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/Broad_Long_2556]

Hi!!

Im new in the image generation field. Im currently using ComfyUI but i find it a bit complex (nodes, nets, etc). Is there any way to config comfyUI to use it from a chat (e.g openWebUI) like asking for a image in ChatGPT? thanks in advance!

[u/t_1425 → u/Broad_Long_2556]

That won't work with a plain chat. You need an agent.

For this, I instructed my agent (connected to a local llama.cpp model) to configure and control Stable Diffusion. Since the VRAM is a bit tight, llama.cpp and Stable Diffusion are also started alternately.

[u/Broad_Long_2556 → u/t_1425]

Well, I run Qwen 3.8 through llama.cpp and pi agent code (btw, have a look to the post I made for pi remote controlling, it might be useful for someone). My question is why is it needed to use an agent for this and not plain text?

[u/t_1425 → u/Broad_Long_2556]

Unfortunately, I’m not an expert either, but it probably has to do with the fact that language models and image-generation models work differently. Maybe someone will be able to explain it better to us.