Krea 3 on Image to Layers edits your photos from one written instruction and up to 8 reference images, or makes a new image from text alone.
Upload a photo to editUpload 1–8 photos and say what to change, or switch to text to image. Photos count as image 1, image 2 and so on in upload order.
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Describe the image you want
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Edited with Krea 3 from a plain packshot. Load this prompt from the examples below, then upload your own photo.
Krea 3 is the image editing and generation model Krea released on October 15, 2026; Image to Layers is an independent site, not Krea, and runs it through Fal with no install. A 1K image costs 5 credits plus 5 per input photo, so a one-photo edit is 10 credits (about $0.14 on the monthly plan); 2K costs 19 plus 19 per photo. Every run spends credits, and downloads carry no added watermark.
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Krea 3 runs here in three steps: add up to 8 photos (or none for text to image), write one instruction that says what changes and what stays, then pick 1K or 2K and generate. A one-photo 1K edit costs 10 credits, and the result downloads as a JPEG with no added watermark.
Upload one to 8 JPG, PNG or WebP photos up to 10 MB each, or switch to Text to image to start without a photo. Photos are numbered image 1, image 2 and so on in upload order, so put the photo you want changed first.
Write one instruction, for example “Keep the bottle exactly as it is. A hand raises it against a deep cobalt summer sky.” Naming what must not change asks the model to preserve it; results still vary with the photo and the wording.
Choose 1K or 2K and one of nine aspect ratios. The button shows the credits for the output plus each input photo before you start, and the finished JPEG is ready to download.
Five before-and-after pairs edited with Krea 3, each with the one-line instruction that produced it. Load an instruction into the editor, then upload your own photo; your result depends on your photo and wording.
A plain soda can on grey becomes a hand-held shot in crushed ice with halved yuzu on a magenta backdrop; the doodle label is still readable in the edit.
Instruction
Keep the can exactly as it is, label included. Push it into crushed ice against a magenta backdrop.
A frosted perfume bottle on a grey studio sweep is placed in a hand raised against a deep blue sky with white clouds.
Instruction
Keep the bottle exactly as it is. A hand raises it against a deep cobalt summer sky.
A red moka pot shot on a plain background is turned into a sunlit pour of espresso into two cups on a red gingham tablecloth.
Instruction
Keep the espresso maker exactly as it is. Pour espresso on a gingham tablecloth in hard sun.
A pencil-and-marker sketch of a puffy modular sofa is rendered as a brown leather sofa in a furnished room with a floor lamp.
Instruction
Turn this marker sketch into a real, finished sofa. Follow the sketch exactly.
A faded 1970s polaroid of a sunken living room with wood panelling and a stone fireplace is recreated as a sharp, modern interior photograph.
Instruction
Recreate the room in this faded polaroid as a sharp, modern architectural photograph.
Krea 3 is an image-to-image foundation model from Krea, released on October 15, 2026. Krea 3 edits one photo or combines several reference photos from a written instruction, outputs native 2K images, and can also generate from text alone. Krea’s launch post says most edits finish in under 8 seconds and lists an API price of $0.06 per 2K image; the Krea 3 technical report followed on November 3, 2026.
Krea 3 is a model, not only the krea.ai app. Krea runs it in its own web app and also offers it through partners including fal, Replicate, Together AI, OpenRouter, Hedra and Nous Research.
The launch post described up to 6 reference images per edit; the technical report and Fal’s Krea 3 Edit endpoint accept up to 8, which is the limit on this page.
Primary sources:Introducing Krea 3Krea 3 technical report
Krea 3 is not open source, and no Krea 3 weights are available to download as of November 11, 2026. Krea’s Hugging Face page lists Krea 2 Raw and Krea 2 Turbo weights (posted June 18, 2026) and Krea 2 LoRAs, but no Krea 3 checkpoint, so there is no Krea 3 GGUF, GitHub release or ComfyUI model file to run locally. Neither the launch post nor the technical report gives an open-weights date.
Searches for “flux krea 3” usually mix up two models: FLUX.1 Krea, the open-weights model Krea released with Black Forest Labs in July 2025, and Krea 3, which is hosted only.
Today Krea 3 runs only on hosted services: krea.ai, Krea’s API, partner APIs such as fal, and pages like this one that call them for you.
