Nano Banana
text→photoStrong at
- The cheapest way into images in the studio — test an idea for the price of one credit
- The fastest: the image comes out almost instantly
- Copes with a conversational prompt — no special language needed
- Good for dozens of variations while you look for the composition
Weak at
- Locked at 1024×1024 — no good for print
- Text in the image comes out broken
- Little detail — zoom in and you can tell it's a quick generation
- Doesn't keep the same character across several images
Don't use it for
- Don't use it for a final image for a client
- Don't use it when you need text in the image
- Don't use it for print or a big screen
Typical tasks
- Quick test of an idea
- Finding the composition before the expensive generation
- Small illustration for the web
- Lots of variations at once