Create images from text and attach your own LoRAs (characters, styles, products) for custom looks and consistent subjects across generations—best when you need a repeatable visual identity.
Flux Dev: Reference and LoRA–Driven Image Generation in Pixio
Flux Dev is Black Forest Labs' 12B rectified flow model—the Flux option in Pixio where you attach reference images or LoRAs with zero fine-tuning. Generate from text, steer with image-to-image, or lock in a subject or style with a ref or LoRA and describe the scene. Fast (~5s), open-weights, and built for repeatable visual identity: product shots, character consistency, e-commerce, and style lock-in.
In this course you'll learn:
- What Flux Dev is — rectified flow, "Dev" meaning, and how it fits next to Flux 2, Flux Pro, and Flux Dev Inpainting.
- Using Flux Dev in Pixio — where to find it (Flux card → this course; Generate → Flux Dev), first ref- or LoRA-driven run, and when to pick it over other Flux models.
- Workflows — text-only, reference-driven, LoRA-driven, image-to-image, and sketch-to-final; what Flux Dev is best at.
- Professional setup — resolution (e.g. 256–1440, multiples of 32), aspect ratios, how many refs to use, guidance and steps, seed.
- Prompting Flux Dev — ref = what, prompt = where/how; strategies and copy-paste examples for products, characters, LoRAs, and image-to-image.
- Best practices — when to use Flux Dev vs Flux 2 vs Flux Pro vs Inpainting; limitations (text, resolution); pairing with Upscale and Background Removal; licensing.
Complete the lessons below to go from first run to confident ref- and LoRA-driven workflows with Flux Dev in Pixio.
