FLUX Pro 1.1
by Black Forest Labs
Professional-grade text-to-image generation
Model
Enhance type
Quality
Aspect ratio
Batch
Click Generate to create your image
At a glance
- Provider
- Black Forest Labs
- Credit cost
- 5 credits per image
- Max resolution
- Up to 2MP
- Aspect ratios
- 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16
- Images per run
- Up to 4
- Reference images
- Text to image only
- Commercial use
- Included on paid plans
About FLUX Pro 1.1
FLUX Pro 1.1 is Black Forest Labs' production-grade text-to-image model, the version that established FLUX's reputation for clean, high-quality output across photographic, editorial, and stylized work. It's a strong general-purpose model with reliable prompt adherence and a distinctive FLUX aesthetic that many creators specifically seek.
Compared to FLUX 2 Flex, FLUX Pro 1.1 is simpler, no guidance scale or inference step controls, just prompt-in / image-out. That makes it faster to iterate with and cheaper per generation. It supports prompt enhancement (auto-rewriting your prompt for better results) and seed control for reproducible outputs.
On DesignerBox, FLUX Pro 1.1 costs 5 credits per generation, with up to 4 images per batch. Use it as a workhorse for general image generation when you don't need FLUX 2 Flex's parameter control or Nano Banana Pro's premium tier.
Best For
General-purpose image generation, photographic and editorial work, batch iteration with reliable quality, and any creator who specifically wants the distinctive FLUX aesthetic.
Strengths & trade-offs
Cheap, fast photorealism
Strengths
- Very fast and very low cost
- Clean professional photorealism
- Seed and prompt-enhance control
Trade-offs
- Text-to-image only: no editing or references
- Weaker on stylised or artistic looks
Best for: High-volume photoreal drafts on a budget
See how FLUX Pro 1.1 compares to other models →What Flux Pro 1.1 does best
Strengths that show up reliably in commercial photography and editorial work.
Premium photorealism
Product photography, editorial imagery, advertising-grade output. Where pure visual fidelity matters more than narrative interpretation or text rendering.
Strong human and portrait work
Faces, hands, anatomy at premium quality. The categories that traditional image AI struggles on, Flux Pro handles more reliably than average.
Product photography
E-commerce hero shots, lifestyle product imagery, marketing creative. Strong category fit for DTC brands and catalog operations.
Light and shadow physics
Cast shadows, contact shadows, reflective surfaces, lighting consistency across composition. Photographic discipline shows up in generated outputs.
How to use Flux Pro 1.1 on DesignerBox
Five steps optimized for commercial photography use.
Examples from FLUX Pro 1.1
Four frames showing how FLUX Pro 1.1 interprets the same scene with one attribute varied per frame.
First variation
Second variation
Third variation
Fourth variation
When to use Flux Pro 1.1 vs alternatives
Six decision rules for premium image model selection.
Use Flux Pro 1.1 for: product photography
DTC hero shots, lifestyle product imagery, e-commerce catalog at premium quality. The category Flux Pro was designed to win.
Use Flux Pro 1.1 for: editorial photography
Editorial hero imagery, advertising creative, brand campaign visuals. Where photographic discipline shows up in evaluation.
Use Flux Pro 1.1 for: ecosystem independence
Teams that prefer not to lock into a single major-provider ecosystem (Google, OpenAI). Flux Pro provides peak quality without that commitment.
Avoid Flux Pro 1.1 for: text-heavy designs
Text rendering is improving but not the strength. For social tile designs with text or editorial layouts heavy on type, GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana Pro outperform.
Avoid Flux Pro 1.1 for: conversational editing workflows
Flux Pro is generation-focused, not edit-conversation-focused. For multi-pass refinement, GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana Pro have the conversational editing strength.
Compare against Flux 2 Flex for typography
Flux 2 Flex extends the Flux family with typography focus, retexturing, and multi-reference editing. Flux Pro 1.1 is the pure photorealism choice; Flux 2 Flex is the design-layer choice within the same family.