Image modelNano Banana 2 Lite
Generate fast 1K image drafts and focused edits for high-volume visual workflows.
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Image modelGenerate fast 1K image drafts and focused edits for high-volume visual workflows.
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Image modelBalance image quality, speed, readable text, reference control, and high-resolution output.
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Image modelCreate and edit polished visual assets with detailed prompts and reference images.
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Image modelGenerate professional visuals with strong layout, text, and reference-image control.
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| Capability | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Nano Banana 2 | GPT Image 2 | Nano Banana Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Fast 1K drafts, variations, and high-volume image workflows | Balanced image generation, text, references, and high-resolution editing | Detailed prompt-led generation and instruction-based edits | Professional compositions, layout, text, and reference-led visuals |
| Inputs | Text prompts and one optional reference image | Text prompts and supported reference images | Text prompts and optional reference images | Text prompts and reference images |
| Editing workflow | Focused background, color, style, and object changes | Conversational edits with broader consistency and text control | Natural-language changes to an existing visual | Reference-aware revisions and composition control |
| Choose when | Speed, efficiency, and iteration volume matter most | You need one versatile image model balancing quality, speed, and control | Your instructions and iterative edits carry the creative direction | Layout, readable text, or reference consistency is central to the asset |
Start with the requirement that matters most instead of searching for one model that is best at everything.
Decide whether you need a new composition, an edit to an existing image, accurate in-image text, or stronger reference consistency.
Use a prompt-led workflow for a concept from scratch and a reference-led workflow when an existing visual must guide the result.
Evaluate the model on the hardest part of your real asset, such as layout, text, subject consistency, or a precise edit.
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Explore photography, typography, material detail, character consistency, illustration, and structured composition. Copy a prompt or run it in the recommended model.

Four visual languages in one coherent campaign reveal differences in style, material, type, and scene design.
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Create a premium cinematic contact sheet that feels like one coherent campaign made by four different AI image models. Use four edge-to-edge vertical panels inside one 16:9 canvas: a rain-soaked fashion portrait behind glass, a translucent glass sculpture on black stone, a crisp editorial poster with the words "IMAGINE DIFFERENT", and a surreal coastal observatory above clouds. Give every panel a distinct lighting language while preserving a shared palette of charcoal, electric blue, warm ivory, and restrained orange. Add only tiny neutral labels A, B, C, D near the bottom. High-end art-direction contact sheet, realistic materials, cinematic depth, clean panel rhythm, strong visual differences at thumbnail size. Leave the upper-left 22% calm and dark for landing-page copy. No logos, no model names, no watermark, no browser UI, no decorative border. Aspect ratio 16:9.

A demanding editorial photography prompt for identity, prop, lighting, and texture consistency.
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Create a wide diptych of the same fictional fashion model photographed through rain-speckled glass at night. The left panel is a centered medium portrait with cool blue city bokeh and deep shadows; the right panel moves closer and slightly off-axis, with a soft amber reflection crossing the glass. The subject holds an unbranded cream art magazine featuring a transparent chess knight pierced by one red flower. Preserve the same face, wet hairstyle, wardrobe, magazine design, and natural hands in both panels. Photorealistic editorial photography, visible skin texture, realistic wet hair, glossy reflections, shallow depth of field, restrained film grain. Use a thin ivory divider only; no captions, no logos, no watermark, no malformed text. Aspect ratio 16:9.

A close study of contrasting surfaces, controlled light, and physically convincing detail.
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An elegant extreme-macro still life showing a pristine ivory ceramic exoskeleton collar emerging from heavy charcoal wool drapery. Emphasize the contrast between cool, seamless engineered surfaces and warm, tactile folded fibers. One narrow burnt-orange light travels across the ceramic edge while the fabric falls into deep soft shadow. Minimal composition, museum-object photography, physically accurate material response, tiny ceramic micro-scratches, individually resolved wool fibers, shallow depth of field, medium-format camera character. Keep the object slightly right of center and preserve clean negative space on the left. No person, no text, no logo, no watermark, no frame. Aspect ratio 3:2.

Precise type, hierarchy, print texture, and a strong graphic composition in one image.
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Design a gallery-quality vertical poster for a fictional exhibition. Warm ivory paper, one enormous translucent cobalt leaf crossing the composition, subtle embossed grid lines, and a small burnt-orange circle as the only accent. Render the exact headline "SYNTHETIC BOTANICA" in large condensed black sans-serif type. Below it render exactly "15 AUG — 30 SEP" and "STUDIO 04" in smaller type. Build a confident Swiss editorial hierarchy with generous margins, precise baseline alignment, tactile paper grain, realistic print ink, and a soft directional leaf shadow. Text must be crisp, correctly spelled, and shown once only. No logos, no extra copy, no watermark, no frame, no mockup environment. Aspect ratio 4:5.

A portrait series that changes wardrobe and setting while protecting the same identity.
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Create one vertical campaign image containing exactly three evenly spaced framed portraits of the same fictional adult creative director. Portrait one: relaxed linen shirt in a sunlit studio. Portrait two: dark utility jacket in a neon-lit workshop. Portrait three: minimal black suit in a warm gallery. Preserve identical facial structure, age, skin tone, eye shape, hairstyle, and defining features across all three images while changing pose, wardrobe, and lighting. Display the frames on a quiet matte off-white gallery wall under one slim picture light. Ultra-realistic portrait photography, natural skin and hands, subtle glass reflections, premium interior styling. Exactly three portraits; no text, no logos, no watermark, no extra people. Aspect ratio 4:5.

A structured industrial visualization with exact component count and mechanical alignment.
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Create a vertical exploded-view product poster for a fictional compact cinema camera. Show exactly seven aligned layers floating above one another: lens hood, optical glass group, sensor plate, processing board, magnesium body shell, battery module, and rear display. Use a clean high-tech 3D render with realistic metal, glass, and circuitry, soft violet-to-blue gradient background, studio lighting, and restrained cyan glow around active electronics. Add thin leader lines and seven small numbered circles only, with no descriptive copy. Keep every component mechanically plausible and aligned to one central axis. Premium industrial-design visualization, high detail, ample breathing room. No real brand, no logo, no watermark, no extra components. Aspect ratio 4:5.

A limited-palette editorial metaphor that remains expressive and clear at thumbnail size.
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Create a modern editorial illustration of a human hand releasing a small glowing idea that transforms into a camera, a poster, a character, and a film frame as it travels across the image. Combine expressive ink linework with crisp semi-vector shapes. Use only deep navy and warm coral on an aged cream background, plus tiny black registration marks. The composition should spiral outward from the hand, feel energetic without becoming cluttered, and remain readable as a small square card. Handcrafted print texture, imperfect ink edges, intelligent visual metaphor, premium magazine illustration. No text, no logos, no watermark, no photorealism, no border. Aspect ratio 1:1.

A lively commercial scene testing action, anatomy, depth, and environmental storytelling.
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Create a vibrant cinematic lifestyle photograph from a dramatic low angle in a fictional modern Tokyo shopping street. A cheerful young adult rides a sleek yellow electric scooter through the foreground while a friend follows on a skateboard. A black-and-white cat crosses safely beside them and becomes a sharp foreground storytelling detail. Use contemporary unbranded streetwear, natural hair movement, realistic anatomy, bright afternoon sun, crisp shadows, and a softly blurred urban background with abstract signage that contains no readable brand names. Freeze the people sharply while suggesting motion through fabric and wheel movement. Premium 35mm commercial photography, lively but believable, high dynamic range, cinematic color grade. Leave open sky in the upper right for page copy. No logos, no watermark, no frame. Aspect ratio 16:9.
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