GPT Image 2.6 Flare Image to Image is OpenAI's fast, high-quality editing model: it changes only what is asked, keeping subject, composition, and background intact, with reference subjects staying recognizable across successive edits. Up to 16 reference images; mask or markup (annotated overlay) local editing; a frame pipeline renders stills to a single GIF loop (SVG unavailable here). Quality has four tiers plus a separate reasoning_effort control.