Krea 3 edit reads every uploaded photo in order as image 1, image 2 and so on, together with your instruction, and renders one new image. Put the photo you want changed first and use later photos for the product, outfit, color swatch or style to bring in, then name them in the prompt, such as “put the bag from image 2 on the table in image 1”. Each input photo is billed like one more output image of the size you pick.
Krea 3 on this page costs 5 credits for a 1K text-to-image result and 10 credits for a 1K edit of one photo — about $0.07 and $0.14 at the Pro monthly rate of $19 for 1,400 credits. Each extra input photo adds 5 credits at 1K or 19 at 2K. From zero balance, the smallest purchase is the $5 pack of 100 credits, enough for 10 one-photo 1K edits.
| Run | Credits | ≈ Pro monthly ($19 / 1,400) | ≈ $5 pack (100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1K · text only | 5 | $0.07 | $0.25 |
| 1K · 1 photo | 10 | $0.14 | $0.50 |
| 1K · 4 photos | 25 | $0.34 | $1.25 |
| 1K · 8 photos | 45 | $0.61 | $2.25 |
| 2K · text only | 19 | $0.26 | $0.95 |
| 2K · 1 photo | 38 | $0.52 | $1.90 |
| 2K · 4 photos | 95 | $1.29 | $4.75 |
| 2K · 8 photos | 171 | $2.32 | $8.55 |
| Question | Answer on this page |
|---|---|
| Free Krea 3 runs | None — every run spends credits |
| Watermark | No watermark added to downloads |
| Output | One JPEG per run, 1K (about 1 MP) or 2K (about 4 MP) |
| Phone | Works in a mobile browser; no app to install |
| Failed runs | Credits are returned automatically |
Why photos cost extra: Fal bills Krea 3 at $0.025 per megapixel for the output plus every reference image, so a one-photo edit costs about twice a text-only image. Prices were checked on November 11, 2026. See all credit plans
Checked against:Fal Krea 3 Edit pricingKrea 3 plans on krea.ai
| Aspect ratio | 1K (pixels) | 2K (pixels) |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | 1024 × 1024 | 2048 × 2048 |
| 4:5 | 912 × 1136 | 1824 × 2288 |
| 5:4 | 1136 × 912 | 2288 × 1824 |
| 3:4 | 880 × 1168 | 1760 × 2352 |
| 4:3 | 1168 × 880 | 2352 × 1760 |
| 2:3 | 832 × 1248 | 1664 × 2496 |
| 3:2 | 1248 × 832 | 2496 × 1664 |
| 9:16 | 768 × 1360 | 1536 × 2720 |
| 16:9 | 1360 × 768 | 2720 × 1536 |
Krea 3 still makes the mistakes Krea lists in its technical report: it occasionally misspells words, changes parts of a reference it was asked to preserve, and ignores parts of the instruction. Faces, hands and small print can shift, especially across repeated edits, so check details before you publish. Results vary with the photo and the prompt.
For a bigger file after editing, run the result through the Image Upscaler; to change only a region you mark with a brush, use AI Inpainting instead.
No. Image to Layers is an independent site that sends your request to Krea 3 through Fal’s hosted API; Krea, the company that built the model, runs its own app at krea.ai. Credits, accounts and support on this page are ours, not Krea’s.
Yes. Krea 3 has an official Krea API and hosted partner APIs (the partners are listed in “What is Krea 3” above). An API suits developers who are building their own app and want to pay the provider per image; this page is the no-code route, calling fal’s Krea 3 endpoints for you with no API key and pricing every run in credits before you start.
This page runs Fal’s standard Krea 3 text-to-image and Krea 3 Edit endpoints at their default “medium” reasoning level. The higher “high” and “ultra” reasoning levels are not offered here. There is no Krea 3 Turbo download either: the Turbo weights on Krea’s Hugging Face page are Krea 2 Turbo.
Krea 3 is not free on this page: every run spends credits, starting at 5 for a 1K text-to-image result and 10 for a 1K one-photo edit. Krea’s own app lists Krea 3 on its Free plan, with 100 compute units a day and no credit card (checked November 11, 2026). Downloads from this page carry no added watermark.
Upload a photo, write what should change, and pay 10 credits for a 1K one-photo edit.
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