Black Forest Labs (BFL), the startup based by the creators of the favored Secure Diffusion mannequin, has launched a brand new picture era mannequin known as FLUX.1 Kontext. This mannequin not solely generates and edits photographs, but additionally permits customers to switch them with each textual content and different photos.
The corporate additionally introduced its new BFL Playground, the place folks can check out BFL’s fashions.
BFL launched two variations of the mannequin: FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] and FLUX.1 Kontext [max]. A 3rd model, FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] will likely be out there on non-public beta. Each the Professional and Max variations at the moment are out there on platforms reminiscent of KreaAI, Freepik, Lightricks, OpenArt and LeonardoAI.
FLUX.1 Kontext can carry out in-context era. This implies the mannequin will be generated from a reference or scenario offered to it; it doesn’t generate from scratch.
The corporate stated in a publish on X that 4 issues make Kontext “particular”:
- Character consistency and preserving components throughout scenes
- Native enhancing that “targets particular components with out affecting the remainder”
- Fashion reference that generates scenes in current types, and
- Minimal latency
Builders can check use instances and play with the fashions on the BFL Playground earlier than accessing the complete BFL API.
The professional and max fashions
Enterprises can use the professional model for quick and iterative enhancing. Customers can enter each textual content and reference photos and make native edits. The corporate stated Kontext [pro] operates “as much as an order of magnitude sooner than earlier state-of-the-art fashions” and is among the first fashions that enables enhancing on a number of turns.
Alternatively, FLUX.1 Kontext [max] is the sooner model with most efficiency. The corporate stated it adheres extra to prompts, makes typography readable and is constant in edits with out compromising pace.
After all, many different picture era fashions also can generate photographs from uploaded information. MidJourney’s AI picture editor can use a reference image after which edit particular areas of it. So does Adobe’s Firefly, which many individuals who use Adobe’s fashionable picture and video platforms have entry to.
FLUX.1 Kontext [dev], the third model of the Kontext household of fashions, is an open-weight mannequin at 12 billion parameters.
Generative movement
BFL stated FLUX.1 Kontext is a movement mannequin, which supplies it extra flexibility to perform the duties talked about above.
Move fashions be taught from a steady movement of knowledge and outline a path between noisy information and helpful data. This differs from diffusion, the mannequin structure that underpins many picture and video era fashions from Stability AI, MidJourney and even OpenAI’s Sora, which “denoises” information.
BFL stated in a weblog publish that the Kontext fashions signify an development to movement fashions.
“FLUX.1 Kontext fashions transcend text-to-image,” the corporate stated. “In contrast to earlier movement fashions that solely enable for pure text-based era, FLUX.1 Kontext fashions additionally perceive and might create from current photos. With FLUX.1 Kontext you’ll be able to modify an enter picture through easy textual content directions, enabling versatile and immediate picture enhancing – no want for finetuning or advanced enhancing workflows.”
Within the text-to-image benchmark check, BFL claimed the FLUX.1 Kontext fashions can compete in opposition to different fashions by way of aesthetics, following prompts, realism and typography.
Producing curiosity
BFL launched the text-to-image model Flux 1.1 Professional in October final yr. It additionally included an API for third-party builders to combine it into their apps.
Because of the BFL Playground, some customers have already begun taking part in round with the Kontext fashions and report being impressed.
After all, it nonetheless has to compete with different picture fashions out there, particularly these which were round for a couple of years and have continued to enhance.
