024x768, 1024x1024, 1024x1536, 1920x1088, 2560x1440, 3840x2160
- You get the exact size you pick: our 2560x1440 and 1024x1536 images are full size. Pick 3840x2160 for a 4K UHD file, 4 credits at High. 1024x1536 suits covers and portraits, and Full HD is 1920x1088.
- Reference imagesNone, or 1 to 8
- Attach one and the prompt becomes an edit instruction. It adds 0.5 credits per output image, so our emerald perfume edit at High cost 2.5 credits. End the prompt with the list of things that must not change.
- Number of images1 to 4 per request
- Ask for up to four at once to compare compositions side by side. Each image uses its own credits.
- Output format (API)PNG, JPEG, WebP
- The web tool saves PNG for full detail. Through the API you can also ask for JPEG or WebP, which is what we used to keep this page light.
How to use GPT Image 2.5 to make images like these
- 1
Write the prompt like a shot note
Lead with the artifact and the camera ("Fashion editorial photograph, low angle, 35mm lens"), then one specific subject, one action, the light and the texture. Every prompt on this page follows that order.
- 2
Quote every exact string
Put the words in double quotes and name their job: masthead, cover line, engraving, chalkboard. Our cover prompt carried six strings, and both variants spelled every one.
- 3
Pick a variant, quality and size
Choose Sunburst or Flare, set Quality to High and pick a size, such as 1024x1536 for a cover or 2560x1440 for a widescreen product shot. Either variant is 2 credits at High.
- 4
Make versions with a reference
Tap Image to attach a photo, state the one change, then list what stays: surface, props, light, framing. That is how we turned the amber perfume emerald and kept everything else in place.
- 5
Build it into your workflow
Every prompt here also runs through the Pixel Dojo API at POST /api/v1/models/gpt-image-2-5/run, with the same model, quality and image_size settings and the same credit prices.
GPT Image 2.5 pricing: 2 credits per High image
GPT Image 2.5 is included in every Pixel Dojo plan, and plans start at $10/month. Sunburst and Flare share one price list: 0.5 credits at Low, 1 credit at Medium and 2 credits at High, per image.
At 4K (3840x2160), Medium is 2 credits and High is 4 credits, and Low stays at 0.5 credits. Attaching reference images for an edit adds 0.5 credits per output image, so our emerald perfume edit was 2.5 credits. Ask for several images in one request and each one uses its own credits.
The cover, the fashion shot, the concept art and the perfume on this page were 2 credits each. On our shared bakery prompt GPT Image 2 was 5 credits, so GPT Image 2.5 gives you more images for less. Open any example with Use this prompt and make it yours.
GPT Image 2.5 questions
What is GPT Image 2.5?
GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI's image generation model, offered in two variants at one price: Sunburst for reference edits and dense layouts, and Flare for speed. On Pixel Dojo you can use it in the web tool, where you type a prompt and generate, or through the API with the model id gpt-image-2-5.
What is GPT Image 2.5 good at?
Images that carry exact words, like magazine covers, packaging and engraved products, plus polished photography and concept art. On this page it spelled a six line magazine cover, engraved NOCTURNE No. 7 on a perfume bottle, shot a wind blown fashion editorial and painted a desert caravan beneath a fallen titan.
What is the difference between Sunburst and Flare?
Both cost the same. OpenAI builds Sunburst as the premium variant, strongest at keeping a reference image and handling dense layouts, and Flare as the fast variant. Both spelled every string on our magazine cover, and each gives its own composition, so running a prompt on both is an easy way to get two looks.
Can GPT Image 2.5 edit my own images?
Yes. Attach up to 8 reference images on the tool page, or send image_urls through the API, and the prompt becomes an edit instruction. The API also takes a mask_url for inpainting. Our Sunburst edit turned an amber perfume bottle emerald with a silver cap and kept the petal, droplets, smoke and framing, for 2.5 credits.
What resolution does GPT Image 2.5 support?
Six sizes from 1024x768 up to 3840x2160 (4K UHD), including 1024x1536 portrait and 2560x1440 widescreen. You get the exact pixel size you pick, so a 2560x1440 image arrives at full 2560x1440.
How much does GPT Image 2.5 cost?
GPT Image 2.5 is included in every Pixel Dojo plan, from $10/month. An image costs 0.5 credits at Low, 1 credit at Medium and 2 credits at High on either variant. At 3840x2160, Medium is 2 credits and High is 4 credits, and reference images add 0.5 credits per output image.
Is GPT Image 2.5 better than GPT Image 2?
For most everyday work it is the better value. On our shared bakery prompt, GPT Image 2.5 delivered the full 2560x1440 frame for 2 credits, and GPT Image 2 delivered 2048x1152 for 5 credits. Both spelled the chalkboard sign, and you can compare the two images side by side above.
Make your first GPT Image 2.5 image
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