ChatGPT Images 2.5 lets users edit visuals by pointing and sketching
The tool aims to address the common problem of AI image models altering previously approved elements across iterative feedback rounds.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Lets users edit images by clicking specific spots and sketching visual directions rather than using text alone.
- Who for
- marketers, online shops and founders
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Adjusting specific product shadows and colors
- Reserving space for ad copy by sketching
- Applying iterative client feedback without regressions
Watch out The report does not state which ChatGPT subscription tiers have access or whether export format options are restricted.
Key points from the news
- ChatGPT Images 2.5 allows users to click specific spots on images to apply text edits directly.
- Users can draw rough visual sketches on images to provide spatial instructions or reserve layout space.
- The tool prevents earlier approved visual edits from drifting or resetting across multi-round revisions.
Users can click a specific area of an image to leave targeted instructions, such as asking to remove an object or change a color, eliminating the need to write complex spatial descriptions. Users can also sketch rough shapes directly onto the image to mark placements, such as preserving clear space for headlines.
The feature allows sequential edits without unraveling earlier adjustments, according to internal testing cited in Leslie D'Monte's TechTalk newsletter for Mint. The newsletter did not specify rollout tiers, release dates, or associated pricing.
Model page: ChatGPT Images 2.5 →
AI Tool of the Week: this ChatGPT feature lets you point, sketch and edit images
livemint.com · 18 September 2026
The AI capability we unlocked today is: ChatGPT Images 2.5
What problem does it solve?
You need to make a small change to an image. Move the bottle. Soften the shadow. Make the logo blue. Sounds simple, except AI image editors have traditionally made you describe exactly what you mean.
That gets harder when an image has several similar objects. Tell the AI to "move the bottle" and it has to guess which bottle you mean. Then comes the bigger headache: review rounds. Make three small changes in sequence and a later edit can quietly alter something you had already approved.
ChatGPT Images 2.5 changes what you can point to, not just what you can say. Click the exact spot in the image, type a short instruction such as "remove this" or "make it blue", and send it. You can also draw a rough sketch when words would take a paragraph to explain. The result is more precise editing across multiple rounds, without earlier fixes quietly drifting.
What can it do?
- Point, don't describe: click the exact spot on the image and type a short note there, no locating paragraph required
- Sketch instead of type: draw a rough shape as a visual instruction when words would be ambiguous
- Survive review rounds: make repeated small revisions without earlier fixes quietly unraveling
Example
A brand manager is three rounds into a product ad the client keeps sending small notes on.
- Prompt the content:"Create a product photo of this bottle on a marble counter, soft morning light"
- Point at the fix: Click the shadow under the bottle, type*"Make this softer"* , no position description needed
- Sketch the change: Draw a rough box where the headline will sit, so that space stays clear
- Add branding cues:"Logo bottom right, brand blues only" , shadow fix stays intact
- Switch formats and export:"Square crop for Instagram" , download the PNG, edits intact
What makes ChatGPT Images 2.5 special?
- Click plus note, not a thread: one click-and-type on the exact spot replaces guessing which "bottle" the model meant from words alone
- Edits that hold: round four of feedback no longer undoes round two's approved fix
- Sketch as input: a rough drawn shape replaces several sentences of spatial description
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