Can Imagen 4 edit my photo?
No. On the platform, Imagen 4 only has text-to-image mode. To edit an existing photo, see FLUX, Nano Banana, Seedream, GPT Image or Qwen Image.
No such language.
Both brands have several options for generating from text and almost identical aspect ratios. The deciding difference is outside this table: Imagen 4 has no mode for editing an existing image, and FLUX does. If you may ever need to rework an image you've already made, FLUX stays in the game, Imagen 4 doesn't.
The price in credits is per run and appears on the “Generate” button before you press it.
| What | Imagen | FLUX |
|---|---|---|
| Model variants on our platform | 3 | 3 |
| What it needs as input | description | description |
| Price in credits per run | — | 7–60 |
| Aspect ratio 16:9 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Aspect ratio 9:16 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Aspect ratio 1:1 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Most images at once | 4 | 4 |
| Negative description (“without…”) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Longest description | 5000 characters | — |
| Cheapest variant | — | FLUX.1 Schnell |
Imagen 4 offers three tiers — fast, standard and highest. The same prompt goes through all three and the difference is visible without switching brands.
Imagen 4 states a prompt limit. You know how far the model reads — more useful than a field with no stated limit, where you don't know where your writing starts to be wasted.
The set of aspect ratios covers ad and social formats.
FLUX has a mode for editing an existing photo, and with the most input images among several of the image brands here. That is one whole mode more than Imagen 4.
The fast FLUX variant is one of the cheapest ways to test an idea. When you're searching for a composition, that's the number that matters.
FLUX also has several variants when generating, meaning price tiers exist here too.
Where Imagen 4 loses. It has no image-to-image mode at all. That's not a setting that's missing — an entire workflow doesn't exist. As soon as you want to rework a frame, you'll switch brands and, with them, the character of the image.
Where FLUX loses. It doesn't state a prompt limit for generation, so there's no way to know how far the model reads. And for editing it has only one variant — there's no cheap tier for test runs, and with editing it's exactly the test runs that are expensive.
If the work ends with generating — Imagen 4 is a solid choice. If you'll be reworking the image after generating — FLUX, so you don't switch brands in the middle of a project.
For a comparison with a third brand that does both, see FLUX vs Nano Banana.
No. On the platform, Imagen 4 only has text-to-image mode. To edit an existing photo, see FLUX, Nano Banana, Seedream, GPT Image or Qwen Image.
Both make convincing people from a simple description. A complex scene with several people stays hard for both — in that case you work in steps.
Yes, for the final shot. When looking for a composition, the fastest option is enough and saves credits.
This page compares the two brands with each other. The full technical card for each — all variants, their strengths and weaknesses, typical tasks and real examples from the community — is on its own page.
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