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Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Like most image generators, it didn’t pass the piano keyboard test. (Black keys are wrong.) https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts?state=%7B%22ids%22:%...

The selling point of this model really seems to be it's consistency between generations rather than it's raw generating ability. for instance: https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts/1gTG-D92MyzSKaKUeBu2...

I can’t see it. You probably need to set permissions to “anyone with the link can access.”

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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Agreed. I find myself alternating between Qwen Image Edit 20B, Kontext, and now Flash 2.5 depending on the situation and style. And of course, Flash isn't open-weights, so if you need more control / less censorship then you're SOL.

Has there been a sufficient indication to conclude these weights will not (now or ever) be released?

Are any of Google's generative models besides Alphafold open weight? (Veo, Imagen, etc.)

I don't think we can really answer the question if Flash will ever be released.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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These models still seem to struggle with getting repeated patterns right. Others have mentioned piano keys; I've noticed they also almost always fail to generate a valid Go board.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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The hype is about image editing, not pure text-to-image. Upload an input image, say what you want changed, get the output. That's the idea. Much better preservation of characters and objects.

Can it edit the photo at the original resolution? Most of my photos these days are 48MP and I don't want to lose a ton of resolution just to edit them.

Great question. I really doubt it would be able to support any resolution. I'm sure that behind the scenes it scales it down to somewhere around 1 mp before processing even if they decide to upscale and return it back at the original resolution.

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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I don't think he's the gullible one, check their bio ;)

Unfortunately, this isn't one of my usual trollings. I've documented the scam on in this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lRbApgKT4U95zN0AYsPQqsLR...

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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This presumes that you're okay with giving the real Elon your wallet but not a fake Elon, but why?

It was very convincing. We thought it was a YouTube stream of the Starship launch. It paused with 40 seconds remaining, and "Musk" came on offering to reward those who support innovation and technology (BTC, in this case). All info here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lRbApgKT4U95zN0AYsPQqsLR...

Re: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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I've updated the GenAI Image comparison site (which focuses heavily on strict text-to-image prompt adherence) to reflect the new Google Gemini 2.5 Flash model (aka nano-banana). https://genai-showdown.specr.net This model gets 8 of the 12 prompts correct and easily comes within striking distance of the best-in-class models Imagen and gpt-image-1 and is a significant upgrade over the old Gemini Flash 2.0 model. The re…

> Though fair warning, gpt-image-1 is borderline useless as an "editor" since it almost always changes the whole image instead of doing localized inpainting-style edits like Kontext, Qwen, or Nano-Banana. Came into this thread looking for this post. It's a great way to compare prompt adherence across models. Have you considered adding editing capabilities in a similar way given the recent trend of inpainting-style pr…

Adding a separate section for image editing capabilities is a great idea.

I've done some experimentation with Qwen and Kontext and been pretty impressed, but it would be nice to see some side by sides now that we have essentially three models that are capable of highly localized in-painting without affecting the rest of the image.

https://mordenstar.com/blog/edits-with-kontext

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