Image Generation Models
Image generation and editing, covering prompts, dimensions, counts, response formats, and safety requirements.
Image models generate pictures from text. Some also support reference images, local editing, outpainting, and style control.
Generation request
POST /v1/images/generations
{
"model": "<image-model-id>",
"prompt": "A minimalist technology illustration of an API gateway, indigo and cyan on a white background",
"size": "1024x1024",
"n": 1,
"response_format": "url"
}Use POST /v1/images/edits when passing reference images or doing local edits; the body accepts multipart/form-data or application/json.
Capability categories
| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Text-to-image | Generate an image from a prompt alone. |
| Image-to-image | Generate a new image from a reference image. |
| Image editing | Local repainting, element replacement, style transfer. |
| High resolution | Output at 2K or 4K, billed by resolution tier. |
Model selection criteria
Entries whose capabilities include image in the model catalog are available image models. Judge by these dimensions:
| Dimension | What to confirm |
|---|---|
| Supported operations | Text-to-image only, or image-to-image and local editing too. |
| Output specifications | Supported size tiers, aspect ratios, and maximum resolution. |
| Reference images | Single image, multiple images, or layer separation. |
| Response form | URL, Base64, or an asynchronous task ID. |
| Billing | Per image, per resolution tier, or per step. |
Model identifiers come from the model catalog; this page does not list a fixed set.
Query the current catalog
curl "${BASE_URL}/v1/public/models" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${APIQIK_API_KEY}"Entries whose capabilities include image are available image models. Size tiers, per-image prices, and reference-image support come from the console model details.
Prompt components
- Subject: The main person, object, or scene.
- Action and composition: What the subject does; close-up, overhead view, negative space, or symmetry.
- Style and medium: Photography, 3D, flat illustration, watercolor, or product rendering.
- Lighting and color: Time of day, light sources, contrast, and brand colors.
- Usage constraints: Banner ratio, room for text, transparency, or safe areas.
Usage constraints
| Area | Details to confirm |
|---|---|
| Image specifications | Formats, dimensions, aspect ratios, file size, and count. |
| Response | URL, Base64, or task ID, including result expiry. |
| Reproducibility | Seed support and whether identical inputs guarantee identical results. |
| Billing | Actual units such as images, resolution, or steps. |
| Content policy | Prohibited content, likeness rights, copyright, and watermarks. |