# Luma Photon Flash AI Image Generator

> Luma AI’s low-latency Photon model for inexpensive generation and one-image modifications.

Canonical URL: https://allimageai.com/models/luma-photon-flash/

Website: All Image AI

Language: English

Luma Photon Flash is the low-latency Photon still-image model. It generates from text and has a documented Modify operation for one source image, making it useful for inexpensive content batches and straightforward visual revisions.

## Model details

- Developer: Luma AI
- Status on All Image AI: Active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25
- Maximum output: 1K
- Modes: Text to Image, Image to Image, Edit Image
- Reference images: up to 1
- Resolutions: 1K
- Aspect ratios: 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9, 9:21

## Best for

- High-volume social visuals
- Fast composition drafts
- Simple one-image revisions
- Wide and tall campaign formats

## How to use

1. Generate from text or upload one image.
2. Describe the desired scene or change.
3. Lower Edit Strength when composition must remain fixed.
4. Export the best fast draft or finish it in an editor.

## Settings explained

### Edit Strength

Controls how far Modify can depart from the source image.

### Aspect Ratio

Photon Flash uses its documented ratio enum rather than an invented pixel-size control.

## Prompt examples

### Lifestyle draft

> Candid summer picnic beside a city river, warm late-afternoon light, natural colour, editorial lifestyle photograph

### Source modification

> Keep the composition and subject; change the season to autumn with amber leaves and softer overcast light

## Limitations

- One source image maximum
- One exposed output tier
- Use a higher-fidelity model for intricate typography

## Pricing and credits

Credits for one image at default quality and mode. Resolution, quality, reference inputs, edit mode and output count can change the total. Check the Generate button before submitting.

| Resolution | Credits / image |
| --- | --- |
| 1K | 1 |

Failed generations cost 0 credits. Catalog availability does not guarantee runtime availability; the workspace reports whether the selected model can run.

[Credit plans](https://allimageai.com/pricing.md)

## Test results

Testing in progress. No verified benchmark scores have been published for this model.

## Commercial use and image handling

Commercial use is subject to Luma AI's model and service terms.

Uploads are processed by the configured inference service. You can delete a generation from your history.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is this Photon 2?

No. This page identifies and calls the exact Photon Flash model.

### Can it combine several references?

No. The documented Modify operation accepts one source image.

## Release history and sources

Date not yet established.

The audit does not establish a reliable event date. This entry remains in the catalog without a position on the dated timeline.

- [docs.lumalabs.ai](https://docs.lumalabs.ai/docs/image-generation)

[Event evidence on the timeline](https://allimageai.com/timeline/#event-luma-photon-flash)

## Other versions

- [Photon 2](https://allimageai.com/models/photon-2.md): Fast · 2K