Overview

Krea 2 Medium is the faster and more cost-efficient variant in the Krea 2 image model family.

It is designed for workflows that need strong aesthetic range and reference-aware generation, but value consistency, stability, and iteration speed over the higher ceiling of the larger variant.

Strengths

Stable and Consistent Outputs

Krea 2 Medium uses more extensive post-training than the larger variant, which makes its outputs especially stable and reliable across repeated generations. It is a strong fit when teams need predictable variation rather than a wider quality spread.

Strong on Illustration and Design-Heavy Styles

Medium is particularly well suited to illustration, anime, painting, graphic design, and other expressive or stylized looks where visual direction matters more than strict realism.

Faster Iteration

The model is positioned as the more efficient Krea 2 variant, making it better for concept exploration, batch iteration, and workflows where many visual directions need to be tested quickly.

Creativity Control

The exposed API includes a creativity control that adjusts how strongly the model follows prompt interpretation, ranging from raw through low and medium to high. This gives a practical way to balance literal adherence against freer visual exploration.

Weighted Reference Guidance

Krea 2 Medium supports up to 10 reference images, with each reference carrying a weight from -2 to +2. That allows both positive guidance toward a look and negative guidance away from unwanted visual influence, which is unusually flexible for reference-driven workflows.

Broad Creative Reliability

If the goal is a dependable all-around variant for mixed creative work, Medium is the safer starting point within the Krea 2 family.

Capabilities

Text-to-Image

Krea 2 Medium supports prompt-driven image generation across expressive, illustrative, stylized, and design-oriented workflows.

Image-to-Image and Reference-Guided Workflows

The model also supports image-to-image generation and reference-guided workflows, making it suitable for guided restyling, variation, and controlled visual exploration.

Input and Output

• AIR ID: krea:krea@2-medium
• Input: text prompts with optional source image and up to 10 weighted reference images
• Output: generated or reference-guided images
• Creativity control: raw = 0, low = 10, medium = 50, high = 100
• Reference weight range: -2 to +2
• Family role: faster and more stable Krea 2 variant

Best Fit

• Illustration and anime workflows
• Graphic design exploration
• Painting and stylized art direction
• Fast team iteration
• Consistent reference-guided generation