Qwen-Image-Edit: Edit Your Images with AI (No Photoshop Needed)

We constantly want our images to be perfect, which is why filters exist. However, there are times when you like an image that you cannot recreate, but have something you want to change about it. What do you do at that time? Well, it depends. If you have some image editing skills, you can edit and change the image, and if you do not have set skills, you have to accept the image as it is or use AI to edit the image.

Editing images using artificial intelligence (AI) is not a new concept, and you can certainly do that using ChatGPT. But the real issue is losing precision. AI-edited images cannot preserve style and are not as precise. Fortunately, every practical problem has a practical solution. And no, you don't need to learn photo editing to edit images; you just need a better AI tool.

What is Qwen-Image-Edit?

Qwen by Alibaba Cloud is a family of very powerful and capable AI large language and multimodal models. Recently, Qwen launched Qwen-Image-Edit, which is an advanced version of Alibaba's Qwen-Image model, specifically trained for the subtle task of editing existing images. Qwen-Image-Edit extends Qwen-Image's unique text rendering capabilities to precisely edit images in Chinese and English.

This image editing model routes your picture along two tracks at once: one path to Qwen2.5-VL (to understand what the image means and keep edits semantically faithful), and another to a VAE encoder (to control how the image looks—texture, lighting, fine details).

In simple words, it allows text editing, color adjustment, detail enhancement, style transfer, adding or removing objects, and changing positions and actions, making complex image and text editing possible.

Here are the top 3 standout features of Qwen-Image-Edit:

Precise Text Editing: 

One of the most challenging aspects of image editing has been the manipulation of text. Qwen-Image-Edit solves this head-on, allowing users to add, remove, or change words directly on an image. Crucially, it can do so while preserving the original font, size, and style, a feat that has been notoriously difficult for previous AI models. This capability extends to both English and Chinese.

Semantic and Appearance Editing: 

The model supports two distinct types of editing.

• Low-level appearance editing allows for the addition or removal of elements, such as placing a new object in a scene or erasing a distracting detail, without altering the rest of the image.
• High-level semantic editing involves more conceptual changes, like altering the style of a photograph to mimic a famous artist or rotating an object to face a different direction, all while maintaining a realistic and coherent look.

Strong Performance: 

In tests against other leading image editing models, Qwen-Image-Edit has shown state-of-the-art performance. This indicates that it is a powerful and effective tool that pushes the boundaries of what is possible with AI-powered image manipulation.

How to edit images using the Qwen-Image-Edit:

You can use this new image editing feature within the Qwen web application without needing to know how to run code.

For this article, I will show you 5 different examples of Qwen-Image-Edit in action. Before you start editing your images, make sure to click on and activate the Image Edit feature.

Once the Image Edit feature has been activated, you can upload the image you want to edit, enter a prompt, and hit submit.

• Text editing:

Remove the text on the phone screen and replace it with "The New Qwen-Image-Edit"

• Pose editing:

Change the person in the image to a standing pose, bending down to hold the front paws of the dog.

• Background Change:

Change the background in the image to an evil throne and give the little kitty a slightly oversized gold crown.

• Cartoon:

Generate a cool cartoon profile picture for me.

• Outfit Change:

Replace the blue t-shirt with a light yellow shirt.

Final Thoughts:

The Qwen-Image-Edit solves a major problem many people, including myself, face every day. At the same time, it can help graphic designers and busy creative teams localize design without re-designing, refresh products without reshoots, branch campaign concepts without sacrificing polish, and more. The best part is that it is absolutely free to use. Past AI image editing tools were good at "vibes" and weak overall; however, Qwen-Image-Edit pairs semantic control with appearance control, improving the bar and standard of AI image editing.

Try Now:

• Try it now: https://chat.qwen.ai/?inputFeature=image_edit
• Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit
• ModelScope: https://modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit
• Blog: https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen-image-edit/
• Github: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image
• API: https://alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/qwen-image-edit