How to Create Images with Google Nano Banana

Google Nano Banana is Google DeepMind's advanced AI image generation model built on the Gemini architecture, designed to understand context, maintain consistency, and iterate on edits through natural language.

Core capabilities include:

• Character Consistency: Maintains the likeness of people and pets across multiple edits and contexts
• Multi-Image Blending: Combines up to 14 reference images simultaneously (Pro tier)
• Natural Language Editing: Processes plain English instructions for iterative refinements
• Text Generation: Creates legible text in multiple languages and fonts
• Style Transfer: Applies visual styles from reference images to new content
• Multi-Turn Editing: Remembers conversation context across multiple refinement rounds

All generated images include Google's SynthID watermark, which is visible on the free tier and invisible on paid versions. The watermark serves as a digital signature proving the image was AI-generated.

Nano Banana is available through multiple Google products and platforms:

• Gemini App: Available on iOS, Android, and web at gemini.google.com. Select the 🍌 Create images option and choose between Fast (standard model) or Thinking (Pro model)
• Google Photos: Tap the Help me edit button on any photo to enhance or transform it
• Google Workspace: Integrated into Slides and Vids for business users collaborating on presentations
• Google Ads: Built into the advertising platform for creating ad creatives and testing visual concepts
• Gemini API & Vertex AI: For developers building applications; API pricing varies based on usage

Subscription tiers control your daily generation limits: Free Tier provides limited daily generations with standard model access. Google AI Plus increases quotas for both versions. Google AI Pro offers even higher limits. Google AI Ultra delivers maximum quotas plus access to Flow and NotebookLM.

Follow these six steps to generate your first image:

1. Open Gemini and Select Image Tool: Navigate to gemini.google.com or open the mobile app, then locate the 🍌 Create images button
2. Choose Model Speed: Select Fast for standard Nano Banana or Thinking for Pro features and higher resolution output
3. Craft Your Prompt: Use the formula: Create/generate an image of [subject] [action] [scene]. Example: Create an image of a professional attorney reviewing documents in a modern law office with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a city skyline
4. Add Specific Details: Specify composition (medium shot, close-up, wide angle), lighting (soft natural light, dramatic, studio, golden hour), style (photorealistic, minimalist, oil painting), and technical specs (aspect ratio, orientation)
5. Review and Refine: Inspect the generated image and use multi-turn editing to request iterative improvements, adjustments, or style changes while the model retains context
6. Download and Resize: Save your image; Pro tier includes intelligent resize for different aspect ratios without quality loss

Prompt quality directly impacts image quality. Follow these best practices:

• Be Specific Rather Than Vague: Replace generic descriptions with detailed, vivid language that captures your exact vision
• Include Composition Terms: Specify camera angle and framing: medium shot, close-up, wide angle, overhead, low angle
• Specify Lighting: Define the mood and atmosphere: soft natural light, dramatic shadows, studio lighting, golden hour, neon glow, candlelit
• Reference Styles: Name artistic or photographic styles: photorealistic, oil painting, minimalist, retro, sketch, watercolor, cinematic
• Set the Mood: Describe the emotional tone: professional, warm, clean, trustworthy, energetic, serene, modern, timeless
• Include Technical Specs: Specify aspect ratio (16:9, square, portrait), orientation (landscape, portrait), and resolution needs (1024px, 4K)

Character Consistency Across Multiple Images: Upload a reference photo and prompt: Create an image of this person [doing action] in [new setting] while maintaining their exact likeness. The model preserves facial features and body type while changing context, enabling consistent character use across campaigns.

Multi-Image Blending (Pro): Upload up to 14 reference images simultaneously for complex compositions. This few-shot prompting technique enables designers to blend visual elements from multiple sources into a cohesive final image.

Style Transfer and Visual Templates: Upload a reference image and ask the model to apply its style to target content. Common use cases include converting photos to Renaissance portraits, retro studio portraits, or storybook illustrations.

Camera and Lighting Controls (Pro Tier): Fine-tune professional aspects of your image: adjust camera angle and perspective, shift scene lighting and shadows, modify depth of field and focus, apply color grading, and change aspect ratios without regenerating.

Text and Typography Generation: Render legible text in multiple languages and fonts for social media graphics, infographics, posters, and mockups. Pro tier delivers advanced typography rendering with more font options and language support.

Nano Banana enables law firms to produce branded, professional imagery without expensive design services:

• Social Media Content: Generate branded imagery for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram that stands out in feeds without commissioning photoshoots
• Blog Headers and Featured Images: Create unique, topic-aligned header images that improve click-through rates on long-form content
• Email Graphics: Design newsletter headers, promotional banners, and call-to-action graphics that boost engagement
• Infographics and Diagrams: Visualize data, processes, and statistics with custom infographics that communicate complex ideas clearly
• Ad Creatives and PPC Testing: Rapidly generate visual concepts for Google Ads, LinkedIn ads, and Facebook campaigns to test messaging and design variations
• Presentation Slides: Add custom, on-brand visuals to Google Slides presentations without searching stock photo libraries

Firms managing regular social media and marketing content find that Nano Banana subscriptions materially reduce design service costs while accelerating content production timelines.

Get started: Schedule your free AI visibility audit to learn how generative tools like Nano Banana fit into your firm's overall content strategy.

Choose Standard Nano Banana if: You need quick social media graphics, are testing visual concepts, or are exploring AI image generation for the first time.

Choose Pro if: You require high-resolution output for print or web, need consistent characters across multiple images, are building complex compositions, or demand professional-grade typography.