Modify Image

The Modify Image node changes an existing image according to a text instruction. You connect a picture, choose one of more than 20 image-editing models, and describe the change: a new style, a new background or one fixed detail. The node returns a new image and leaves the original untouched.

When to use it

• Restyle a photo or a render, for example into watercolor, anime or a film look.
• Make a targeted change, such as "add a hat to the person" or "make the sky stormy".
• Repaint one area only. Paint a mask, or wire one from Generate Mask or Paint Mask.
• Give an image a new shape and let the model fill the new space.
• Apply the same edit to many images. Wire a List of images into the Image input, and the node runs once for each image.

To enlarge an image without changing it, use Upscale Image. To cut out the subject, use Remove Background. Neither needs a prompt.

Quick start

Inputs

The output, Image, is the new picture. It can feed any number of nodes at once.

Settings

The settings panel shows only the settings that the selected model supports. When you switch models, a value the new model does not accept is reset.

Models

Modify Image can run every model in the table. Click a model for its settings, credit prices and prompt tips.

The Provider list also offers Nano Banana, the default, plus GPT Image and Seedream Edit. These three models have no model page.

Which model to choose

• Nano Banana — the default. Fast, for quick transforms and iteration.
• Nano Banana Pro — more detail, for production images.
• Nano Banana Edit — edits from a plain instruction, such as "add a hat to the person".
• Flux Kontext Pro and Flux Kontext Max — context-aware edits that keep the subject's identity. Max is the higher-fidelity tier.
• Ideogram Remix — restyles an image while keeping a character recognizable.
• Ideogram Edit — repaints a masked area. Choose it for mask edits.
• Seedream 5 Pro — follows detailed instructions and accepts several reference images. Seedream 5 Lite is the budget option.
• GPT Image 2.5 Flare — fast edits from up to 16 source images, for iteration. GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst is slower and gives the tightest control for demanding retouches.
• Flux 2 Max (Safety Tolerance) — accepts up to 8 reference images. Flux 2 Pro (Safety Tolerance) accepts up to 4.

For a comparison of every image model, read Choosing a model.

Change one area with a mask

A mask tells the model which pixels it may repaint. White areas change; black areas stay as they are.

Instead of painting in the panel, you can wire a mask into the Mask input. Generate Mask finds a subject from a description such as "the red car". Paint Mask keeps a hand-painted mask as its own node, which several nodes can share. When you reopen the painter on a saved mask, it starts from that mask, so you can touch it up instead of starting again.

Change the aspect ratio

To extend an image to a new shape, choose Nano Banana Edit, set the target Aspect Ratio, and use an instruction such as:

Start from a preset

Modify Image shares a set of transform presets with Generate Image. Open the preset menu on the node and choose one:

• Stylized Subject — change the style of the person but not the world around them, or the other way round. For example, a cartoon person in a real photo, or a real person in a cartoon world.
• Edits — remove or replace the background, colorize, restore an old photo, relight or restyle. Two Doodle Overlay presets draw marker doodles over the photo and leave the pixels underneath unchanged.

These presets keep their instruction in the pre and post text, so the prompt field stays free for your own words. See Presets.

Credits

The cost depends on the model and on its quality, resolution or rendering-speed setting. The Run button shows the exact price before you run. Flux 2 Max (Safety Tolerance) is priced by output size and by the number of reference images. Each model page lists its prices.

Tips

• Describe the change, not the scene. "Make the sky purple" works better than "a landscape with a purple sky".
• Start with a low Strength. On models that have it, begin around 0.3 to 0.5 to keep the original structure, then raise it for bigger changes.
• Restyle a character with Ideogram Remix. It keeps the identity while the style changes.
• Keep brand assets as files. A model redraws a logo slightly wrong. Edit the picture first, then place the real logo with Image Overlay.
• Chain simple steps. For example, remove the background, then upscale the cut-out, instead of asking one model for both.