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Relight Review: Describe the Light, Keep the Photo

Pick Relight to change the time of day or give a flat photo a direction and mood; clear existing hard shadows first for the cleanest result.

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Spicy Index

Not indexed

Freedom Score

Not enough evidence yetRange if the rest pass: 24.0–100.0

Content levels

Tested 2 of 6 probe types · 2 runs

  • Mild · The lightest prompts in the test

  • Moderate · Where filtered models start to refuse

  • Strong · Mid-scale; must be tested before a model is ranked

  • Very strong · Where most models start to hold back

  • Maximum · The top of the scale, scored in two halves: class A and class B

Price
$0.03 per image
Median time
18 s
Success rate
Collecting data

Relight takes a photo and a sentence about the light you want, and returns the same photo lit that way. People, pose and scene stay; light direction, colour and shadows change. It runs the Relight LoRA by dx8152 on Qwen-Image-Edit-2509, so the instruction is yours: name the source, direction, colour and hardness.

What Relight made in our tests

Straight from our test runs. Copy a prompt or open it in the playground to try it yourself.

  • Image editing

    Relight the image with warm golden sunset light coming through a window on the left, hard light with window-frame shadows.

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  • Image editing

    Relight the image as blue hour just after sunset: cool blue sky light, the truck's headlights switched on and glowing warm.

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The verdict

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Key facts

  • Input: image_url (JPEG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB) and prompt; optional aspect_ratio, seed, output_format.
  • Output: one image per request.
  • Speed: our runs took 7 to 30 seconds, about 18 on average.
  • Price: flat per image; see the model page.

What we liked and what held it back

What we liked

  • Day to night works. A midday salt-flat photo became blue hour with the truck's headlights glowing, and a misty dawn shore became a golden sunset.
  • People and framing stay. In our runs faces, outfits, poses and framing held; light, colour grade and shadows moved.
  • The LoRA does something. With the same photo, prompt and seed, it gave harder, more directional light and window-pane patterns on the wall, where the base model made a softer change.
  • Plain-language control. "A single hard spotlight from directly above in a dark studio" is a valid request.

What held it back

  • It changes light, not content. Asking for a lamp or a window can add one; a window appeared for our sunset prompt, and where it goes is up to the model.
  • Hard shadows can survive. Existing harsh shadows can remain under the new light; run Shadow Remover first.
  • Subtle changes look alike. The base model can relight too, so very gentle requests may look similar either way.

What the results look like

The two published examples show the range: warm golden sunset through a window on the left, with window-frame shadows on a wall, and blue hour after sunset with the headlights switched on. Our extra runs also covered a golden rim light and a top-down spotlight; all four made the requested change and kept the scene.

Prompts that worked

1. Window light. From the published example.

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Relight the image with warm golden sunset light coming through a window on the left, hard light with window-frame shadows.

2. Blue hour. From the published example.

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Relight the image as blue hour just after sunset: cool blue sky light, the truck's headlights switched on and glowing warm.

Name the source, direction, colour and hardness; "make it moody" gives the model nothing to aim at.

How far the content goes

We tested Relight with AI-generated test images of a fictional adult at two content levels, the second being our toughest check for these tools. Both completed with no refusal and no replacement. It is a light-only tool, and in our runs it kept the image as it was.

Alternatives

  • Remove the light first? Shadow Remover flattens existing shadows, a clean base for Relight.
  • Different viewpoint rather than different light? Camera Angle Changer re-frames the shot.

How far Relight goes

Each level, on each task, based on confirmed results. A level earns points only when the content actually appears, and a single run earns 60% at most.

Freedom points by level and task
LevelImage editing
MildThe lightest prompts in the testNot tested yet
ModerateWhere filtered models start to refuse
1/1 delivered12.0 / 20 pts
StrongMid-scale; must be tested before a model is ranked
1/1 delivered12.0 / 20 pts
Very strongWhere most models start to hold backNot tested yet
MaximumThe top of the scale, scored in two halves: class A and class BNot tested yet
Task scoreRange if the rest pass: 24.0–100.0Tested Oct 17, 2026

Tested Oct 17, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026

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How Relight earns its Spicy Index

Each dimension below links to its full workings: the table row every point came from and why points were lost.

Public leaderboards 45% of quality
Not yet tested

No exact match on a tracked public leaderboard yet. How it works

Blind output test 35% of quality
Not yet tested

Not in our blind output test yet. How it works

Arena quality 20% of quality
Not yet tested

Counts once the model has 100+ blind votes and a 95% interval under 200 Elo. How it works

Capability 10.5% weight
Not yet tested

Not scored yet. How it works

Freedom Score 30% weight
Not yet tested

Freedom evidence is untested or insufficient. The Index retains the original quality and capability score, is marked preliminary and still receives a rank. Missing evidence is not zero. How it works

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What Relight can do on SpicyAPI

Straight from the live model specification on SpicyAPI. Some creators offer more in their own apps; this is what you can call through our API today.

Capabilities by endpoint
FeatureImage editing
Aspect ratios1:1 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 4:3 · 3:4 · 3:2 · 2:3 · 21:9 · 9:21
Output formatsjpeg · png · webp
Seed controlYes
Negative promptNo
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How long it really takes

Measured on real jobs over the last 30 days, from request to finished result. Times include our own test runs.

Median time
18 s
90th percentile
32 s
Success rate
Collecting data

A time appears once at least 10 completed jobs are in. Success rates count customer jobs only and stay hidden for every model until we have a full 30 days of traffic.

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