MiniMax H3-Image: open weights, specs, settings and licence
What MiniMax released with H3-Image: architecture, 16 MP sizes, 6-step settings, download sizes, prompting, and what the licence allows.
Notes on open models.
Guides, model comparisons and settings for open-source and open-weight image and video models, from running them on your own GPUs to calling them from an app.
Z-Image Turbo vs FLUX.2 klein (4B and 9B) vs Qwen-Image
A side-by-side of the three open-weight image families on documented specs, plus Turbo vs Base, klein 4B vs 9B, and which to pick for your constraints.
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Best open-source image generation models (November 2026)
The open-source and open-weight image field in late 2026, grouped by use, with each model's licence, size and published VRAM figure.
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Wan 2.2 vs LTX-2.3 vs HunyuanVideo 1.5
A spec-by-spec comparison of the three main open video models, with LTX-2.5, MiniMax H3, LongCat-Video and Wan 2.1 where they change the answer.
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Which open-weight image and video models can you use commercially? (2026)
What each popular open-weight model's licence allows, the licence families behind them, and where open weights stop short of open source.
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How to train a Wan 2.2 LoRA
Dataset, captions, settings and VRAM for Wan 2.2 LoRA training, how the high- and low-noise experts change the process, and how to load the result.
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Best open-source video models (November 2026)
Every open-source and open-weight video model worth downloading right now, sorted by text to video, image to video, audio, low VRAM, licence and LoRA support.
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How much VRAM do open image and video models need?
Every developer-published VRAM figure for the main open image and video models, sorted by GPU tier, with what quantisation and offloading change.
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Wan 2.2 image-to-video prompting: camera motion, settings and examples
How the Wan team prompts I2V-A14B, camera terms, start frames, official sizes and settings, VRAM for self-hosting, and example prompts.
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Z-Image Turbo prompt guide: settings, text rendering and examples
How Tongyi-MAI prompts Z-Image Turbo, the settings and sizes from its card and demo, text rendering, failure modes and example prompts.
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How to add AI image generation to a Next.js app
A TypeScript tutorial: server routes for text to image and image to video, sync waits, webhooks, signed URLs and copying to your own storage.
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Image generation MCP for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
Hosted MCP setup for the three main coding agents, the tools they get, and how to keep spend under control.
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