https://windpaint.ai/blog Guides, comparisons and settings for open-source and open-weight image and video models. en Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://windpaint.ai/blog/minimax-h3-image https://windpaint.ai/blog/minimax-h3-image Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT MiniMax H3-Image is a 33.1B open-weight image model for 16 MP generation and editing in 6 steps. Specs, file sizes, settings, prompting and the licence terms. https://windpaint.ai/blog/z-image-turbo-vs-flux-2-klein-vs-qwen-image https://windpaint.ai/blog/z-image-turbo-vs-flux-2-klein-vs-qwen-image Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Z-Image Turbo vs FLUX.2 klein 4B and 9B vs Qwen-Image-2512, compared on params, steps, resolution, text rendering, editing, licence, VRAM and LoRA support. https://windpaint.ai/blog/best-open-source-image-models https://windpaint.ai/blog/best-open-source-image-models Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The best open-source and open-weight image models in November 2026 by use: text to image, editing, low VRAM, commercial licence and LoRA training, with VRAM. https://windpaint.ai/blog/wan-2-2-vs-hunyuanvideo-1-5-vs-ltx-2-3 https://windpaint.ai/blog/wan-2-2-vs-hunyuanvideo-1-5-vs-ltx-2-3 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Wan 2.2, HunyuanVideo 1.5 and LTX-2.3 compared on size, resolution, frame rate, audio, distilled steps, VRAM, licence and LoRA training, plus LTX-2.5 and H3. https://windpaint.ai/blog/open-weight-image-video-model-licences-commercial-use https://windpaint.ai/blog/open-weight-image-video-model-licences-commercial-use Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Licence and commercial-use terms for Z-Image, Qwen-Image, FLUX.2 klein, Wan 2.2, HunyuanVideo, LTX-2.5, MiniMax H3 and more, read from each licence text. https://windpaint.ai/blog/how-to-train-wan-2-2-lora https://windpaint.ai/blog/how-to-train-wan-2-2-lora Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Train a Wan 2.2 LoRA with musubi-tuner, ai-toolkit or DiffSynth-Studio: dataset prep, captions, settings, VRAM, high- and low-noise experts, LoRA strength. https://windpaint.ai/blog/best-open-source-video-models https://windpaint.ai/blog/best-open-source-video-models Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The best open-source and open-weight video models in November 2026: Wan 2.2, HunyuanVideo 1.5, LongCat, LTX-2.5 and MiniMax H3, by task, audio and licence. https://windpaint.ai/blog/vram-requirements-open-image-video-models https://windpaint.ai/blog/vram-requirements-open-image-video-models Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Developer-published VRAM figures for Z-Image, FLUX.2 klein, Wan 2.2, HunyuanVideo 1.5 and more, by GPU tier, plus what fp8, GGUF and offloading change. https://windpaint.ai/blog/wan-2-2-image-to-video-prompt-guide https://windpaint.ai/blog/wan-2-2-image-to-video-prompt-guide Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prompt Wan 2.2 image-to-video for motion: camera moves that work, picking a start frame, the official 480p/720p and 16 fps settings, VRAM, and example prompts. https://windpaint.ai/blog/z-image-turbo-prompt-guide https://windpaint.ai/blog/z-image-turbo-prompt-guide Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to prompt Z-Image Turbo: the developer's settings (8 steps, guidance 0), resolutions, text in double quotes, why there's no negative prompt, and examples. https://windpaint.ai/blog/add-ai-image-generation-nextjs https://windpaint.ai/blog/add-ai-image-generation-nextjs Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Build an AI image generator in Next.js: a server route that keeps the API key secret, waits for the job or a webhook, and serves the image by signed URL. https://windpaint.ai/blog/image-generation-mcp-claude-code-cursor-codex https://windpaint.ai/blog/image-generation-mcp-claude-code-cursor-codex Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Connect a hosted image generation MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex in one command, then generate, estimate and download assets from your agent.