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Krea 2 on Imagera: Train a Custom Photorealistic AI Model

Train and run Krea 2 on Imagera: turn 15-30 photos into a private custom model and generate consistent, commercial-grade images. From 20 credits per image.

By Imagera AI Team8 min readJuly 23, 2026Updated: August 2, 2026
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Krea 2 photorealistic editorial portrait generated on Imagera

TL;DR

Krea 2 is a from-scratch foundation image model with class-leading photorealism for people, products, and skin/texture detail. Because one-off generations can't hold a consistent identity, Imagera lets you train a private custom Krea 2 model from 15–30 photos and generate repeatable, commercial-grade images across an integrated create-edit-upscale workflow. Generation starts at 20 credits per image.

Krea 2 Turbo generates an image in about 2 seconds
Train a custom model from just 15–30 photos
Generation from 20 credits per image
Training runs in roughly 15 minutes

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Krea 2 is the image model creators keep screenshotting — and for good reason. It renders skin, hair, fabric, and light with a believability most models still can't touch. But if you've tried to use it for real commercial work — a recurring brand character, an AI influencer, a product that has to look identical across 40 shots — you've hit the wall every foundation model shares: a stunning one-off is not a repeatable asset.

Imagera closes that gap. You train your own private Krea 2 model on a handful of images, then generate consistent, campaign-ready output on demand — inside one workflow that also edits, retouches, and upscales the results.

Krea 2 photorealistic portrait with pore-level skin detail generated on Imagera

1.What Krea 2 actually is

Krea 2 is a foundation image model built from scratch — not a fine-tune of an existing open model. It was trained with an "aesthetic-first" objective: visual taste, tonal range, and style fidelity, rather than raw prompt-matching alone.

Three things stand out for commercial creators:

  • Best-in-class photoreal subjects. People and animals render with real depth — skin texture, pores, stray hairs, fur, and genuine expression. It's one of the strongest models available for believable subject work.
  • A wide aesthetic range in one model. Grainy film photography, clean studio product shots, cinematic stills, and editorial illustration all come out of the same model, with style transfer and moodboard control.
  • Speed. The distilled Turbo variant renders in about two seconds, so iterating on a look is instant.

That's the raw capability. Raw capability alone, though, doesn't ship a brand.

2.Why a single Krea 2 image isn't enough for commercial work

A one-off generation is a lottery ticket: you might land a perfect face, but you can't get that same face back tomorrow for the next post, ad, or product angle. Commercial work lives or dies on consistency — the same influencer, the same mascot, the same packaging, shot after shot.

The answer is a small custom model — a LoRA — trained on your own images. It teaches Krea 2 your specific subject: a person, a product, or a signature style. That's the difference between "a nice AI picture" and a reusable visual asset your business can build a catalog on.

3.Train a custom Krea 2 model on Imagera

Four steps, start to finish:

  1. Open the LoRA Studio and select Krea 2 as the engine.
  2. Upload 15–30 photos of your subject — varied angles, expressions, and lighting; clean and high-resolution.
  3. Name it, set a trigger word, and start training.
  4. In roughly 15 minutes you have a private, reusable Krea 2 model tied to your account.

Dataset packing, training, and weight storage are handled end-to-end, so you go from upload to a usable model in a single pass — and spin up a second version just as fast when you want to refine it. Everything is billed in credits, with nothing to configure between runs.

Krea 2 commercial product photography of a luxury perfume bottle on marble

4.Generate consistent, commercial-grade images

Once your model is trained, the value compounds:

  • Consistent identity, any scene. Prompt your subject into new outfits, locations, and lighting — they stay recognizably the same.
  • Instant base generation too. Don't need a custom subject? Generate straight from base Krea 2 for photoreal stills, product mockups, and editorial concepts.
  • One continuous workflow. Trained models, generation, editing, face work, and upscaling share the same account and credit balance, so a rough idea becomes a finished, print-ready asset without exporting to another tool.

5.What you can build with it

Where consistent Krea 2 output turns into revenue:

  • AI influencers and UGC creators — one believable persona across an entire content calendar.
  • E-commerce product and packshot photography — studio-grade shots without a studio.
  • Brand mascots and recurring characters — the same figure across every campaign.
  • Ad creative at scale — dozens of on-brand variations to test.
  • Professional headshots — polished, natural, and repeatable.

Krea 2 cinematic fashion editorial scene at golden hour

6.Chain multiple LoRAs — the move closed models can't make

One custom model is powerful. Stacking several is where Imagera pulls away from every closed tool.

