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Model Training trains a LoRA — a small custom model that teaches Pixio a specific subject, character, style, or product from your own images. Once trained, you trigger it from a prompt in Generate.
LoRA training requires Premium or above. Maker Mode removes the limit on how many you keep. See Credits & Plans.

What you can train

Model types

Flux Pro training can take about 15 minutes — don’t refresh the page until it completes.

Setting up a training run

1

Upload your dataset

Upload individual images or a zip archive. There’s a minimum and maximum image count — the form tells you if you’re outside it.
2

Name it and set a trigger word

The trigger word is what you type in a prompt to invoke the LoRA. Pick something distinctive that won’t collide with ordinary vocabulary.
3

Choose model type and training style

See the tables above. Portrait for faces, Style when you’re teaching a look rather than a subject.
4

Set steps

More steps can mean better quality and cost more credits. Start moderate.
5

Options

Face crop for people, Is Style when teaching an aesthetic, a fine-tune comment, and resume-from-checkpoint to continue a previous run.
6

Start training

The job is queued and appears under Active Jobs.

Dataset quality

This is where results are won or lost — far more than in the settings:
  • Variety beats volume. Different angles, lighting, and backgrounds teach the subject; twenty near-identical shots teach the background.
  • Consistent subject, varied context. The thing you’re training should be the only constant.
  • Crop to the subject. Don’t make the model guess what it’s learning.
  • Quality in, quality out. Blurry or low-resolution inputs produce a blurry LoRA.
  • For style, use images sharing the aesthetic but not the subject — otherwise you train the subject by accident.
A bad dataset can’t be fixed with more steps. If a LoRA won’t converge, rebuild the dataset rather than paying for a longer run.

Credits

Training costs credits, and cost scales with step count on Flux Turbo. If your balance is short, training won’t start — you’ll be told to add credits and try again. Check your balance before starting a long run.

Using your LoRA

Once trained, it appears in Generate for models that support custom weights. Include the trigger word in your prompt to invoke it.
Starting and cancelling training jobs is app-only — you can read training status through the API but not start a job. See what you can automate.