Generate and edit images with text, guide results with multiple references, and choose output options up to 4K. Explore Nano Banana online!
Model family
Nano Banana is Google's name for Gemini native image generation. Nano Banana 2 is the fast, versatile option for everyday generation and editing, while Nano Banana Pro is designed for complex professional visuals that need deeper reasoning and tighter creative control. Nano Banana 2.1, released on October 6, 2026, updates Nano Banana 2 with better visual quality, text rendering, and consistency at a lower cost; Google has deprecated Nano Banana 2 in its favor, and on Open AI Image every Nano Banana 2 request now runs on Nano Banana 2.1.
Use Nano Banana 2.1 when speed, broad format support, and efficient iteration matter most. Choose Nano Banana Pro for demanding layouts, product mockups, localized text, brand-sensitive work, and other briefs where precision matters more than turnaround time.
Creation modes
Move from a written idea or visual reference to a usable image without rebuilding your setup for every revision. Select a model, choose a supported format, and generate from the same focused workspace.
Describe the subject, action, setting, composition, lighting, mood, and intended use. Nano Banana turns that brief into a new visual for a campaign, product concept, story frame, or design draft.
Upload an image and explain what should change. Add or remove an element, adjust a color treatment, replace the setting, or reshape the style while naming the details you want the model to preserve.
Use references to define people, products, objects, and visual direction more clearly than text alone. The current Open AI Image Nano Banana workflows accept up to 14 images for one generation.
Start with Nano Banana 2.1 for fast general-purpose work and broad aspect-ratio choices. Switch to Nano Banana Pro when a complex composition, polished mockup, dense graphic, or text-led asset needs more deliberate reasoning.
Creative control
A finished image needs more than visual impact. It also needs the right format, readable information, recognizable subjects, and a revision brief that protects decisions already approved.
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Include exact copy, language, hierarchy, placement, and type direction when creating posters, menus, infographics, packaging, or ads. Google highlights improved international text rendering in Nano Banana 2 and precision text work in Nano Banana Pro, but every public-facing result still needs a spelling and layout check.
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Reuse clear references for a person, character, product, object, or visual identity. Explain which traits are essential and compare each output with the source before treating consistency as approved.
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Choose a supported aspect ratio and resolution before generating. Nano Banana 2.1 and Nano Banana Pro both offer 1K, 2K, and 4K in the current workspace.
Creative workflows
Pick the model around the acceptance criteria for the asset, then write the prompt around the channel where the image will actually appear.
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Marketing graphics and social posts
Create launch concepts, channel-specific graphics, event visuals, and ad directions with the intended crop, headline space, focal subject, and brand mood built into the brief.
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Product scenes and mockups
Place a product or logo reference into a lifestyle, studio, packaging, or campaign context. Use Pro for the most demanding brand-sensitive mockups, then verify labels, proportions, and product details before release.
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Infographics and visual explanations
Organize facts into diagrams, educational graphics, menus, and data-led visuals. Keep source material explicit and review every number, label, and claim even when using a model with grounding capabilities.
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Storyboards and image-to-video frames
Turn a script or scene description into a visual reference, then carry the selected result into image-to-video as a starting frame, character guide, product shot, or art-direction anchor.
Four-step workflow
Set the goal, give the model enough visual context, and judge each output against the real use case. One clear revision is easier to control than a long list of competing changes.
Use Nano Banana 2.1 for fast, flexible creation and Nano Banana Pro for the most complex design, mockup, text, or composition work.
Describe the subject, setting, composition, visual treatment, and intended use. Upload references when a person, product, object, palette, or layout needs a concrete guide.
Choose a supported aspect ratio and output size, then generate one image. Check the result for hierarchy, subject fidelity, text, factual details, and fit for the final channel.
Make a focused edit, download the finished image, or use it as a reference and starting frame in the wider Open AI Image video workflow.
Visual examples
This official Nano Banana 2 example turns the water cycle into a tactile classroom infographic with labeled stages for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and collection. Review every label and fact before using generated educational material.
Prompt guide
Treat the prompt as a compact creative brief. State the outcome and priorities clearly, then use references and protected details to remove ambiguity.
Prompt 01
Start with the main subject and action. Add the environment, camera distance, perspective, lighting, mood, and placement of important elements. Reserve negative space when the final design needs copy or controls around the image.
Prompt 02
Put required wording in quotation marks and specify its language, hierarchy, location, and visual treatment. Keep essential copy concise, and ask for a clear information structure instead of a long list of decorative adjectives.
Prompt 03
For image editing, identify the target, requested change, and protected details. For example: replace only the background with a warm studio wall; keep the bottle, logo, camera angle, crop, shadows, and label text unchanged.
Model comparison
Choose by workflow, not by a universal quality ranking. Use the same prompt, references, aspect ratio, and review criteria when comparing models for a real project.
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Nano Banana 2.1 is the efficient generalist: fast, flexible, and suited to high-volume iteration. Nano Banana Pro is the premium option for complex graphic design, high-fidelity product mockups, accurate text, advanced localization, and precision control.
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Both families support generation and editing from text and images. Test Nano Banana when Gemini reasoning, broad reference workflows, 4K choices, or supported Search grounding matter; test GPT Image 2 when high-fidelity inputs, flexible sizing, transparent output, or OpenAI-native workflows matter.
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Both offer multiple variants for different creative priorities. Compare Nano Banana for Gemini-native reasoning, text rendering, and broad reference composition; compare Seedream 5.0 when its Pro or Lite controls, batch behavior, and output options better match the production brief.
At a glance
This chart summarizes current workflow differences. Model versions, product controls, availability, and provider limits can change, so verify the linked primary sources before a production rollout.
Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana Pro
GPT Image 2
Seedream 5.0
Google states that images generated by its native Gemini image models include an invisible SynthID watermark. Open AI Image does not add a visible platform watermark to the downloaded image. Always review text, identities, brand details, and factual claims before use.
Primary sources
Start with starter credits
Choose Nano Banana 2.1 or Pro, generate the first image from a prompt or reference, and see which variant reaches an approved result with less correction. New users receive starter credits after signing up; further use follows the current Open AI Image credit rules.
Start CreatingFAQ
Quick answers about the model family, variants, access, output sizes, references, API use, watermarks, and commercial work.
Connected workflow
Keep model selection, reference uploads, format controls, generation, and the next video step close together so a useful visual does not lose its direction during handoff.
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Switch Between Speed and Precision
Start with Nano Banana 2.1 for rapid exploration, then choose Nano Banana Pro when the brief needs a more deliberate composition, text treatment, or production-ready mockup.
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Use One Focused Image Workspace
Keep prompts, references, aspect ratios, resolution choices, credit estimates, and output review in the same generation flow.
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Carry the Approved Image into Motion
Use a selected result as the first frame, visual reference, storyboard panel, product shot, or art-direction guide in a connected image-to-video workflow.
Keep exploring
Choose the tool around the next decision: create a new still, guide a variation, or turn an approved frame into motion.
Official documentation
Use Google primary sources to verify current model codes, native capabilities, supported tools, limits, and availability before building a production integration.
Related models
Test the same brief in another image model, or carry a finished still into a video model that fits the next stage of production.
Nano Banana · 2.1 and Pro
Choose the model that fits the brief, add a prompt or references, and turn the strongest result into a finished asset or the start of your next video.
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