OpenAI · ChatGPT Images 2.6 · November 4, 2026

ChatGPT Images 2.6: how to prompt the new image feature

ChatGPT Images 2.6 is the name people use for Images 2.6 inside ChatGPT. OpenAI released it on November 4, 2026. On Nano AI the menu entry is GPT Image 2.6, at 12 credits a picture. A new account's 64 credits cover 5 pictures, with 4 left.

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Made by: OpenAI
Released: November 4, 2026
Price on Nano AI: 12 credits per image
Page updated: November 5, 2026

Source: openai.com

Prompt patterns from OpenAI's Images 2.6 guide

The same official examples as the GPT Image 2.6 page, read on 2026-11-05. Use them as prompt patterns: quoted text, one layout, one change. They are OpenAI's files, not a new render from this form.

GPT Image 2.6: A premium handcrafted layered paper-cut illustration of a football team celebrating a championship victory inside a packed stadium. Official Sunburst example at complexity low and quality medium: a crowned gold trophy, red paper jerseys, gold medals, and a large CHAMPIONS banner across the front. — GPT Image 2.6 · From the official showcaseA premium handcrafted layered paper-cut illustration of a football team celebrating a championship victory inside a packed stadium. Official Sunburst example at complexity low and quality medium: a crowned gold trophy, red paper jerseys, gold medals, and a large CHAMPIONS banner across the front.Source

GPT Image 2.6 · From the official showcaseGive me a cool in culture ad / fashion shot for a brand called Thread. It's a hip young street brand. The ad shows a group of friends hanging out together with the tagline "Yours to Create." Make it feel like a polished campaign image for a youth streetwear audience: stylish, contemporary, energetic, and tasteful. Use clean composition, strong color direction, natural poses, and premium fashion photography cues. Render the tagline exactly once, clearly and legibly, integrated into the ad layout. No extra text, no watermarks, no unrelated logos. Official Flare example: script word Thread, the tagline "Yours to Create." once, with an orange underline, five friends on outdoor steps.Source

GPT Image 2.6 · From the official showcaseGive me a cool in culture ad / fashion shot for a brand called Thread. It's a hip young street brand. The ad shows a group of friends hanging out together with the tagline "Yours to Create." Make it feel like a polished campaign image for a youth streetwear audience: stylish, contemporary, energetic, and tasteful. Use clean composition, strong color direction, natural poses, and premium fashion photography cues. Render the tagline exactly once, clearly and legibly, integrated into the ad layout. No extra text, no watermarks, no unrelated logos. Official Sunburst example: bold Thread, the tagline "Yours to Create." once, a purple underline, dusk skyline, and Thread printed on the clothes.Source

GPT Image 2.6 · From the official showcaseCreate one pitch-deck slide titled "Market Opportunity" that feels like a real Series A fundraising slide from a YC-backed startup. Use a clean white background, modern sans-serif typography like Inter, and a crisp, minimal layout. Include a TAM/SAM/SOM concentric-circle diagram in muted blues and grays, TAM $42B, SAM $8.7B, SOM $340M, a bar chart of market growth from 2021 to 2026, footnotes "AGI Research, 2024" and "Internal analysis", and a company logo placeholder in the bottom-right corner. Highly readable text, clear data hierarchy, polished spacing. The figures in this prompt are fictional. Official slide example: TAM $42B, SAM $8.7B, SOM $340M, bars from $21B in 2021 to $42B in 2026, and an Acme logo placeholder.Source

GPT Image 2.6: A little monkey in an olive-green hooded coat stands in a snowy pine forest at dusk. A wooden cabin glows in the background. The monkey holds a glowing amber paper lantern at chest height, slowly lifts it, looks up and blinks, then lowers it back to its starting pose. Keep the lantern in its hands and the camera still. Make the motion loop smoothly. Still from the official Sunburst GIF example (512×512, quality high). — GPT Image 2.6 · From the official showcaseA little monkey in an olive-green hooded coat stands in a snowy pine forest at dusk. A wooden cabin glows in the background. The monkey holds a glowing amber paper lantern at chest height, slowly lifts it, looks up and blinks, then lowers it back to its starting pose. Keep the lantern in its hands and the camera still. Make the motion loop smoothly. Still from the official Sunburst GIF example (512×512, quality high).Source

What ChatGPT Images 2.6 changes for a prompt

ChatGPT Images 2.6 is the product search for OpenAI Images 2.6, the release dated November 4, 2026. The model page on this site is GPT Image 2.6. The short name Image 2.6 has its own page for the API ids and the quality and complexity knobs. This page is the ChatGPT side: what to write when you want a still, an edit, or exact words in the picture.

OpenAI's prompting guide, read on November 5, 2026, shows the same sentence rendered at more than one complexity, a tagline rendered by two variants, a slide with specific figures, and a lantern scene that is a frame from a GIF. Those files are the samples under the form. They are OpenAI's examples. The form here returns a still at 1K. It does not export a GIF, an SVG, or a markup edit, and it does not offer the quality or complexity menus from the API.

