ChronoEdit is an image editing model from NVIDIA. Physically consistent image edits, from NVIDIA. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.

Can ChronoEdit start from a photo?

Yes. ChronoEdit starts from words or a photo.

How much does a run cost?

A 480p image costs $0.0135 at the default settings. By resolution, a run costs $0.0135 to $0.027. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is ChronoEdit free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.0135 (a 480p image), so $5 covers 370 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.

Can I use what I make commercially?

Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as nvidia/chrono-edit, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.

Do I need a NVIDIA account?

No. Leap sends your request to NVIDIA's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs ChronoEdit and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

NVIDIA

ChronoEditAI image editor

Physically consistent image edits, from NVIDIA. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

Image edit
Up to 720p

No subscription
Every top model, one account
Pay per run, priced before it starts

AI image editor

ChronoEdit at a glance

ChronoEdit is an image editing model from NVIDIA. It makes images from words or a photo, at up to 720p.

Made by: NVIDIA
Makes: Images
Starts from: Words or a photo
Resolution: 480p or 720p
Prompt: Up to 4,000 characters
Price per run: $0.0135 to $0.027
Updated: October 5, 2026

01Describe it, or start from a photo
02See the exact price, then press go
03Keep it in your library, or take it further

Start with an idea

Bring a photo to ChronoEdit

ChronoEdit works on a picture you already have. Open it in the studio, add your photo, and see the result in seconds.

Side by side

More image models on Leap

No prompt needed

Or start from a recipe

Recipes write the prompt for you: add a photo, pick a look, and get a finished result.

Every recipe

Why Leap

Why creators make it on Leap

01
Every top model, side by side
175 models from Black Forest Labs, Google, ByteDance, Kuaishou, Alibaba and more, side by side in one studio.
See the models
02
One click, or full control
Character Studio, effects and recipes write the prompt for you. Or write your own for any model.
See the tools
03
Your work stays yours
Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.
See what people make
04
One balance for everything
The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.
How pricing works

Questions

ChronoEdit, answered

What is ChronoEdit?: ChronoEdit is an image editing model from NVIDIA. Physically consistent image edits, from NVIDIA. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
Can ChronoEdit start from a photo?: Yes. ChronoEdit starts from words or a photo.
What resolution and sizes does it make?: Up to 720p.
How much does a run cost?: A 480p image costs $0.0135 at the default settings. By resolution, a run costs $0.0135 to $0.027. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is ChronoEdit free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.0135 (a 480p image), so $5 covers 370 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?: Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?: Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as nvidia/chrono-edit, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need a NVIDIA account?: No. Leap sends your request to NVIDIA's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs ChronoEdit and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Your idea, ChronoEdit.

Every run shows its price before it starts, and one that fails costs nothing.

Make it with ChronoEdit

For developers

Run ChronoEdit from code

API docs

Model ID: nvidia/chrono-edit
Makes: Image
Pricing: Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt

Text, up to 4,000 characters, required

Imageimages

An image, requiredThe uploaded image to work on, by ID.

Resolutionresolution

480p, 720p. Default: 480p

Number of Inference Stepssettings.num_inference_steps

2 to 50. Default: 8The number of inference steps to perform.

Guidance Scalesettings.guidance_scale

0 to 10. Default: 1The guidance scale for the inference.

Enable Prompt Expansionsettings.enable_prompt_expansion

On or off. Default: onWhether to enable prompt expansion.

Enable Temporal Reasoningsettings.enable_temporal_reasoning

On or off. Default: offWhether to enable temporal reasoning.

Number of Temporal Reasoning Stepssettings.num_temporal_reasoning_steps

2 to 12. Default: 8The number of temporal reasoning steps to perform.

Turbo Modesettings.turbo_mode

On or off. Default: onEnable turbo mode to use for faster inference.

Seedseed

0 to 4294967295The same seed and input give the same image.

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. A file input takes the ID that POST /v1/files returns for your upload. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "nvidia/chrono-edit",    "input": {      "images": [        "file_..."      ],      "prompt": "A paper boat drifting down a rainy street at dusk"    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"