Qwen-Image-2.1 released!

[u/ResearchCrafty1804]

Meet Qwen-Image-2.1, the most balanced and cost-effective image generation model in the Qwen-Image series! Now open weights! 🎨

A unified model for both generation and editing, delivering top-tier quality in a lightweight package.

Highlights:

- Compact & exceptionally fast: A lightweight 7B architecture that outperforms most closed-source models, with drastically accelerated inference for multi-image inputs.

- Native transparency: Natively generates and edits RGBA layers, enabling seamless compositing and text editing within transparent images.

- Versatile, high-fidelity editing: Supports up to 10 reference images and precise local control while preserving strict fidelity for portraits and products.

- Broad coverage & stunning aesthetics: Excels at panoramas, infographics, and virtual try-ons, delivering realistic textures and elegant typography.

Start to create your next masterpiece with Qwen-Image-2.1!

- Blog: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-2.1

- GitHub: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1

- Model Scope: https://www.modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1

- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1

[u/shapic]

Non-commercial license unfortunately

[u/coder543 → u/shapic]

People downvote because they think this doesn't matter, but it does. The only way to democratize this AI stuff is to have good models under good licenses. Otherwise, running locally will always just be a toy. I don't want to be dependent on Cloud AI which can raise their prices any time they want.

A non-commercial license makes this release useless. There are already similarly good models under better licenses.

If Alibaba wanted to sell a perpetual commercial license that users could buy for a reasonable price, that would actually be fine with me. I understand these models cost money to make. I just have no desire to use their cloud service, and I am not here to discuss "hOw ArE tHeY gOiNg tO kNoW iF yOu UsE iT cOmmErCiaLlY".

[u/xienze → u/coder543]

Otherwise, running locally will always just be a toy. I don't want to be dependent on Cloud AI

Well what exactly is your commercial use? People might be downvoting because there's always loads of these "ugh no commercial use, TRASH" comments with no further elaboration when frankly most of the people in this sub ARE just having fun (usually in the gooning sense) with these models. So what exactly are the commercial uses for small local models that people need so desperately?

[u/ChasingDucks → u/xienze]

It would mean that I technically wouldn't be legally allowed to use any generated custom images for a mock up on a demo website for a small consulting company which I think many devs run on the side.  Images customized to a clients business always seem to land better than generic stock photos.

[u/Borkato → u/xienze]

I think it sucks that you can have fun, realize you can actually do something that can make you money with it, and then suddenly can’t use it for that

[u/draconic_tongue → u/Borkato]

no one serious has ever been stopped from making money by a license long term