Qwen Image 3.0 AI Image Generator

What Qwen Image 3.0 does well

Dense layouts and infographics from a long prompt

Qwen Image 3.0 is built to read a long, detailed prompt and keep every part of it. Alibaba's own examples include a full newspaper page, a grid of nine different infographics from one prompt, and screens nested inside other screens.

That suits briefs with many parts:

• A weekly schedule poster.
• A recipe card with steps and an ingredient list.
• A presentation slide that explains a process.

Write the brief in reading order, give each block a short heading, and say how the page is divided before you describe what goes in each part.

A clean recipe card layout on cream paper, wide format, divided into three columns. Left column: a photo of a lemon tart with a slice cut out on a white plate. Middle column: the heading "LEMON TART" in bold serif capitals, then a numbered list of four short steps. Right column: the heading "INGREDIENTS" and a short list of six items. Thin grey divider lines, generous margins, editorial cookbook design, crisp readable type, no logos. The steps read exactly "1 MAKE CRUST", "2 ZEST LEMONS", "3 FILL", "4 BAKE" and the ingredient list reads exactly "BUTTER", "FLOUR", "SUGAR", "EGGS", "LEMONS", "CREAM", correctly spelled, no other text.

Small text and fine texture

Alibaba says this generation renders text as small as 10 pixels and shows detail down to pores and strands of hair.

The result is images that hold up when someone looks closely: the label on a jar, the fine print under a headline, the weave of a sweater, the grain of a wooden table.

For product shots, ask for the material by name and describe the light, so the surface has something to show. For text, keep each line short, put it in quotation marks and check it at full size before you publish.

Close product photo of a glass jar of golden honey on a worn oak board, a kraft paper label tied with twine that reads "WILDFLOWER HONEY" in small neat serif letters, a piece of honeycomb and a wooden dipper beside it, light catching the drips on the glass. Visible wood grain and paper fibers, warm morning light, shallow depth of field, wide composition, no other text, no logos.

Photo edits that keep the original

Both versions edit as well as generate. Upload a photo or a scan and describe the change:

• Add handwritten notes to a page.
• Clean up a stain.
• Change a background.
• Put a product into a new scene.

Alibaba shows Qwen Image 3.0 restoring a damaged painting while keeping the original brushwork. In an edit like that, the untouched parts matter as much as the change.

Say clearly what to change and list what must stay the same. Use the extra reference slots for a style or an object you want brought in, as you would in image to image.

A side-by-side diptych with a thin white divider, showing the exact same open notebook page twice from the same angle. Left: a clean printed page of short paragraphs with a simple diagram of a leaf. Right: the same page with added red ballpoint annotations, circled words, arrows and short handwritten notes in the margin, everything else identical. Soft desk lamp light, realistic paper texture, no logos. The leaf diagram stays in exactly the same place on both pages; only the red handwritten notes are added.

How to write prompts for Qwen Image 3.0

1. Start by naming what the image is, such as "a vertical event poster" or "a recipe card in three columns", then describe each part in reading order.

2. Put every word that must appear in quotation marks, keep each line short, and finish with "no other text" so the model does not add captions.

3. For texture, name the material and the light: "brushed steel under a cool window light" gives the model more to work with than "a nice metal finish".

4. When editing, name the one change first, then list what must stay the same, such as the layout, the face or the product shape.

5. Draft on Qwen Image 3.0, then run the same prompt on Qwen Image 3.0 Pro for the final version.

Sample prompts to try with Qwen Image 3.0

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  Glaze up close

  Macro product photo of a hand-thrown celadon ceramic bowl, fine crackle lines in the pale green glaze, a faint thumbprint pressed into the unglazed clay rim, three small drops of water beading on the surface. Soft side light from a window, shallow depth of field, warm linen cloth underneath, square composition, no text, no logos.

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  Poster with a headline and dates

  A vintage-style travel poster of a coastal town: pastel terraced houses climbing a hill, a white lighthouse on the point, sailboats in a deep blue bay. Flat illustrated shapes with a fine paper grain. At the top, a large bold headline that reads "SUMMER COAST". At the bottom, one small line that reads "JUNE - AUGUST". Correct spelling, no other text, no logos, vertical layout.

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  Storyboard sheet

  A film storyboard sheet on off-white paper with six panels in two rows of three, each panel numbered 1 to 6 in the top left corner. Pencil and grey wash drawings: 1 a girl walking along a windy beach, 2 she spots a torn red kite in the dunes, 3 close-up of her hands fixing the string, 4 she runs up a grassy hill, 5 the kite lifts into the air, 6 wide shot of the kite high above the sea. Consistent character in every panel, only the panel numbers as text, wide layout, no logos.

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  Portrait with real texture

  Vertical portrait of an older mountain guide on a snowy ridge at sunrise, knitted grey wool cap, weathered skin with visible pores and fine wrinkles, frost on his eyebrows and stubble, calm eyes looking just past the camera. Soft golden side light, snow-covered peaks blurred behind him, 85mm lens, natural documentary photography, no text, no logos.

Sample images are illustrative; results vary by model.

Qwen Image 3.0 specs and pricing

Every price below comes from the live price list, so it changes here as soon as rates change. Credits are charged per image, or per second of video.

Qwen Image 3.0 limitations

• Small text is much better than in earlier versions but still not guaranteed, especially long passages and less common scripts. Read every word at full size before you publish, and shorten a line that comes out wrong.

• Each run returns a single image, so a set of variations takes several runs. Keep the prompt the same between runs when you want a consistent series.

• Long prompts help with dense pages but can also make the model drop or merge parts of the brief. If something goes missing, cut the prompt down to the parts that matter and say them in order.