# AI Image Editor

> Kenerate's AI image editor lets you change a photo by describing it — new outfit, new background, night to day, a different art style — while the rest stays the same. Use Seedream 5.0 Pro, GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2 or free-plan Flux 2 Dev, or open Edit Studio for 14 tools including brush-based Change Region, Remove BG and Upscale up to 8K. A free account gets 25 credits and downloads have no watermark.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/ai-image-editor
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 27 September 2026

## Key facts
- Edit Studio tools: 14
- Remove BG: One click in Edit Studio
- Upscale: Up to 8K
- Free start: 25 credits

## Steps
1. Upload your image — Open the generator or Edit Studio and add your photo — sign in free for 25 credits.
2. Say what to change — and what to keep — “Change the jacket to red leather. Keep the face, pose and background the same.”
3. Use a brush for precision — In Edit Studio, paint the area and describe the change (Change Region), or paint objects away (Magic Eraser).
4. Finish and download — Remove the background, upscale up to 8K, convert the format — no watermark.

## In depth

### How instruction-based editing works
Instruction-based editors were popularised by InstructPix2Pix, which trained a model to follow written edits like “make it snow” while keeping the rest of the image [1]. Today's models go further: they read several reference images at once and keep faces, clothing and composition steady when you tell them to.

### Prompts that keep what matters
The model changes whatever you don't pin down, so:
- Say what to change first, in one sentence.
- Then list what to keep: face, hair, pose, background, lighting.
- For two images, refer to them by number.
- If a small area keeps changing, switch to Change Region and brush just that area.

### Text edits vs brush tools
Text edits are fastest for whole-image changes — style, lighting, outfit, background. Brush tools in Edit Studio are better when the change must stay inside a boundary, or when you want to erase something without touching the rest.

References:
[1] Brooks, Holynski & Efros, “InstructPix2Pix: Learning to Follow Image Editing Instructions” (CVPR 2023): https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09800

## FAQ
Q: What is an AI image editor?
A: An editor where you describe the change in words — new outfit, new background, different lighting — and AI makes it, keeping the rest of the picture. Kenerate adds brush tools for precise edits.

Q: Is the AI image editor free?
A: You can start free: a new account gets 25 credits, and Flux 2 Dev and Qwen Image 3.0 edit on the free plan. Bigger jobs use one-time credit packs that never expire.

Q: Which model is best for editing?
A: Seedream 5.0 Pro and GPT Image 2 keep faces and details best; Nano Banana 2 and GPT Image 2 handle the most reference images; Flux 2 Dev is on the free plan.

Q: Can I combine two photos?
A: Yes. Upload both and say which image gives what — “the woman from image 1 in the street from image 2”. Seedream 5.0 Pro takes up to 10 images, GPT Image 2 up to 16.

Q: Can I edit just one part of a photo?
A: Yes. In Edit Studio, Change Region lets you brush an area and describe the change; Magic Eraser removes what you paint over.

Q: Can I edit photos of other people?
A: Only with their permission, and never to make sexual or misleading images of real people.

Q: Does it add a watermark?
A: No. Edited images download without a watermark.

## Related pages
- Image to image AI: https://kenerateai.com/image-to-image-ai
- Free AI background remover: https://kenerateai.com/free-ai-background-remover
- Upscale image: https://kenerateai.com/upscale-image
- AI image generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-image-generator

## Sources
- Brooks, Holynski & Efros, “InstructPix2Pix: Learning to Follow Image Editing Instructions” (CVPR 2023): https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09800