Z-Image from Alibaba's Tongyi team is a compact 6B text-to-image model that returns a photoreal frame in roughly a second. Prompts run up to 1,000 characters, in five aspect ratios, delivered as lossless PNG.
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These examples were written for this endpoint. Replace the prompt and sample media URLs with your own accessible inputs, then check the current quote and model availability before submitting.
Outputvanity-mirror-before-curtain - 3:4
- png
Outputskater-mid-air Fast enough to treat as a scratchpad, which is what the subject is chosen for: a mid-air moment is a timing problem, and timing is found by re-running a short brief many times rather than by writing a longer one. The wording here stays well inside the 1,000-character `prompt` limit. `output_format` is `png`, the only option, so a keeper out of a long run goes straight on without a re-export; `aspect_ratio` is `3:4` to hold the whole body at the top of the arc.
- 3:4
- png
Outputgym-mirror-selfie A square take on the request behind the still on this page: a snapshot brief that names the light source, the blur and the framing rather than asking for quality.
- 1:1
- png
Outputmotel-pool-lounger The request behind the second frame on this page, square this time: faded stock, halation and thick grain asked for by name, which is how you keep this model out of the glossy register.
- 1:1
- png
Outputnorth-window-portrait The two frames above it ask for snapshot artefacts — motion blur, halation, thick grain. This one asks for the opposite: 85mm at f/1.8 by a north window, twin catchlights, every pore and stray hair resolved, no colour cast, no retouching. Same tier, and skin at this honesty is the harder half.
- 3:4
Outputdetective-under-the-el - 16:9
- png
Outputumbrella-over-a-stranger - 4:3
- png
Outputlantern-keeper-sleeping-dragon - 16:9
- png
Outputmonolith-highway - 16:9
- png
Outputglacier-cave-vaults - 3:4
- png
Outputaurora-cabin-frozen-lake - 16:9
- png
Outputmidnight-ramen-counter - 4:3
- png
Outputfox-in-first-snow - 4:3
- png
Outputsubway-freeze - 3:4
- png
Outputwatch-in-ice - 3:4
- png
Outputandroid-noodle-counter - 3:4
- png
This example starts at $0.01 per image. The Playground updates the estimate when you change the settings.
