How to Create Images with Google Nano Banana: Complete 2025 Guide
Master Google’s top-rated AI image generator and transform your visual content strategy with step-by-step instructions
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Google’s Nano Banana has emerged as the top-rated AI image generation model in the world, offering professionals and casual creators unprecedented control over AI-generated visuals. Released in August 2025 and upgraded to Nano Banana Pro in November 2025, this tool transforms how businesses create marketing materials, social media content, and professional imagery.
For law firms exploring AI-powered content creation, Nano Banana represents a significant opportunity to produce custom visuals without expensive design resources. The model’s ability to maintain character consistency, generate legible text in multiple languages, and blend multiple images makes it particularly valuable for creating branded marketing materials.
This comprehensive guide walks you through everything you need to know about using Google Nano Banana, from basic image generation to advanced professional techniques that can elevate your visual marketing strategy.
What Is Google Nano Banana?
Nano Banana is Google DeepMind’s state-of-the-art AI image generation and editing model, built on the Gemini architecture. The name comes from its internal codename, and it has quickly become the benchmark for AI image editing capabilities.
Unlike earlier AI image generators that simply created images from text prompts, Nano Banana excels at understanding context, maintaining consistency across edits, and following complex natural language instructions. When you ask it to “change the background to a sunset while keeping my exact likeness,” it actually delivers on that promise.
Key Capabilities:
- Character Consistency: Maintains likeness of people and pets across multiple edits
- Multi-Image Blending: Combines up to 14 reference images into cohesive compositions
- Natural Language Editing: Describe changes in plain English and watch them happen
- Text Generation: Creates legible text in multiple languages and fonts
- Style Transfer: Apply visual styles from reference images to your content
- Multi-Turn Editing: Make iterative refinements with the AI remembering previous edits
The technology leverages Gemini’s world knowledge to generate contextually accurate images. Ask for an infographic about Generative Engine Optimization, and it understands what elements should appear. Request a diagram of a legal process, and it draws on its understanding of how legal workflows operate.
All images generated include Google’s SynthID watermark, both visible (on free tier images) and invisible (embedded in all outputs). This watermarking system helps verify whether an image was AI-generated, promoting transparency in an era of synthetic media.
Nano Banana vs Nano Banana Pro: Which Should You Use?
Google offers two versions of the Nano Banana model, each optimized for different use cases. Understanding the differences helps you choose the right tool for your specific needs.
When to Use Nano Banana (Standard)
The standard Nano Banana model excels at quick creative tasks where speed matters more than pixel-perfect precision. Use it for social media content creation, quick mockups, fun personal projects, and rapid ideation sessions. It’s also the model you’ll default to after exhausting your Pro quotas.
When to Use Nano Banana Pro
Nano Banana Pro is your choice for professional-grade outputs. Law firms creating marketing materials and web graphics will benefit from the higher resolution, better text rendering, and advanced creative controls. The model’s ability to connect to Google Search also means it can generate more accurate infographics and diagrams based on real-world information.
💡 Pro Tip: Start with Nano Banana Pro for initial concepts, then switch to standard Nano Banana for variations and iterations. This workflow maximizes your Pro quota while still getting high-quality starting points.
How to Access Google Nano Banana
Google has integrated Nano Banana across multiple platforms, giving users flexibility in how they access the technology. Here’s where you can find it:
1. Gemini App (Primary Access)
The Gemini app is the most direct way to use Nano Banana. It’s available on iOS, Android, and web browsers at gemini.google.com.
To access in Gemini:
- Open the Gemini app or website
- Select “🍌 Create images” from the tools menu
- Choose your model from the model menu:
- “Fast” = Nano Banana (standard)
- “Thinking” = Nano Banana Pro
- Enter your prompt or upload an image to edit
2. Google Photos
Google Photos now integrates Nano Banana for editing existing photos. Access it by opening any photo and tapping “Help me edit.” You can use voice or text to describe the changes you want, including style transfers, object removal, and AI-generated enhancements.
3. Google Workspace (Slides & Vids)
Business users with Google Workspace accounts can access Nano Banana Pro directly within Google Slides and Google Vids for creating presentation graphics and video thumbnails.
4. Google Ads
Advertisers using Google Ads have Nano Banana Pro integrated into their creative workflow, enabling rapid generation of ad visuals with proper sizing and formatting for different placements.
5. Gemini API & Vertex AI (For Developers)
Developers can integrate Nano Banana capabilities into their own applications through the Gemini API (via Google AI Studio) or Vertex AI for enterprise-scale deployments. API pricing runs approximately $0.039 per 1024px image generated.
