AI news · October 17, 2026
Krea 3 makes image editing the main event
Krea 3 is an image editing model with native 2K output, a public beta, and a vendor comparison showing edits in under eight seconds at about $0.06 each.
- vendor edit example
- <8 sec
- vendor launch price per edit
- $0.06
- native output example
- 2736×1536
Krea announced the open beta of Krea 3 on October 15, and the launch drew 341 points on Hacker News when checked. The model focuses on regional edits, object removal, scene changes, and keeping a subject consistent while the setting changes. Krea’s page shows native 2K output and a comparison in which its example edits take less than eight seconds.
The same page lists a launch price of about $0.06 per edit and says Krea 3 can run through the app or API. These are vendor examples, not an independent benchmark; the page also says text-to-image is still being tuned. The useful angle is the narrow edit loop: change one thing, inspect the diff, and keep the rest of the image stable.
What you can do with it
Try one product photo and request three small changes: background, color, and object removal. Save the original and output, check changed pixels, count retries, and compare total cost with your current tool. Keep the model if it preserves the parts customers care about.
Our take
Editing is a better first market than another general image generator because acceptance is easier to inspect: the requested region changed and the rest did not. Krea’s page makes strong speed and precision claims, so the buyer should measure those on real assets. A fast edit that changes the product is still a failed edit.
Links Try Krea 3
Source: Hacker News — Made With Models writes the brief; the reporting is theirs.