Luma PhotonAI image generator
Fast, cinematic stills. Pay only for the takes you keep — kill the rest for a full refund.
Luma Photon is Luma's image model for fast, cinematic stills. It is known for photographic lighting and frames that sit next to Dream Machine video. On Elyum it runs as text to image and image editing, with seven aspect ratios.
Use it for key art, product stills, and portraits when the frame has to look shot, not illustrated. Work in the web studio or from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through Elyum MCP and the REST API.
Luma Photon pricing on Elyum
| Resolution | Credits / render | USD |
|---|---|---|
| per render | 4 | $0.04 |
1 credit = $0.01. The struck-through number is the pre-cut rate — the discount is already in the live price. You only pay for takes you keep; previews and killed takes cost nothing. Full plan details on the pricing page.
Why Luma Photon is good
Photon is Luma's image model for photographic lighting, depth, and film-like frames. People use it when a single still has to hold up next to Dream Machine video.
On Elyum you can generate from a prompt or edit an existing image. Seven aspect ratios cover social, print, and widescreen frames without leaving the studio.
Each render is a free take. Keep the ones you want and credits are charged then; kill the rest and you get a full refund. Nobody else refunds bad generations.
Kept takes download at full quality with no watermark. Commercial use is included, so campaign stills and client work can ship from the same keep.
Luma Photon is 4 credits ($0.04) per render on Elyum, on the same credit balance as 50+ other video, image, and audio models. Plan rates sit about 20% under comparable platforms.
Run Photon in the Elyum web studio or call the same model from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor via MCP and the REST API, still with free previews and keep-or-kill billing.
Why generate with Elyum?
- Pay only for what you keep — full refund on kills.
- Every top image model in one place, one balance.
- Rates ~20% under comparable platforms.
- Kept files download clean and full quality — no watermark, commercial use included.
- Works from the studio, or from Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor via MCP.
- Free plan — our algorithm may grant you 100 credits, no card required.
How it works
- Sign up free on Elyum. The Free plan includes up to 100 credits (our algorithm may grant them); every render still previews at no charge.
- Open the image studio and select Luma Photon from the model list.
- Write a prompt, or attach an image if you are editing. Pick one of the seven aspect ratios.
- Generate and review the free preview. Keep the takes you want; kill the rest for a full refund.
- Download kept files clean, no watermark, ready for commercial use. Same flow works from MCP or the REST API.
What people make with it
- Cinematic keyframes and storyboards with film-look lighting
- Product and lifestyle stills for ads and landing pages
- Character portraits and costume tests before a campaign
- Concept art and environment frames for pitch decks
- Reference stills you restyle or edit in the image studio
- Hero frames to animate later in a video model
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