# Qwen Releases Open Model for Image Editing

> The new open-source model from Alibaba lets users edit images with simple text commands in both English and Chinese.

Published by The Open Weights on Aug 17, 2025. Canonical: https://theopenweights.com/news/qwen-image-edit-aq8z

## Key facts

- Company: Qwen · Alibaba
- Model: Qwen-Image-Edit
- Version: Edit
- Category: Image Editing
- Modalities: Image Editing
- License: Apache 2.0 (Open weights, commercial use allowed)
- Architecture: QwenImageEditPipeline
- Precision: BF16
- Weights size: 40.9 GB
- Significance: major
- Published: 2025-08-17
- Last verified: 2026-06-17
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit
- Canonical URL: https://theopenweights.com/news/qwen-image-edit-aq8z

The Qwen team at Alibaba has released Qwen-Image-Edit, a new open-source model designed for sophisticated, instruction-based image editing. Released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, the model adds a powerful new modality to the growing Qwen family of open AI tools.

Unlike text-to-image generation models that create visuals from scratch, Qwen-Image-Edit specializes in modifying existing images. Users can provide a source image and a text prompt to perform specific edits, such as changing an object's color, altering a background, or adding new elements. A key feature is its bilingual capability, allowing it to understand prompts in both English and Chinese.

## Why It Matters

The release provides a powerful open alternative to the proprietary, AI-powered editing features found in tools like Adobe Photoshop or Canva. By making this technology accessible, Qwen enables developers to integrate advanced, in-painting and editing capabilities directly into their own applications, from creative suites to e-commerce platforms, without relying on a closed API.

The model is available for download and experimentation on the [Hugging Face Hub](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit). Example use cases highlighted by the team include:

*   **Object Modification:** Change the color of a car or add stripes to a shirt.
*   **Background Editing:** Replace a city background with a natural landscape.
*   **Style Transformation:** Convert a photograph into the style of a watercolor painting.

## Get the model

- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit)

## Sources

- [Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit) — Hugging Face, Aug 17, 2025

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