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A lush garden with tall grasses, purple coneflowers, and wildflowers borders a winding path, with a large, light-colored building visible in the background among green trees.
A green ice cream container labeled "D'ARCY'S Vanilla Watermelon New Zealand Ice Cream, 1 Pint 470 mL," set against a solid blue background.
A person leans out of a window with green shutters on a red wall. Colorful laundry hangs on a line below the window, and a large shadow is cast on the wall.
Three elderly people relax on the grass in front of a red car with the license plate "ILUVMAl," enjoying a countryside setting with green fields and stone walls in the background.
A white horse runs through a colorful field of pink and yellow flowers, reflected in calm water under a bright blue sky with distant green hills.
A white cap with "VUCO RUN CLUB" written on it sits on a light blue surface next to a black headset and a silver portable cassette player.
A bag of CHIPCHIPS Peking Duck flavored potato chips stands upright, with a large chip image on the front. A few chips are scattered in the foreground. The bag is dark brown with bold orange text.
Aerial view of children playing on a pink court with a soccer ball and a green-yellow ball. Long shadows stretch across the ground, and one child is riding a scooter.

MAI-Image-2.5

Create high-quality, photorealistic, and design-ready images from simple text prompts or uploaded images.
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Features

MAI-Image-2.5 is built around how people create, with precise control over every edit, whether you’re creating casually or at a professional level.

Photorealism that holds up

Natural lighting and accurate skin tones, rendered the way you envisioned it.

A young woman in profile on a rooftop, blowing soap bubbles against an overcast sky.A young woman in profile on a rooftop, blowing soap bubbles against an overcast sky. She has long straight black hair, windswept slightly, and wears a dark navy double-breasted school uniform jacket with gold buttons and a white collar. She holds a hot pink bubble solution bottle in one hand and a neon lime-green wand to her lips in the other. Five iridescent bubbles of varying sizes float around her.Behind her: low-rise apartment buildings under a flat gray sky, a black metal railing, and weathered concrete underfoot.
Film photography aesthetic. Cool, desaturated palette with muted tones, broken by the vivid pink and green of the bubble props. Natural overcast light, slight grain. Mood: nostalgic, youthful, quietly melancholic. Landscape orientation.

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Precision at every pixel

Fine-grained control means images come out closer to your vision, reducing post-processing.
A plain beige canvas tote bag with two handles sits on a light brown surface in front of a green painted brick wall, with sunlight casting shadows across the scene.

Change the tote color to orange

A plain beige canvas tote bag with two handles sits on a light brown surface in front of a green painted brick wall, with sunlight casting shadows across the scene.
A bright orange tote bag with two handles sits on a light-colored surface in front of a teal brick wall, partially illuminated by sunlight.

Edits are sharp and remain coherent in context.

A person wearing a white shirt and blue jeans stands against a green brick wall, holding a bright orange tote bag over their shoulder. The scene is brightly lit, casting a shadow on the wall.

Add peonies peeking out the tote

A person wearing a white shirt and blue jeans stands against a green brick wall, holding a bright orange tote bag over their shoulder. The scene is brightly lit, casting a shadow on the wall.
A person stands sideways against a green brick wall, carrying an orange tote bag over their shoulder with pink flowers peeking out. They wear a white shirt and blue jeans.

Adapts visuals while preserving layout and composition.

Design-aware generation

Built to perform across branding, product, and commercial design work.
Embossed text "ORVA" in elegant serif font on textured, off-white paper, with soft shadows cast across the surface.
A lit amber glass candle labeled "ORVA" sits on a wooden table in a softly lit, cozy room with neutral decor and blurred furniture in the background.
A brown glass candle labeled "ORVA" is lit, with a single flame and soft shadows cast on a neutral surface. The label indicates it is a scented candle, weighing 8.5 oz or 240 g.
A brown candle jar labeled "ORVA" floats against a gray background, with green leaves blurred in the foreground, creating a soft, airy effect.
A lit ORVA scented candle sits on a light surface, surrounded by a pump bottle, a brown dropper bottle, and a small jar with a wooden lid. Soft light and shadows create a calm, spa-like atmosphere.

Refined text for elevated brand work

Generate high-quality images from text prompts and iterate with ease.
A green ice cream pint container labeled "DARCY'S Vanilla Watermelon New Zealand Ice Cream, 1 Pint 570 mL," set against a blue background.

Change the text to LICORICE and AUCKLAND…

A green ice cream pint container labeled "DARCY'S Vanilla Watermelon New Zealand Ice Cream, 1 Pint 570 mL," set against a blue background.
A blue ice cream pint container labeled "D'ARCY'S LICORICE AUCKLAND ICE CREAM 1 PINT 570 ML" is displayed against a solid red background.

Text rendering is more reliable with each edit.

A blue ice cream pint container labeled "D'ARCY'S LICORICE AUCKLAND ICE CREAM 1 PINT 570 ML" is displayed against a solid red background.

Adjust the background to a bed of white peonies

A blue ice cream pint container labeled "D'ARCY'S LICORICE AUCKLAND ICE CREAM 1 PINT 570 ML" is displayed against a solid red background.

Image updates can be made and composition remains intact.

Model Family

Four views of a plain, off-white ceramic mug with a handle: front, side, top, and back, displayed against a neutral background. The mug has a simple, minimalist design with a slightly rustic finish.

MAI-Image-2-Efficient

Production-ready quality that’s 22% faster and priced nearly 41% lower than MAI-Image-2.

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A close-up of a pale yellow and brown butterfly perched on the tip of a dry grass stem, with delicate, patterned wings and a soft, blurred background.

MAI-Image-2

Debuted as the #3 text-to-image model family on the Arena leaderboard.

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Performance

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Ranked third in the text-to-image family.

Featured Partners

The letters "WPP" are formed using a pattern of evenly spaced black dots on a light gray background.

MAI-Image-2 is a genuine game-changer. It’s a platform that not only responds to the intricate nuance of creative direction, but deeply respects the sheer craft involved in generating real-world, campaign-ready images. WPP has some of the best creative talent in the world and MAI-Image-2 is making them even better.



- Rob Reilly, Global Chief Creative Officer, WPP

The Shutterstock logo in gray, with stylized letters and circular design elements around the "o".

MAI-Image-2-Efficient shows strong progress in prompt fidelity and creative usability across a range of workflows. In our evaluation work, we look closely at how well models translate intent into consistent, production-ready outputs, and this model is trending in the right direction. That level of reliability is what ultimately matters when teams move from experimentation into real-world use.



– Vanessa Salvo, Principal Product Manager, Shutterstock

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