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May 6, 2026

Grok Imagine Quality Mode API

Higher realism. Stronger text rendering. Better creative control.

What Quality Mode Delivers What Quality Mode Delivers Leaderboard Rankings Enterprise Use Cases Quality Mode enhances Video Generation How to Get Started

Quality Mode for image generation and editing is now live for enterprise developers and teams via the Grok Imagine API.

What Quality Mode Delivers

Photo of a woman with friends at the pool, wide shot, the woman is wearing a swimsuit that's all yellow toned and a matching cover up, looking relaxed, natural skin and pores, skin imperfections, Italian leisure aesthetic, warm afternoon sunlight, high-contrast dappled canopy shadows, deep forest green, terracotta orange, crisp canvas white, herringbone brick textures, medium format editorial photography, analogue film warmth, architectural framing, tranquil luxury vibe, deep depth of field.

Prompt: High end simple menu of french chocolate deserts

Prompt: Photo of [Influencer brewing morning coffee on tailgate with beautiful sunrise light], soft golden hour natural lighting with warm backlighting and subtle lens flares, warm earthy color palette with golden amber highlights and cool blue sky accents, serene contemplative atmosphere, realistic photographic rendering with natural material textures, balanced natural composition with leading lines, soft shadows and gentle highlights, crisp photorealistic details

Big leap in realism

Fine details, accurate textures, realistic characters and scenes.

Stronger text rendering

Clean, multilingual text capabilities.

Superior creative control

Tighter prompt following, deeper scene and world understanding, consistent brand results.

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What Quality Mode Delivers

Photo of a woman with friends at the pool, wide shot, the woman is wearing a swimsuit that's all yellow toned and a matching cover up, looking relaxed, natural skin and pores, skin imperfections, Italian leisure aesthetic, warm afternoon sunlight, high-contrast dappled canopy shadows, deep forest green, terracotta orange, crisp canvas white, herringbone brick textures, medium format editorial photography, analogue film warmth, architectural framing, tranquil luxury vibe, deep depth of field.

Prompt: High end simple menu of french chocolate deserts

Prompt: Photo of [Influencer brewing morning coffee on tailgate with beautiful sunrise light], soft golden hour natural lighting with warm backlighting and subtle lens flares, warm earthy color palette with golden amber highlights and cool blue sky accents, serene contemplative atmosphere, realistic photographic rendering with natural material textures, balanced natural composition with leading lines, soft shadows and gentle highlights, crisp photorealistic details

Big leap in realism

Fine details, accurate textures, realistic characters and scenes.

Stronger text rendering

Clean, multilingual text capabilities.

Superior creative control

Tighter prompt following, deeper scene and world understanding, consistent brand results.

Leaderboard Rankings

xAI's Grok Imagine API ranks among the strongest models on independent leaderboards.

Text-to-Image Arena — Ranked by Lab (Top 5)

Source: Arena Text-to-Image Arena as of May 4, 2026.

Enterprise Use Cases

Quality Mode shines in business applications.

Product Visualization & Marketing Assets

Create photorealistic product renders that match your brand. Generate hero images, social assets, icons, and ad variations at scale.

Prompt

Create an event ad for the Cybertruck in the first image. Maintain the same brand style as image 2 but make it Mars themed. Change the tagline to something different but maintain the tagline placement. Add the date and location of the event under the tagline: Mars, May 5th, 2035.

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Make Ideas Come to Life Faster

Visualize what you're thinking and share it with the team.

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Prompt

A small perfume bottle with a minimalist label that says "La Belle Vie", glass luxury perfume bottle with glass cap, standing on a stone villa window overlooking the ocean in warm sunlight, with Mediterranean retro-leisure aesthetic, green and brown hues against an expansive sea and wild flowers backdrop with hues of dark green, muted reds, vibrant greens, blues, pale yellows and natural retro film colors, light reflections cast from the bottle onto the stone, magazine style photo, quiet luxury aesthetic

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Prompt

Put this perfume bottle on a print pamphlet that a woman is holding in her hand, POV

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UGC Style Content

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Prompt

Full body composition, photorealistic portrait of a 25-year-old woman with long hair, natural realistic skin with visible pores and skin texture, streetwear vibe, wearing this exact black t-shirt with the precise white graphic logo from the reference image, fitted not oversized, black pants and all-black shoes, standing in confident pose with hand on hip, plain white seamless background, natural studio lighting, ultra realistic, high resolution, detailed

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Output

2

Prompt

Exact same woman, exact face, exact body, exact outfit from the reference image. UGC style, eating a piece of leftover birthday cake, picture from top down POV someone taking it, imperfect picture

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Output

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Prompt

Exact same woman, exact outfit from the reference image. Mirror selfie in a reflective stainless steel elevator, holding a silver iPhone in one hand taking the photo. Soft natural lighting, casual streetwear aesthetic, realistic UGC photography style, relaxed lean against elevator wall with subtle smile

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Improved World Understanding

History Real Locations

Prompt: Picture of a white frosted cake with a message on it in red frosting explaining in a nutshell who Alexander the Great is.

Broad Visual Range

From cinematic scenes to UI-style icons, Quality Mode can create any style.

Scenic Detailed

Prompt: Cinematic shot of a couple on a picnic blanket in soft muted red and beige tones on hill, a picnic basket, wine, two glasses and book, soft diffused natural daylight, muted desaturated sage green and warm earth tone palette, gentle film grain, atmospheric haze, serene pastoral atmosphere, natural skin textures, intimate close-up or wide scenic composition, warm skin tones against cool backgrounds, contemplative mood

Quality Mode enhances Video Generation

Pairing our latest image model with our video capabilities creates endless possibilities for brands: social media video assets, product showcasing, ads and more.

How to Get Started

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import xai_sdk

client = xai_sdk.Client()

response = client.image.sample(
    prompt="A collage of London landmarks in a stenciled street-art style",
    model="grok-imagine-image-quality",
)

print(response.url)

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For full documentation, visit our docs page.

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