Create Text-Rich Designs That Hold Together With Grok Imagine 2.0
Last verified: November 3, 2026
Grok Imagine 2.0 is xAI's model for generating and editing images that carry real copy. It plans typography and layout the way a designer would, so dense visuals with many parts hold together and small text comes out sharp . xAI announced it in August 2026 under the name Imagine Image 2.0 , and it became generally available as the new Quality Mode in xAI's Grok Imagine on the web and in its iOS and Android apps . It is built to make images you can use in real work.
Along with its typography, the model follows instructions closely, down to small details. xAI trained it for fidelity across photography, design and illustration, and treats editing as a core capability rather than an add-on . It is aimed at infographics, ads, game assets, UI/UX mockups and storyboards . It also replaces xAI's earlier high-fidelity image model, grok-imagine-image-quality. After November 2, 2026, requests to that model are served by the new one at its low quality setting .
At launch, xAI ranked it second in the world for both text-to-image generation and image editing . Its later migration guide puts the low quality setting at #2 for image editing and #3 for text-to-image . On this page it runs in Text to image and Image to image modes.
Explore Grok Imagine's Models
Settings and Limits for Each Render
The modes, frame shapes, output sizes and inputs you can choose before you press Generate.
Modes
Text to image and Image to image
Resolution Quality
1K or 2K, starting at 1K
Aspect Ratio
Auto plus 13 fixed ratios, from 1:1 and 16:9 to phone-tall 9:19.5 and 9:20 and wide 19.5:9 and 20:9
Quality (Text to image)
Low or Medium, starting at Medium
Reference images (Image to image)
1–3 JPG, JPEG, PNG or WEBP files, up to 10 MB each, at least 300×300 px
Prompt length
Up to 5,000 characters
Check These Before You Generate
Six checks that keep text readable and layouts in one piece, mapped to the controls you'll use.
Choose Aspect Ratio before you write the layout
Text to image opens on 1:1. Pick the shape of the destination first: 9:19.5 or 9:20 for a full phone screen, 19.5:9 or 20:9 for a wide header, 2:3 or 3:4 for a poster. Then write the layout for that frame, so headlines and panels are planned for the space they'll actually have.
Put every word that must appear in quotation marks
Spell headlines, labels and fine print exactly as they should appear, inside quotation marks, and say where each one goes (top banner, caption under step 3, footer). The model plans type and layout, so exact copy and placement give it something concrete to work from.
Describe the structure, not just the subject
Name the grid, the number of panels or steps, the reading order and the order of importance: title, subhead, body, small print. Dense designs with many parts are what this model is built for, and an explicit structure helps keep every part in the frame.
Switch Resolution Quality to 2K for small print
Both modes start at 1K. When a design has footnotes, interface labels or ingredient lists, 2K gives each letter more pixels, so it stays readable when the image is viewed at full size.
Set Quality for the stage of the work
In Text to image, Quality starts at Medium. Use Low while you explore wording and composition ideas. Switch to Medium for the piece you'll publish, since it spends more compute on each image for finer detail .
Give each reference a job in Image to image
Upload one to three images, then say in the prompt what each one contributes: the subject to keep, the setting or the style. Aspect Ratio opens on Auto in this mode, so choose a fixed ratio when the result has to fit a specific placement.
Grok Imagine 2.0 or Nano Banana 2.1: Pick the Right Generator for Your Next Image
Both models run on Vidofy in the same two modes. Most rows below show what each generator lets you set: frame shapes, output size, uploads and prompt length. The last row shows what each model's creator says it was built to do. Use the table to choose a generator before you write the brief.
| Feature/Spec | Grok Imagine 2.0 | Nano Banana 2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Modes you can run | Text to image; Image to image | Text to image; Image to image |
| Aspect Ratio choices | Auto, 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 9:16, 16:9, 1:2, 2:1, 9:19.5, 19.5:9, 9:20, 20:9 | Auto, 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 1:4, 4:1, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 1:8, 8:1, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9 |
| Resolution Quality choices | 1K, 2K (default 1K) | 1K, 2K, 4K (default 1K) |
| Reference images per Image to image run | 1 to 3, via Add Image | 1 to 10, via Upload Images |
| Upload file rules | JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP; max 10 MB; min 300×300 px | JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP; max 10 MB; min 300×300 px |
| Prompt box limit | 5,000 characters | 20,000 characters |
| Images returned per run | 1 | 1 |
| What its creator built it to do | Follow instructions closely and plan typography and layout so dense, multi-part visuals hold together with sharp small text | High-efficiency generation and conversational editing, improving on Nano Banana 2 in visual quality, prompt adherence, multi-turn character consistency and text rendering |
Where Each Generator Fits Your Workflow
Frame shapes: tall phone screens or extreme strips
Grok Imagine 2.0 covers the tall and wide shapes of modern phones. xAI pairs 19.5:9 and 9:19.5 with smartphone displays , and 9:20, 20:9, 1:2 and 2:1 add more options for full-bleed stories and landscape screens. Nano Banana 2.1 goes further toward the extremes: 1:4 and 4:1 or 1:8 and 8:1 strips for skyscraper and leaderboard ad slots, 21:9 for cinematic crops, and 4:5 or 5:4 for social feed posts. Neither list includes the other's specialty shapes, so let the destination decide.
Output size, reference count and brief length
Nano Banana 2.1's generator gives you more room in three ways: a 4K tier for large prints and crops, an upload slot that takes up to ten images for composites with many products, and a prompt box four times the size for detailed briefs. If a job fits within 2K, three references and a focused prompt, the two are equal here. They accept the same file types and size limits and return one image per run, so you can move assets between them without re-exporting.
Choose by Frame Shape, Output Size and Reference Count
Use this quick guidance to pick the best option for your workflow.
How to choose: Choose Grok Imagine 2.0 when the image needs a 9:19.5, 9:20, 19.5:9, 20:9, 1:2 or 2:1 frame, none of which are in Nano Banana 2.1's Aspect Ratio list. Choose Nano Banana 2.1 when you need 4K output, more than three reference images (up to ten), a prompt longer than 5,000 characters (up to 20,000), or its 1:4, 4:1, 1:8, 8:1, 21:9, 4:5 or 5:4 frames. Both run Text to image and Image to image, accept the same upload formats and size limits, and return one image per run, so those points don't decide between them.
From Brief to Finished Image in Five Moves
Five steps take you from choosing a mode to a finished image.
Choose Text to image or Image to image
In the model list, select Grok Imagine 2.0 in Text to image to start from words alone, or in Image to image to work from pictures you already have.
Upload references with Add Image
In Image to image, use Add Image to upload between one and three pictures for the model to work from. Text to image skips this step.
Write the Prompt, then try Enhance Prompt
Describe the image in the Prompt box, using up to 5,000 characters. Press Enhance Prompt under the box to get fuller versions of a rough idea. Your text changes only if you pick one of the suggestions.
Set Aspect Ratio, Resolution Quality and Quality
Pick the frame shape and choose 1K or 2K output. In Text to image, also choose Low or Medium Quality. In Image to image, Aspect Ratio starts on Auto until you pick a fixed shape.
Click Generate
Press Generate to render your image with the prompt and settings you've chosen.