Write the picture as one scene. Put every word that must appear in quotation marks, and keep that text short. For an edit, say what changes and what stays. Ask for 1 to 4 variations. You can attach up to 5 reference images, PNG, JPEG or WebP, 5 MB each. The button shows 12 credits before it runs.

ChatGPT Images 2.6 on this page

Search name: ChatGPT Images 2.6
OpenAI release: Images 2.6, November 4, 2026
Menu name here: GPT Image 2.6
Price here: 12 credits a picture. 64 sign-up credits cover 5
Output here: 1K stills, 1 to 4 variations
References here: Up to 5 images, 5 MB each
Not on this form: GIF export, SVG export, markup edits, quality and complexity menus
Earlier release: GPT Image 2.5, September 8, 2026, also 12 credits, on its own page

Four ways to write a ChatGPT Images 2.6 prompt

Quote the words

The Thread examples keep one tagline, "Yours to Create.", and ask for it once. Extra slogans are how posters pick up stray text.

Name the layout, then stop

The market slide lists the title, the three circles and the years. A ChatGPT Images 2.6 prompt works the same way: the objects, then no extra text.

One change for an edit

Say the single thing that moves, then say the rest stays. The form accepts up to 5 reference images. It does not take a drawn markup layer.

A still, not a GIF

The lantern monkey is a frame from OpenAI's GIF example. Ask this form for one pose. Motion and looping files stay in OpenAI's own product.

ChatGPT Images 2.6 and the pages next to it

The left column is the ChatGPT search. The middle column is this site's menu. The right column is the previous release. API dollar prices stay on OpenAI's pricing page.

	ChatGPT Images 2.6	GPT Image 2.6 here	GPT Image 2.5 here
Released	November 4, 2026	Same release, one menu entry	September 8, 2026
Where people meet it	ChatGPT, plus the API	This form, model already selected	Its own page
Credits	OpenAI bills the API separately	12 a picture	12 a picture
64 sign-up credits	Not an OpenAI balance	5 pictures, 4 credits left	5 pictures, 4 credits left
This form returns	ChatGPT may offer more formats	1K stills, up to 5 references	1K stills, up to 5 references

How to use ChatGPT Images 2.6 on this page

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Write one scene
GPT Image 2.6 is already selected. Choose an aspect ratio and 1 to 4 variations. Put required words in quotation marks.
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Or attach references
Switch to the edit control, add up to 5 images, and say what changes. Keep the sentence shorter than the scene.
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Generate
Sign in. The button shows 12 credits. Eligible new accounts start with 64, enough for 5 pictures. Results are saved with your other creations.

ChatGPT Images 2.6 prompts to copy

Each one is a single scene with short quoted text. They are written for this form, not copied from a ChatGPT screenshot.

Cafe card
A square card on warm cream paper for a neighborhood cafe. The only words are "Sunday Loaf" in a large serif and "baked at 7" underneath. One line drawing of a loaf, no other text, no logo.
Trail sign
A wooden trail sign at a forest junction, morning mist, no people. The sign reads "Cedar Loop" on the top board and "2.4 km" on the lower board. Nothing else is written.
Three lines
A clean slide titled "This week" with three lines only: "Draft the page", "Ask five readers", "Cut one feature". White background, one blue rule, no photos, no extra text.
Edit the cup
Change only the cup color to deep green. Keep the table, the light and every other object exactly as they are. Add no text.

FAQ

ChatGPT Images 2.6 FAQ

Release facts are from OpenAI's November 4, 2026 announcement and the image prompting guide read on November 5, 2026. Prices are Nano AI credits.

Is ChatGPT Images 2.6 the same as GPT Image 2.6?

On this site, yes. ChatGPT Images 2.6 is the search for the ChatGPT feature. The menu says GPT Image 2.6. Both use the same form, the same samples and 12 credits a picture.

How many pictures do 64 credits buy?

Five. Each picture is 12 credits, and 5 times 12 is 60, so 4 credits remain. The grant is once per eligible new account, with no card. It is not an OpenAI balance.

Can I get the GIF from the lantern example?

Not from this form. The sample is one frame of OpenAI's GIF. The file you download here is a still. GIF, SVG and markup edits are described in OpenAI's API, not as controls on this page.

Where are Flare and Sunburst explained?

On the Image 2.6 page. Those are OpenAI's two API names for Images 2.6. This page keeps one menu entry, GPT Image 2.6, and does not ask you to pick a variant.

What resolution do I get?

1K. A square picture is 1024 by 1024. You can ask for 1 to 4 variations and up to 5 reference images. Larger masters and the API quality menu are not on this form.

Is Nano AI part of ChatGPT?

No. Nano AI is independent and is not affiliated with OpenAI. Signing in here does not open a ChatGPT account or spend OpenAI credits.

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Nano AI is an independent service and is not affiliated with OpenAI. ChatGPT Images 2.6 facts come from OpenAI's announcement dated November 4, 2026 and the image prompting guide read on November 5, 2026. The form is GPT Image 2.6 at 12 credits a still. It does not export GIF or SVG files.