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GPT Image 2.6 adds SVG and animated GIF output. Which API calls change?

OpenAI’s Flare and Sunburst can return vector drawings or animations. The supported routes, frame limits and billing differ by format.

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The editorial illustration

A cream bird silhouette on a plum surface beside a small flipbook showing an orange bird in flight. — AI-generated image
AI-generated editorial illustration of a vector outline and a flipbook. The artwork was generated with Gemini.
Image model
google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
Why this image
The static silhouette and successive flipbook pages distinguish an editable drawing from frame animation. The image is illustrative and does not purport to be output from either reviewed model.
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Wide 3:2 editorial still life on a warm plum drafting table. On the left one cream paper cutout of a soaring orange swallow is traced with a single precise dark outline; on the right a small fan of cream flipbook pages shows successive positions of its orange wings. Carefully crafted layered paper sculpture, soft light, tactile edges, uncluttered overhead view. A metaphor for vector drawings and frame animation. No text, lettering, symbols, logos, people, computer screens or numbers. Do not depict a software interface.
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The image-generation model credited above made this illustration. It may differ from the model discussed in the article.

Headless Thrones visual summary: GPT Image 2.6 adds SVG and animated GIF output. Which API calls change?. OpenAI’s Flare and Sunburst can return vector drawings or animations. The supported routes, frame limits and billing differ by format. — The story at a glance.
Code-rendered visual summary; AI-designed layout. Text comes from the article headline and summary.
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