Google launched its new AI image-editing model Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, dubbed as ‘Nano Banana’, last month. Since then, the internet has become obsessed with uploading their real-life images and transforming them into various styles with the help of the AI feature.For instance, social media feeds are flooded with Nano Banana-edited pictures of people taking selfies with everyone from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan to Tesla boss Elon Musk. Most recently, the viral Nano Banana AI saree trend has got people retouching their regular pictures into an airbrushed, flawless version of themselves clad in sarees.
No matter the trend, it appears that users are unable to get over Google’s Nano Banana AI feature easily. But there is a lot more to the AI image-editing model.
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In a recent blog post, Google has laid out specific ways you can try out its new native AI image-editing feature in the Gemini app. “This update gives you more control than ever to create the perfect picture. You can keep a person or pet consistent across edits, blend multiple photos together, alter parts of an image while keeping the rest the same and apply the style from one picture’s object to another — all while preserving important details of the original,” the search giant said.
Here are 10 distinct prompts you can try using Google Gemini’s new Nano Banana image-editing model:
– Video game character: “Recreate this cat as a 16-bit video game character, and place the character in a level of a 2D 16-bit platform video game.”
– Portrait blend: “Here’s a picture of me as an adult. Create a photo of me as an adult sitting with myself as a child in a playroom having a tea party together.”Story continues below this ad
– Fantasy map: “Turn this photo into a map of a stylized 3D world for a fantasy game. Include a village and harbor.”
– Pencil sketch: “Turn this photo into a pencil drawing.”
– Food art: “Turn these ingredients into a refined delicious-looking dessert, inspired by these ingredients. Plate it as if it were a dish at a 5-star avant-garde restaurant.”
– Anthropomorphism: “Turn these scissors into a realistic-looking fantasy character in a movie about elves and fairies.”
– Miniature 3D model: “Create a realistic-looking small 3D model of this dog. Place the model on a desk next to birthday packaging that makes it look like someone unwrapped the model as a gift.”Story continues below this ad
– Visual storytelling: “Create a riveting epic 9 part story with 9 images with these two protagonists and their adventures as secret superheroes. The story is thrilling throughout with emotional highs and lows and ending on a great twist and high note. Do not include any words or text on the images but tell the story purely through the imagery itself.”
– Clothes-swapping: “Change this person’s dress to be made out of tennis balls.”
– Architectural makeovers: “Transform this house into a vibrant tropical island design. Replace the roof with thatch and add bamboo structural elements. Surround it with lush, colorful tropical plants and palm trees.”
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Here are some other use cases you can explore with the Nano Banana AI feature in the Gemini app:
– 3D figurine: “Create a 1/7 scale commercialised figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no text on the base. The content on the computer screen is a 3D modelling process of this figurine. Next to the computer screen is a toy packaging box, designed in a style reminiscent of high-quality collectible figures, printed with original artwork. The packaging features two-dimensional flat illustrations.”
– Retro-style AI portrait: “Create a retro, vintage inspired image grainy, yet bright based on the reference picture. The girl should be draped in perfect purple chiffon pinterest-style aesthetic saree. The vibe must capture the essence of 90s movie dark brown haired baddie, with silky hair and a small flower tucked visibly into her hair, enhanced by a windy romantic atmosphere. She is standing against an old wooden door, where deep shadows and dramatic contrast and mystery and artistry to the scene, creating a moody yet enchanting cinematic effect. Her pose should suggest she is adjusting her hair.”