Model · Pictures

Luma Photon

Luma AI's picture-making model. Describe an image, or give it reference pictures for style or a recurring character, and it makes or edits the image. Not downloadable: use it in Luma's Dream Machine app or pay per image through its API. A faster, cheaper Flash version exists.

Go to Luma Photon’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
Offered only through Luma's app and API; no weights.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Licence: Luma AI Terms of Service (The maker's own terms)
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Can I sell what I make?: Yes, on paid plans
4.9.1: you own outputs; commercial use only for outputs produced during an active subscription term. API use governed by separate API terms (not read).
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Cost: No free plan.
Plans below.
How you use it: Maker's own API, In your browser
Luma API, Dream Machine app, ComfyUI nodes powered by the Luma API.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Made by: Luma AI, Inc. (US)
Terms 16.6: Palo Alto, California address.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Status: Available
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

What you can make with it

A picture, from a description (main use)
A picture, the same character or style across many images
A picture, by changing a photo I have

text to imageimage to image

Text to image, multi-image and style reference, character reference (beta), modify/edit.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Launch page's comparison chart shows 1.6 cents for Photon 1080p, conflicting with the 1.5 cents in the text. Prices in cents, USD assumed. Current API price list not read.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

Rough cost of one standard image: about $0.015 / £0.01 (estimate, worked out by Plainly, not a price the maker publishes). $0.015 per 2MP 1080p image from launch page (chart says $0.016). GBP at 0.75 = 0.011.

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work
4.2.1, 4.9.2-4.9.3: Luma may use inputs and outputs to train its models; no opt-out described.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Limits: max megapixels: 2; note: Pages cite 2MP 1080p images.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

Where you can run it

Luma Dream Machine, ComfyUI

Other options for “A picture, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Akool, Artbreeder, Bria, Canva AI (Magic Studio), ChatGPT Images, Civitai, Clipdrop, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DiffusionBee, DomoAI, Draw Things, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, FLUX.1 [dev], FLUX.1 [schnell], FLUX.1 Kontext

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.