Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo API

Introduction

Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo Image Editing changes an existing image from a plain-language instruction. Alibaba's Qwen team released Turbo with open weights on 9 October 2026 and built it for continued creation through natural-language edits, from adding an accessory to changing a scene, in 8 denoising steps on the same 7B architecture as Qwen Image 2.1. One request returns 1 to 6 PNG results.

Choose a mode by what you have

Key features

Speed

26 to 59 seconds per edit end to end across our runs.

Keeps the source shape

Without an aspect ratio, a 2:3 portrait came back as a 2:3 frame at about 2K (1680 × 2512). Set an aspect ratio when you need a fixed size.

Several references in one edit

A man and a woman photographed separately came back side by side on one rooftop, both recognisable, with her outfit changed as asked.

Turbo or Qwen Image 2.1 editing

Pick Qwen Image 2.1 when you need a mask.

Request parameters

Pricing

Prices are in credits, the same credits you use on the website (1 credit = $0.01). The hold is taken when the task is accepted and settled to the actual charge when it finishes; failed tasks are refunded.

Each task is rounded up to whole credits, so one run at the lowest tier costs 3 credits per image ($0.03).

For an exact number before you run, send the same body to POST /jobs/quote.

Use cases

Outfit and prop changes

Swap a garment, add an accessory or change a product colour while keeping the person and the pose.

Putting people from different photos together

Pass each photo as a reference and say who goes where; the result places them in one scene.

Scene changes for one approved shot

Keep the subject and move it to a new background, season or time of day.

Prompt guide & pro tips

Change first, keep second

"Change his grey suit into a navy linen suit; keep his face, hair and expression" is an edit. "Make it better" is a reroll.

Name every reference

The model does not assign roles to references on its own. Say which image is the person, which is the garment and which is the place.

Leave expansion off

The rewrite can change your instruction before the model sees it. Off, the instruction reaches the model as written.

One change per pass

A single change is easy to judge. Five at once make it hard to tell which instruction moved the face or the hands.

Go back to the original after a few edits

Faces can drift over a long chain of edits. Return to your first approved frame when details start to move.

API quick start

Call the Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo 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- and use the same credits as the website.
2. Send the request. POST /jobs/createTask with model alibaba/qwen-image-2.1-turbo/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": "alibaba/qwen-image-2.1-turbo/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": "2k",
    "num_outputs": 1
  }
}'

# 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.

Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo API questions

All Qwen Image models

Qwen Image 2.1 Pro takes the same settings and spends more on portrait lighting and fine detail. Turbo is the one for volume.

• Qwen Image 2.1 Pro APIUp to six detailed 2K images from one promptFrom 6 credits per image
• Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo APIFast 8-step renders, up to six per promptFrom 3 credits per image
• Qwen Image 2.1 APIOpen model with 2K output and transparent backgroundsFrom 4 credits per image
• Qwen Image 2.1 LoRA APIQwen Image 2.1 images and edits with up to three of your LoRAsFrom 5 credits per image
• Qwen Image 3.0 Pro APIFine typography plus lifelike skin, fabric and glassFrom 6 credits per image
• Qwen Image 3.0 APIReadable signs and headlines rendered into the imageFrom 5 credits per image
• Qwen Image 2 APISimple prompt-to-image and one-photo editsFrom 6 credits per image
• Qwen Image 2512 LoRA APIQwen Image 2512 renders and edits with your own LoRAsFrom 5 credits per image
• Qwen Image Edit 2509 LoRA APIMulti-photo Qwen edits that load your own LoRAsFrom 5 credits per image
• Qwen Image 1.0 LoRA APIOriginal Qwen-Image with clean lettering and your own LoRAsFrom 5 credits per image

Other image APIs

• Nano Banana 2.1 APIGoogle's newest Nano Banana, sharp text and 4K outputFrom 8 credits per image
• Nano Banana Pro APIPlans the layout first: dense text, diagrams and 4K editsFrom 17 credits per image
• GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst APIOpenAI's quality-first model, up to 4K with clean textFrom 1 credit per image
• Seedream 5.0 Pro APIHigh-detail images and edits from up to ten referencesFrom 6 credits per image
• FLUX.2 Max APITop-tier FLUX: photoreal light and exact brand colorsFrom 11 credits per image
• Seedream 5.0 Flash APIQuick Seedream images, edits and layer splits up to 2KFrom 4 credits per image

More about Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo

Try it

Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo AI Image Generator onlineCreate images with Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo in PopNow

Docs

Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo model ID and input schema in the API docsPopNow API quickstart: your first request in five minutesImage generation guide for the PopNow APIWebhooks: get Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo results without polling