Subscription Tiers and Access Limits
Access to Nano Banana varies by subscription:
- Free Tier: Limited generations per day, defaults to Nano Banana (standard) after hitting limits
- Google AI Plus: Higher quotas for both Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro
- Google AI Pro: Even higher limits plus access in AI Search mode
- Google AI Ultra: Maximum quotas plus access in Flow (video tool) and NotebookLM
Step-by-Step Guide: Creating Images with Nano Banana
Whether you’re generating images from scratch or editing existing photos, following a structured approach yields the best results. Here’s how to create professional-quality images with Nano Banana.
Open Gemini and Select the Image Tool
Navigate to gemini.google.com or open the Gemini mobile app. Look for the “🍌 Create images” option in the tools menu. This is your gateway to Nano Banana’s capabilities.
Choose Your Model Speed
Select “Fast” for quick generations with Nano Banana standard, or “Thinking” for Nano Banana Pro’s advanced capabilities. Remember: Pro offers higher resolution, better text, and more creative control, but uses your premium quota faster.
Craft Your Prompt (or Upload an Image)
For image generation from scratch, use this formula:
Example: “Create an image of a professional attorney reviewing documents in a modern law office with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a city skyline.”
Add Specific Details
The more details you provide, the better Nano Banana performs. Include composition preferences, style references, image quality specifications, and aspect ratio requirements. For example: “Generate a photorealistic image of a confident female attorney in a navy blue suit, medium shot, soft natural lighting from the left, 16:9 aspect ratio, sharp focus on the subject with a slightly blurred modern office background.”
Review and Refine with Multi-Turn Editing
Don’t settle for the first output. Nano Banana remembers your conversation context, so you can make iterative refinements. Say “change the background to a conference room” or “make the lighting more dramatic” and the AI applies changes while preserving elements you liked.
Download and Resize for Your Platforms
Once satisfied, download your image. Nano Banana Pro includes a resize feature that intelligently adapts your image to different aspect ratios without awkward cropping—perfect for law firms that need the same image formatted for website headers, social media posts, and email campaigns.
Prompt Writing Best Practices
Google’s documentation and community testing have revealed several prompt strategies that consistently produce better results:
- Be specific rather than vague: “Young professional woman in a red dress running through Central Park at golden hour” beats “woman in park”
- Include composition terms: “medium shot,” “close-up,” “wide angle,” “bird’s eye view”
- Specify lighting: “soft natural light,” “dramatic side lighting,” “studio lighting,” “golden hour glow”
- Reference styles: “oil painting style,” “photorealistic,” “minimalist illustration,” “retro 1980s aesthetic”
- Set the mood: “professional,” “warm and inviting,” “clean and modern,” “trustworthy”
- Include technical specs: “16:9 aspect ratio,” “2:3 portrait orientation,” “high resolution”
For businesses implementing AI marketing automation, developing a library of proven prompt templates can dramatically accelerate content production while maintaining brand consistency.
Advanced Features and Techniques
Beyond basic image generation, Nano Banana offers sophisticated features that unlock professional-grade creative workflows. Mastering these capabilities separates casual users from power users.
Character Consistency Across Multiple Images
One of Nano Banana’s breakthrough capabilities is maintaining a person’s likeness across different scenes and styles. This is invaluable for creating marketing campaigns featuring the same “character” in multiple contexts.
To use this feature, upload a reference photo of the person, then prompt: “Create an image of this person [doing action] in [new setting] while maintaining their exact likeness.” The AI preserves facial features, body type, and distinguishing characteristics while changing everything else.
Multi-Image Blending
Nano Banana Pro supports uploading up to 14 reference images to create complex compositions. This enables “few-shot prompting” for designers—load your brand’s style guide, logo, color palette, character references, and product shots simultaneously, and the AI generates new images that maintain consistency across all elements.
Practical application: Upload two different photos and ask Gemini to “combine these two pictures into one image.” The result seamlessly blends the subjects and settings in ways that would require hours of Photoshop work.
Style Transfer and Visual Templates
Take any reference image and apply its visual style to your content. Upload a photo you like—whether it’s the lighting, color grading, or artistic style—along with your target image, and ask Nano Banana to “apply the style of the first image to the second.”
Popular style transfer use cases include: turning photos into Renaissance portraits, creating retro mall studio portraits, converting images to storybook illustrations, and applying professional photography looks to amateur shots.
Camera and Lighting Controls (Pro)
Nano Banana Pro introduces professional photography controls that let you adjust: camera angle and perspective, scene lighting (shift from sunny to moody), depth of field and focus, color grading, and aspect ratios.
These controls transform basic images into professional-quality outputs without requiring photography expertise.
Text and Typography Generation
Where most AI image generators struggle with text, Nano Banana Pro excels. It renders legible text in multiple languages, various fonts, and different textures. This makes it viable for creating: social media graphics with headlines, infographics with labels and data, posters and flyers, and mockups with placeholder text.
For law firms, this capability is particularly valuable when creating legal marketing materials that require specific messaging and calls-to-action embedded directly in images.
