GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst API

About GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst is the precision tier of OpenAI's GPT Image 2.6, built for fidelity and details that hold steady across repeated edits. It makes images in five quality levels from low to max and sizes up to 4K, edits with up to 16 pictures, and can turn a prompt into a short looping GIF. Compared with GPT Image 2.5 it adds GIF output, a marked-up copy as an edit guide, transparent backgrounds when making images from text, and an optional reasoning effort setting.

Call it with the model name openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst/edit on POST /jobs/createTask, from $0.02232.

Introduction

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst Image Editing changes a supplied picture using a written instruction. The precision tier focuses on fidelity and steady details through repeated revisions, with room for 1–16 input images.

Place the picture to revise first and explain the role of each additional reference. An optional PNG mask marks a repaint region; in our tests, an outfit and location change retained the person’s appearance.

Key features

• Numbered references: call sources Image 1, Image 2 and later numbers to explain what each contributes.
• Local repainting: transparent pixels in a same-size PNG mask identify the area to change in the first source.
• Shape preservation: omitting aspect_ratio keeps the first image’s shape at 1k; 2k and 4k require a selected ratio.
• Flexible delivery: save revisions as PNG, JPEG or WebP, with transparency supported in PNG and WebP.

Request parameters

Pricing

Prices are in USD. The API uses a separate USD balance. Website credits cannot be used or transferred to it, and API funds cannot be transferred to website credits. When a task is accepted, we reserve the maximum quoted amount from your API balance. On completion, we charge for actual usage, never more than the hold, and release the remainder. If the task fails, the hold is released.

Billed on the tokens each request uses: $4.50 per 1M text input tokens, $7.20 per 1M image input tokens and $27.00 per 1M image output tokens. The table lists the square-image price for each tier, so other ratios usually cost less. With several output images, input tokens count once per image.

Send the same request body to POST /jobs/quote to see the estimated and maximum USD charge before running. A quote does not run the task or charge your balance.

Use cases

• Wardrobe revision: turn a supplied portrait into a camel trench coat scene for a campaign concept.
• Location change: move an existing subject to a rainy Paris street while describing what should remain.
• Localized artwork correction: mark a poster region with a mask and request a replacement background detail.

Prompt guide & pro tips

• Name the source: start with “Image 1 is the portrait to revise” so the instruction identifies its base.
• Describe continuity: add “keep the person’s appearance” before describing a new outfit or setting.
• Assign reference roles: write “use the color palette from Image 2” when adding another input.
• Describe the masked replacement: try “replace the marked wall with teal paint” with a matching PNG mask.
• State the new setting precisely: use “rainy Paris street at blue hour” to define place and lighting together.

API quick start

Call the GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst API in three steps

1. Create an API key. Sign in to PopNow and create a key in the API console. Keys start with sk-popnow-. API calls use your separate USD balance.
2. Send the request. POST /jobs/createTask with model openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst/edit and an input object that follows the parameter table. The response returns a task ID straight away.
3. Get the result. Poll GET /jobs/recordInfo with the task ID, or pass a callBackUrl and we post the result to it. Download the output links when the task succeeds.

# 1. Create the task. Keep the Idempotency-Key if you retry after a network error.
export IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/createTask \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "openai/gpt-image-2.6-sunburst/edit",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "A ceramic teapot on a linen cloth, soft window light, muted palette",
    "image_urls": [
      "https://media.popnow.ai/influencer/examples/marco.webp"
    ],
    "resolution": "1k",
    "quality": "medium",
    "num_outputs": 1,
    "background": "auto",
    "output_format": "png"
  }
}'

# 2. Copy data.taskId from the response, then poll until state is succeeded, failed, canceled or expired.
TASK_ID="TASK_ID_FROM_RESPONSE"
curl "https://api.popnow.ai/api/v1/jobs/recordInfo?taskId=$TASK_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $POPNOW_API_KEY"

Replace the prompt and any links with your own. The API tab has the response, polling and callback reference.

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst API questions

More about GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst

Try it

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst AI Image Generator onlineCreate images with GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst in PopNow

Endpoints

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst · Create Image

Docs

GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst model ID and input schema in the API docsPopNow API quickstart: send your first requestImage generation guide for the PopNow APIWebhooks: get GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst results without polling