OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.6 with GIF creation and reusable references

# Images, upgraded—introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6 Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6 plus GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst coming to the API with 50% faster image generation. Now with GIFs and reference images. Click the image to play. OpenAI-2118124944928432327-hq OpenAI-2118124944928432327-hq With ChatGPT Images 2.6, turn a prompt or image into an animated GIF. Adjust the speed, edit individual frames, and share it on repeat. Keep reference images of yourself, pets, and characters ready to reuse in new creations—no need to upload them again. HWUXbLzbAAA3aBh HWUXbLzbAAA3aBh1200×675 81.9 KB HWUXbLzbAAA3aBh [...] HWUXbLzbAAA3aBh1200×675 81.9 KB HWUXbLzbAAA3aBh Flare generates images in as little as six seconds. Sunburst brings higher-quality generation and greater consistency across edits. Image markup and SVG exports give you more ways to refine and use what you create. HWUXbeBaoAATUZn HWUXbeBaoAATUZn680×383 34.7 KB HWUXbeBaoAATUZn Read the full release announcement here

We’re releasing two new image models in the API: GPT‑Image‑2.5 Flare brings the same improvements in quality, editing, and speed to the API and is the default choice for most applications, delivering higher-quality images than GPT‑Image‑2 at 50% lower latency. It’s well suited to everything from creator and social content to product experiences, visual search, rapid image prototyping, and high-volume generation. GPT‑Image‑2.5 Sunburst is built for premium visual workflows that benefit from tighter control across edits. Use it for creative and editing workflows like production-ready campaign creative or polished product imagery. Here’s what early customers have to say about the new models: 1 of 4 [...] Now when you share an image, you can also choose to include the prompt that got you there. Someone else can then run with the same idea, bringing in their own images and details to make a version that feels like their own. For example, try out this prompt⁠(opens in a new window) that

## Faster iteration and more professional visuals Images 2.6 generates images 50% faster than before. In the API, we offer GPT‑Image‑2.6 Flare and Sunburst for developers to choose from. When quality is set to low, Flare can generate images in as little as six seconds. For work that calls for greater detail and precision, GPT‑Image‑2.6 Sunburst brings higher-quality image generation and even greater image consistency across edits when quality is set to medium or high. Flare also improves layout quality for posters, product imagery, and other professional visuals. Side-by-side image-generation latency comparison using a luxury travel advertisement, with generation timers shown at eight-times playback speed. Image 2: Luxury travel — updated comparison poster [...] W e’re introducing Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, bringing your ideas to life faster. With this, you can bring motion to your images with GIFs — from animating a brand mascot or character to turning a product sho

## Two models for different image jobs For developers using the API—the interface through which software calls OpenAI’s models—the release offers GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and GPT-Image-2.6 Sunburst. OpenAI positions Flare around speed and Sunburst around greater detail and consistency across edits. Both are available through the API as part of the same release. OpenAI says Images 2.6 generates images 50% faster than before. At the low quality setting, it says Flare can produce an image in as little as six seconds. Flare also improves layout quality for posters and product imagery, according to the company; its pitch is not limited to shorter waits. [...] ChatGPT can now turn a photo or text prompt into an editable GIF, and let users change the animation one frame at a time. OpenAI’s Images 2.6 release, announced November fourth, twenty twenty-six, builds the GIF like a flipbook: it generates related still images, then strings them together. In ChatGPT, users can inspect the frames, adjust

Developers are getting two models in the API. GPT-Image-2.5 Flare is the default for most applications, with OpenAI claiming higher image quality than GPT-Image-2 at 50% lower latency. It targets social content, visual search, rapid prototyping, and high-volume generation. GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst is aimed at premium workflows that need tighter control across edits, including campaign creative and polished product imagery. Both models are available now.

Views 179 @OpenAI OpenAI@OpenAI 29m GIFS! With ChatGPT Images 2.6, turn a prompt or image into an animated GIF. Adjust the speed, edit individual frames, and share it on repeat. 00:00 15 @OpenAI OpenAI@OpenAI 29m Save once. Create again and again. Keep reference images of yourself, pets, and characters ready to reuse in new creations—no need to upload them again. 4 @OpenAI OpenAI@OpenAI 29m Two new image models for developers: GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst. Flare generates images in as little as six seconds. Sunburst brings higher-quality generation and greater consistency across edits. Image markup and SVG exports give you more ways to refine and use what you 2 @OpenAI OpenAI@OpenAI 29m [...] 2 @OpenAI OpenAI@OpenAI 29m Images 2.6 is available today in ChatGPT, and Codex across all tiers on web, desktop, and mobile. GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst are also available in the API. Images 2.6 artwork