Professional Use Cases for Law Firms and Businesses
Understanding how to apply Nano Banana’s capabilities to real business challenges transforms it from a novelty into a competitive advantage. Here are proven use cases for legal and professional services marketing.
📱 Social Media Content
Create consistent, branded imagery for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram without expensive photoshoots or stock photo subscriptions.
📊 Infographics
Generate data visualizations, process diagrams, and explainer graphics that communicate complex legal concepts clearly.
🖼️ Blog Headers
Create unique featured images for every blog post that align with your brand style and article content.
📧 Email Graphics
Design newsletter headers, promotional banners, and visual CTAs that drive higher engagement rates.
🎯 Ad Creatives
Rapidly test multiple visual concepts for PPC campaigns without waiting for design iterations.
📋 Presentation Slides
Create custom visuals for client presentations, pitches, and internal meetings directly in Google Slides.
The cost savings compound quickly. A mid-sized law firm producing 10 social media images weekly would typically spend $500-2,000 per month on design services or stock photos. Nano Banana reduces this to subscription costs of $20-50 monthly while increasing creative control and output speed.
Firms implementing comprehensive AI-powered marketing strategies find that Nano Banana integrates seamlessly with content workflows, enabling same-day production of articles, social posts, and accompanying visuals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Google Nano Banana free to use?
Yes, Nano Banana is available on the free tier of the Gemini app, though with limited daily generations. Free users primarily access the standard Nano Banana model. After hitting your free quota, you’ll need to wait for the limit to reset or upgrade to Google AI Plus, Pro, or Ultra for higher limits and access to Nano Banana Pro’s advanced features.
Can I use Nano Banana images for commercial purposes?
Yes, images generated with Nano Banana can be used for commercial purposes, including marketing materials, social media content, advertisements, and professional presentations. However, all generated images include SynthID watermarks (visible on free tier, invisible on all outputs) to indicate AI generation. Review Google’s current terms of service for any specific restrictions that may apply to your use case.
What image formats does Nano Banana support?
For uploads, Nano Banana accepts JPEG, PNG, and WebP formats up to 5MB per image. Generated outputs are typically delivered in PNG format. Nano Banana Pro can generate images up to 4K resolution (approximately 4096 x 4096 pixels), while standard Nano Banana caps at 1024 x 1024 pixels.
How does Nano Banana compare to other AI image generators like DALL-E or Midjourney?
Nano Banana currently ranks as the top-rated AI image editing model globally, particularly excelling at character consistency, natural language editing, and text rendering. Where Midjourney may produce more artistic stylization and DALL-E integrates with OpenAI’s ecosystem, Nano Banana’s advantages include multi-image blending, iterative editing with context memory, and deep integration across Google’s product suite. For businesses already using Google Workspace, the seamless integration makes Nano Banana especially compelling.
Can Nano Banana verify if an image was AI-generated?
Yes. Google’s SynthID watermarking technology embeds an invisible digital signature in all images created with Google’s AI tools. You can upload any image to the Gemini app and ask if it was generated by Google AI—the system will detect SynthID watermarks and tell you if the image was AI-created. This verification currently works for images, with audio and video support coming soon.
What are the limitations of Nano Banana?
While Nano Banana is highly capable, it has some limitations. Long-form text rendering can still be imperfect, though significantly better than competitors. Very fine details in images may not always render accurately. Character consistency, while industry-leading, isn’t 100% perfect across extreme style changes. Generation limits apply based on subscription tier. Google also implements content safety filters that may restrict certain types of image generation.
Is Nano Banana available in my country?
AI image generation with Nano Banana is available in all languages and countries where the Gemini app is available. This includes the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, most of Europe, and many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Check gemini.google.com for current availability in your specific region.
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Conclusion: Nano Banana Changes Visual Content Creation
Google’s Nano Banana represents a significant leap forward in AI image generation—one that makes professional-quality visual content accessible to businesses of all sizes. The combination of character consistency, natural language editing, advanced text rendering, and deep Google ecosystem integration creates a tool that genuinely reduces the friction between idea and execution.
For law firms and professional services businesses, the practical implications are substantial. Marketing teams can now produce custom imagery on demand, maintain visual consistency across campaigns without extensive brand guidelines, and rapidly test creative concepts before committing resources. This agility compounds with other AI-powered marketing capabilities to create competitive advantages that were previously available only to firms with large creative budgets.
Start by experimenting with the free tier to understand Nano Banana’s capabilities. Develop prompt templates that align with your brand style. Build workflows that integrate image generation into your content production process. As you become comfortable, upgrade to Pro for higher resolution outputs and advanced features.
The firms that master these tools early will establish visual identities and content production capabilities that slower-moving competitors will struggle to match.
Last updated: December 2025