Food Photography Comparison

Flux 2 vs Flux Ultra 1.1

Restaurant, cooking, and food styling content — see how these models compare with real AI-generated outputs.

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Food photography lives or dies on texture, lighting, and styling: crisp crusts, glossy sauces, steam, garnishes, and clean plating. On Influencer Studio, Flux 2 and Flux Ultra 1.1 both generate strong food imagery, but they shine in different parts of a restaurant or recipe workflow.

This comparison focuses on common needs for restaurants, chefs, and creators—menu hero shots, step-by-step cooking visuals, seasonal specials, and consistent brand styling—so you can choose the right model for your shoots, edits, and iterations.

Food Photography — Side-by-Side Results

Prompt

"Casual influencer-style food photo: a 20s woman with shoulder-length wavy brown hair in an oversized oatmeal sweater, seated at a sunny café table, glancing toward the phone camera mid-laugh while one hand adjusts the plate. In the foreground, a beautifully plated avocado toast with poached egg and chili flakes beside an iced latte, shot at a dramatic 45-degree angle with linen napkin, gold fork, and scattered microgreens on the table; natural window light, slight handheld phone feel, authentic Instagram Story vibe. Background softly shows other café tables and a blurred street outside, nothing polished or editorial."

Feature Comparison

FeatureFlux 2Flux Ultra 1.1
ProviderBlack Forest LabsBlack Forest Labs
Subcategoriestext-to-image, image-to-imagetext-to-image
1080p / 2k ModeYesYes
4k ModeYesNo
NSFW RatingLowStrict
Aspect Ratio1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 3:4, 4:31:1, 16:9, 9:16, 3:4, 4:3, 21:9
Model VariantStandard, Klein 9B—
Starting Price22 credits16 credits

Flux 2 Strengths

  • Flexible food-scene editing (image-to-image) for refining plating, backgrounds, props, and lighting direction without restarting from scratch
  • LoRA support for consistent restaurant branding (signature plating style, color palette, dish series, or recurring table setting) across many outputs
  • Up to 4MP output for sharper menu boards, delivery app banners, and crop-friendly hero images
  • Style transfer to quickly explore looks like rustic farmhouse, modern fine dining, moody low-key, or bright editorial food styling
  • Face-swap support for creator-led cooking content where the chef/host needs to remain consistent across scenes

Flux Ultra 1.1 Strengths

  • Exceptional micro-detail for textures like crisp skin, flaky pastry layers, spice granules, and glossy reductions
  • Photorealistic rendering that suits premium restaurant hero shots and close-up dish glamour images
  • Strong out-of-the-box quality for fast generation when you don’t need iterative edits
  • Efficient per-image pricing (16 credits) for producing many variations of the same dish angle or lighting setup

Verdict

Choose Flux Ultra 1.1 when your priority is maximum realism and detail for final-ready dish hero images—think menu covers, featured specials, and close-up plating where texture and natural lighting sell the food.

Choose Flux 2 when you need a full workflow for food content: iterating on plating and props, maintaining consistent brand styling via LoRAs, producing higher-resolution assets, or building creator/chef-led visuals that require controlled edits across a series.

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