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Image Editing challenges

Every image editing challenge in the arena, scored with TrueSkill as the votes come in. Filter by skill to narrow it down.

Photorealism Adding & Editing Objects

Man and Car in California

Combines two references (a person and a car) into one believable driving scene. It checks whether the model keeps the man’s identity and the car’s appearance while placing them convincingly on the coastline with matched lighting and perspective.

Best
GPT Image 1.5
Mid
Seedream 5.0 Lite
Worst
FLUX.2 [dev]
Source
Photorealism Face & Identity

Bald man challenge

A targeted edit test. Adding a realistic head of hair requires a believable hairline and texture while keeping the face, expression, and lighting unchanged. Common failures are wig-like or pasted-on hair and subtle changes to the underlying face.

Edited result
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Before After
Best
Nano Banana
Edited result
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Mid
Wan 2.6
Edited result
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Worst
GPT Image 1
Source
Photorealism Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Golden Hour Stroll

A motion-injection edit test. The model adds wind-driven movement (blowing hair, flying leaves) to a still photo while leaving the rest of the scene intact. The difficulty is making motion look physically plausible without distorting the subject or background.

Edited result
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Before After
Best
Wan 2.6
Edited result
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Mid
Seedream 4.0
Edited result
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Worst
Z-Image Turbo
Source
Artistic Restyling Creativity

Studio Ghibli Anime Style

A style-transfer test. The model must convert a photo into a convincing hand-painted anime look while preserving the original composition and subject, so the result reads as a genuine illustration rather than a filter laid over the photo.

Best
Nano Banana 2
Mid
GPT Image 1.5
Worst
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Source
Artistic Restyling Face & Identity

Over-the-top cartoon caricature

A stylized edit test. The model has to exaggerate features for a caricature while keeping the subject recognizable, and work in the requested story elements (profession, dogs, hockey). It balances recognizable likeness against deliberate distortion.

Best
Nano Banana 2
Mid
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Worst
FLUX.2 [klein] 9B
Source
People & Poses Lighting, Shadows & Materials

Pose & Character Mashup

This prompt is challenging because it forces models to do two hard things at once: accurately transfer complex body poses and joint angles from Image 1 while strictly preserving the exact face, identity, and clothing style from Image 2. Most models struggle with unnatural limb distortions, identity blending, incorrect fabric behavior on the new pose, and mismatched lighting, making it a strong test of advanced spatial reasoning and character consistency.

Best
GPT Image 2
Mid
Nano Banana
Worst
Grok Imagine Image Pro
Source
Photorealism Adding & Editing Objects

Outfit Transfer Challenge

This is extremely practical (think e-commerce, fashion, virtual dressing rooms). It’s visually very obvious when it fails, and success looks impressive. It tests a model’s understanding of clothing physics, body shape, and lighting.

Best
Nano Banana Pro
Mid
Seedream 4.5
Worst
Grok Imagine Image
Source