On Imagera you can load up to five LoRAs in a single generation, each with its own strength dial:

  • your character LoRA for identity,
  • a style LoRA for the overall look — film, editorial, anime, 3D,
  • and community LoRAs (import from CivitAI) for a specific outfit, lighting, pose, or aesthetic.

Layer them and control compounds: the same face, rendered in your chosen style, wardrobe, and scene — reproducibly, generation after generation. Push one LoRA up, ease another down, and you're art-directing at a level prompt-only tools simply can't reach.

How to chain on Imagera: in the LoRA generate studio, pick your base model, add your trained LoRA, then stack additional LoRAs and set each one's weight. That's the whole workflow.

6.1Why nano-banana, GPT-image, and Seedream can't do this

Those are closed, hosted models. You get one model, its fixed weights, and its content policy — you can't train your own, attach custom LoRAs, stack them, or control weights. Hit a style or subject their policy dislikes and you're simply refused, with no recourse.

Imagera runs open-weight models (Krea 2, FLUX, and more), so the weights are yours to combine. That's also what gives you real creative latitude: full control over your own AI characters, including mature, artistic, and uncensored styles that hosted models reject — behind an adult consent step. Pose, wardrobe, mood, and scene are all just more LoRAs you can chain and weight to taste.

7.Base Krea 2 or a trained model?

Both live in the same place; the choice is about what the work demands.

  • Reach for base Krea 2 when you're exploring concepts, building moodboards, or need standalone stills where the subject doesn't have to recur. It's the fastest way to a beautiful frame.
  • Train a model the moment identity matters — a face, a product, or a house style that has to stay constant across a campaign, a store, or a season of content. That consistency is what makes the output usable as a brand asset rather than a nice picture.

Most serious projects use both: base Krea 2 to find the direction, a trained model to produce it at scale.

8.Pricing, in plain credits

  • Generate from 20 credits per image with base Krea 2 or your trained model.
  • Train a full custom Krea 2 model for a one-time credit fee — see the pricing page for current plans and credit packs.

Credits work across the entire suite, so the same balance that trains your model also generates, edits, and upscales the results.

9.Start training your Krea 2 model

If you need images that are photorealistic and repeatable — for a brand, a store, or a creator business — this is the shortest path from idea to a reusable model.

Open the LoRA Studio and train your Krea 2 model → or generate with Krea 2 right now.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Krea 2 and why is it good for photorealistic images?
Krea 2 is a from-scratch, aesthetic-first foundation image model. It renders people, animals, skin, and texture with unusual depth and believability, which makes it one of the strongest choices for photorealistic subject work.
How do I train a custom Krea 2 model on Imagera?
Open the LoRA Studio, pick Krea 2, upload 15–30 photos of your subject, set a trigger word, and start training. Your private model is ready in about 15 minutes.
How many photos do I need to train a Krea 2 model?
15–30 clean, high-resolution photos of one subject is the sweet spot. Vary angles, expressions, and lighting, and avoid watermarks or other people in frame.
How long does Krea 2 training take?
A standard custom model finishes in roughly 15 minutes, after which it's saved privately to your account and ready to generate with.
How much does Krea 2 generation cost?
Generation starts at 20 credits per image, whether you use base Krea 2 or a trained model. Training is a one-time credit fee — see the pricing page for details.
When should I train a model instead of using base Krea 2?
Use base Krea 2 for exploration and standalone stills. Train a model when a specific identity — a face, product, or style — has to stay consistent across many images, which is what makes the output usable as a brand asset.
Can I use Krea 2 images commercially?
Yes — the platform is built for commercial creators producing influencer content, product imagery, brand characters, and ad creative.
Can I use more than one LoRA at once?
Yes. Imagera lets you stack up to five LoRAs in a single generation, each with its own strength — so you can combine identity, style, wardrobe, and scene in one image. You can also import community LoRAs from CivitAI and chain them with your own.
Why can't I chain LoRAs on nano-banana or GPT-image?
They're closed, hosted models with no custom-LoRA support — one fixed model, its weights, and its filters. Imagera runs open-weight models, so you own the weights and can train, stack, and weight them freely.
Does Imagera allow uncensored or mature content?
You have full creative control over your own AI characters, including mature and artistic styles that closed models refuse, gated behind an adult consent step. Because you run open weights rather than a hosted model's API, you're not boxed in by another company's content policy.

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Teach the AI your face, product or style from a few photos — no GPU needed.

Teach the AI your face, product or style from a few photos — no GPU needed.