# Uncensored image editing is here: keep your characters in new scenes

_2026-11-11. Edit images with uncensored models through the OpenUncensored API: send reference pictures and an instruction, and get the same character in a new scene, pose or style. Qwen Edit Uncensored, Seedream 5.5, FLUX Kontext and more, OpenAI compatible._

You can now edit images through the OpenUncensored API, with uncensored models. Send one or more reference
pictures and an instruction, and the model draws a new image that keeps them: the same character, face, hair and
outfit, in a new scene, pose or style.

This is the feature people building games, mods, comics and visual novels kept asking for. A text prompt alone gives
you a new stranger every time. A reference image keeps your character.

![One reference image of a red-haired knight, and four edits that keep her in new scenes](https://openuncensored.com/blog/image-editing-knight.jpg)

Every picture above came from one reference image through our API, with prompts like "the same woman, same face, red
braid, scar and wolf-emblem armour, now riding a horse across a snowy battlefield at dawn".

## The models

| Model | Best for | References | Price per image |
|---|---|---|---|
| [`qwen-edit-uncensored`](https://openuncensored.com/models/qwen-edit-uncensored) | Uncensored edits, adult content allowed | up to 3 | $0.04 |
| [`seedream-v5-5-edit`](https://openuncensored.com/models/seedream-v5-5-edit) | Keeping one character consistent across many images | up to 10 | $0.026 + $0.01 per reference |
| [`qwen-image-3-edit`](https://openuncensored.com/models/qwen-image-3-edit) | High detail at 1K and 2K | up to 3 | $0.04 + $0.003 per reference |
| [`flux-kontext-dev`](https://openuncensored.com/models/flux-kontext-dev) | Precise instruction edits that leave the rest alone | up to 2 | $0.045 |
| [`flux-2-klein-edit`](https://openuncensored.com/models/flux-2-klein-edit) | FLUX.2 quality with several references | up to 4 | $0.05 |

`qwen-edit-uncensored` is served by Venice, NanoGPT and Civitai, so if one host is down, the next one answers.
Prices are live on the [models page](https://openuncensored.com/models).

**Image to image** also works on every Civitai SDXL model we serve (Juggernaut XL, PornMaster, Pony Diffusion,
Illustrious and the rest): send one picture and a prompt, and set `strength` between 0 (keep the picture) and 1
(redraw freely). Use it to restyle a picture. To put a character in a brand new scene, use an editing model above.

## How to call it

It is OpenAI's image edit endpoint, `POST /v1/images/edits`, so the OpenAI SDK works unchanged:

```python
import base64, os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://openuncensored.com/api/v1", api_key=os.environ["OU_API_KEY"])

img = client.images.edit(
    model="qwen-edit-uncensored",
    image=[open("knight.png", "rb")],  # 1 to 3 reference images
    prompt="The same knight, same face and armour, now riding a horse across a snowy battlefield",
    size="1536x1024",
)
open("knight-horse.png", "wb").write(base64.b64decode(img.data[0].b64_json))
```

Or send JSON, with reference images as links or data URLs:

```bash
curl https://openuncensored.com/api/v1/images/edits \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OU_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "seedream-v5-5-edit", "prompt": "The same character in a tavern at night",
       "images": ["https://example.com/character-front.png", "https://example.com/character-side.png"]}'
```

Full parameters are in the [API docs](https://openuncensored.com/docs#edits).

## Tips for keeping a character

- **Say what must stay the same.** "Same face, same red braid, same scar, same armour" works much better than "the
  same woman".
- **Give more than one angle.** A front and a side view (Seedream takes up to 10) keep a character steadier than one
  picture.
- **Change one big thing at a time.** New scene, or new pose, or new outfit. Asking for all three at once drifts
  further.
- **Reuse your best result as the next reference.** Building a set of scenes from your strongest image keeps a series
  consistent.

## In the desktop app, just ask

The [OpenUncensored desktop app](https://openuncensored.com/blog/openuncensored-desktop-app-windows) (Mac and Windows) has this built in.
Ask its uncensored assistant something like "use knight.png and draw her sitting by a campfire", and it passes your
picture to an editing model, saves the result in your folder and shows it in the chat. It can also take its own
earlier pictures as references, so you can build a whole series in one conversation.

## What is allowed

Adult content between adults is allowed with the uncensored models. Three things are not, and the providers refuse
them: anything involving minors or anyone who looks underage, real people without their consent, and non consensual
imagery. If you publish what you make, label it as AI generated.

## Get a key

No account and no sign up. Buy prepaid credits at [openuncensored.com/credits](https://openuncensored.com/credits) and use the same
`ou-...` key for chat, image generation and image editing.