xAI created Grok Imagine Image, an AI image generation model. You can use it on ZapVid to create bold still images from text prompts or edit visuals using up to 5 reference photos. The model produces images in standard resolution across five aspect ratios: 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 2:3, and 3:2. It serves as a budget option for generating portraits, posters, marketing graphics, and composite photo edits in your browser.
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Grok Imagine Image at a glance
- Made by
- xAI
- Creates
- Text to image, image editing
- Quality
- Standard
- Shapes
- 1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 2:3, 3:2
- Reference photos
- Optional, up to 5
- Credits
- Standard: 1
- Tier
- Budget
What can you make with Grok Imagine Image?
Composite Photo Edits
You can edit images by uploading up to 5 reference photos. Grok Imagine Image combines your uploaded subjects and visual elements into a single cohesive scene based on your text instructions.
Text to Image Generation
You can generate bold original graphics without uploading source files. Grok Imagine Image works from text prompts to produce custom posters, conceptual art, and digital illustrations.
Multi Format Social Visuals
You can produce images framed for specific social feeds and displays. You choose from five aspect ratios including 1:1 square, 9:16 vertical, 16:9 widescreen, 2:3, or 3:2 portrait layouts.
Grok Imagine Image prompt examples
Pick one to fill the generator above, then change the details.
Ceramic Coffee Cup
A handmade ceramic coffee cup on a wooden cafe table, soft morning sunlight casting long shadows, steam rising, close-up macro photography with shallow depth of field.
Neon Bakery Sign
A vintage storefront at dusk with a warm glowing neon sign displaying Fresh Bread, rain reflections on asphalt, wide angle street photography with soft cinematic lighting.
Mountain Cabin Landscape
A timber cabin nestled in a pine forest beside a calm alpine lake, dramatic fog drifting across distant mountain peaks, golden hour light, wide landscape photograph.
Studio Portrait Lighting
A studio portrait of a woman wearing a dark wool coat, Rembrandt lighting from the side, neutral grey backdrop, shot on 85mm portrait lens with rich contrast.
How to get better results with Grok Imagine Image
- Provide up to 5 reference photos when you want to combine characters, backgrounds, or specific objects.
- Select your aspect ratio before generating so your composition fits your target medium, such as 9:16 for mobile screens or 16:9 for banners.
- Specify lighting, camera perspective, and color palette in your text prompt to guide the bold visual style of xAI's image generator.
More photo tips are on the AI Image Generator page.
How to use Grok Imagine Image
- 01
Describe the image
Write what you want to see: subject, place, light and style.
- 02
Add photos to edit, or skip it
Upload up to 8 images to edit them or combine them, for example "put this person in this room".
- 03
Pick a model and size
Budget models for quick drafts, Nano Banana Pro or GPT Image 2 for the final image. Choose the shape and resolution.
- 04
Generate and download
Most images are ready in about a minute (GPT Image 2 can take up to 10) in My videos. Download the PNG.
Grok Imagine Image vs other image models
| Model | Made by | Photos to edit | Best quality | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedream 5.5 | ByteDance | Up to 4 | 2K | - |
| Grok Imagine Image | xAI | Up to 5 | Standard | - |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | Up to 8 | 2K | - | |
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | Up to 8 | 4K | - |
| GPT Image 2.5 | OpenAI | Up to 8 | 4K | Flare, Sunburst |
| GPT Image 2.6 | OpenAI | Up to 8 | 4K | Flare, Sunburst |
| Nano Banana Pro | Up to 8 | 4K | - |
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