Nano Banana AI: Google Gemini

Image editing just got bananas

This month, GeminiApp launched new features that let you edit photos in spectacular ways, get things done with help from your phone’s camera and more.



Instantly ...

  • change your background, 
  • combine creative elements, 
  • make specific edits, and more. 

The only limit is your imagination.


Nano Banana, a significant upgrade to the image editing and generation capabilities within Gemini AI. This new feature allows users to transform a single photo into numerous creations, blend multiple uploaded images, and apply specific edits using text instructions, such as changing backgrounds or applying different styles like transferring the texture of one object to another. 

Nano Banana also improves the rendering of text within images and offers a high-quality text-to-image model for creating new visuals in seconds. Furthermore, the source includes guidance on effective prompting, encouraging users to be specific about details, composition, and style to achieve the best results, while also noting that generated images are watermarked to distinguish them as AI-created content.

Uses of Nano Banana

Nano Banana is the name of the latest AI image generation and editing update available in Gemini. The sources detail a wide range of uses and capabilities for this tool, which include:

  • Creating New Visuals and Transformations:

    • Turning a single photo into countless new creations.
    • Transforming your ideas into visuals that are bursting with vivid details and realism through a high-quality text-to-image model.
    • Following a simple formula, such as specifying the subject, action, and scene, to generate an image (e.g., "Create an image of a cat napping in a sunbeam on a windowsill").
    • Creating surreal objects and unique scenes, encouraging users to let their imagination run wild.
  • Combining and Blending Images:

    • Uploading multiple images to blend scenes or combine ideas.
    • Combining elements and blending them together in the same scene using multiple photos.
    • Uploading two pictures and combining them into a single image ("2 become 1").
  • Specific Photo Editing and Alteration:

    • Making specific edits to elements within your photos using only words.
    • Restoring a photo.
    • Changing the background of an image.
    • Replacing a subject or an object in an image.
    • Adding an element to an image.
    • Adding anything to a selfie (e.g., the "Me and who?" trend).
  • Stylistic Changes and Makeovers:

    • Transporting yourself to different places, outfits, hairstyles, or even decades ("Picture yourself anywhere").
    • Remixing photos by transferring the style, color, or texture of one object and applying it to another.
    • Trying any hairstyle instantly.
    • Applying makeovers, such as trying 90s grunge or 80s preppy looks.
    • Turning a picture into a retro-style mall studio portrait.
    • Converting favourite pictures into images of custom miniature figures (figurine style).
    • Generating images while considering and applying a specific visual style.
  • Advanced Features:

    • Entering a new dimension, literally.
    • Rendering text within images with a new level of accuracy.
    • Allowing control over composition, image quality, and aspect ratio (size) through prompts.

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