Qwen-Image
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“most are done with Qwen Image 2.1”
“once I started using ComfyUI with FIBO2 and Qwen Image 2.1 to restore my photographs, I was hook!”
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“With FIBO2 and Qwen Image 2.1, I can transform my raw shots so they look as though they were captured with a high-end digital camera.”
“Qwen-Image 2.1 is definitely a pretty big leap over the last open-weight version”
Caveats and dissent
“the original Qwen-Image was actually Apache 2 before they switched over”
“You shall not use the Materials for any commercial purpose without obtaining a separate commercial license from us.”
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“it looks like this model is using a much more restrictive license”
“even the state-of-the-art local models are probably only about thirty percent as good”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Qwen Image 2.1 7 mentions
- Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism 4 mentions
- Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot signs of AI 3 mentions
- FLUX 3 Image Klein 1 mention
- Qwen Image 2.1 beats Google Nano Banana 2.0 with minuscule 7B parameter model 1 mention
- Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open weight AI 1 mention
Also written as Qwen-Image, Qwen-Image-2512, Qwen-Image-2.0, Qwen-Image 2.1. Data: qwen-image.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
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“most are done with Qwen Image 2.1”
“once I started using ComfyUI with FIBO2 and Qwen Image 2.1 to restore my photographs, I was hook!”
“With FIBO2 and Qwen Image 2.1, I can transform my raw shots so they look as though they were captured with a high-end digital camera.”
“the original Qwen-Image was actually Apache 2 before they switched over”
“the quality is frustratingly inconsistent”
“Qwen-Image 2.1 is definitely a pretty big leap over the last open-weight version”
“very easy”
“this one explicitly forbids commercial usage without obtaining a separate license”
“The text rendering definitely is much, much better than anything else on the open weights market right now.”
“You shall not use the Materials for any commercial purpose without obtaining a separate commercial license from us.”
“it looks like this model is using a much more restrictive license”
“Boy do I love waking up to find a new awesome toy from the Qwen team”
“Qwen-Image-2512/Qwen-Edit-2511. They are both decent”
“even the state-of-the-art local models are probably only about thirty percent as good”
“so, not very reliable in my books.”
“The original Qwen-Image scored the highest among local models for image editing”
“I'll probably be waiting until the local version drops”
I had no problems getting images with blurry background with the appropriate prompts. Something like "shallow depth of fields, bokeh, DSLR" can lead to good results. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1180506623475720222/1456789321091649769/image.png?ex=698bbd47&is=698a6bc7&hm=d949f70e4ac8b0173f8addc6947a1bade5482b54e592712da1c1950166f30f42& [0] But I found that that results in more professional looking images, a
“local (Qwen-Image, Flux) vs proprietary (NB Pro, Seedream)”
“Qwen-Image is just plain not as good”
“If you want to test Alibaba's new Qwen-Image-2512 model”
“Qwen released their updated Image model”
“Qwen's latest Qwen-Image-2512 is currently the strongest open source model.”
“which has significantly better prompt understanding but has an unnatural "smoothness"”
“Qwen won the latest models round last month”