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Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by flyinglizard »

scottlamb wrote: post #67

The rollout doesn't seem to have reached my userid yet. How successful are people at getting these things to actually produce useful images? I was trying recently with the (non-Pro) Nano Banana to see what the fuss was about. As a test case, I tried to get it to make a diagram of a zipper merge (in driving), using numbered arrows to indicate what the first, second, third, etc. cars should do. I had trouble reliably g…

I think you tried using the wrong tool. Nano Banana is for editing, not generating (there's Imagen for that).

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by fwip »

potsandpans wrote: post #143
mlmonkey wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do know that every color copier comes with the ability to identify US currency and would refuse to copy it? And that every color printer leaves a pattern of faint yellow dots on every printout that uniquely identifies the printer?

And that's not a good thing.

Why not? Like, genuinely.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by srameshc »

My experience with Nano Banana is to constantly get consistent image when dealing with muliple objects in a image, I mean creating consistent sequence etc.

We spent a lot of money trying but eventully gave up. If it is easier in Pro, then probably it stands a chance.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by oblio »

minimaxir wrote: post #149

I...worked on the detailed Nano Banana prompt engineering analysis for months ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917875 )...and...Google just...Google released a new version. Nano Banana Pro should work with my gemimg package ( https://github.com/minimaxir/gemimg ) without pushing a new version by passing: g = GemImg(model="gemini-3-pro-image-preview") I'll add the new output resolutions and other features ASAP…

It looks nice, what are people using the package for?

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by Workaccount2 »

evrenesat wrote: post #73

I've tried to repaint the exterior of my house. More than 20 times with very detailed prompts. I even tried to optimize it with Claude. No matter what, every time it added one, two or three extra windows to the same wall.

I don't know what it is with Gemini (and even other models) but I swear they must be doing some kind of active load-dependant quanitization or a/b/c/d testing behind the scenes, because sometimes the model is stellar and hitting everything, and other times it's tripping all over itself.

The most effective fix I have found is that when the model is acting dumb, just turn it off and come back in the few hours to a new chat and try again.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by woobar »

scottlamb wrote: post #67

The rollout doesn't seem to have reached my userid yet. How successful are people at getting these things to actually produce useful images? I was trying recently with the (non-Pro) Nano Banana to see what the fuss was about. As a test case, I tried to get it to make a diagram of a zipper merge (in driving), using numbered arrows to indicate what the first, second, third, etc. cars should do. I had trouble reliably g…

Nano Banana is focused on editing. But the Pro version handles your prompt much better. First image is Pro, second is 2.5

https://imgur.com/a/3PDUIQP

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by scottlamb »

scottlamb wrote: post #67

The rollout doesn't seem to have reached my userid yet. How successful are people at getting these things to actually produce useful images? I was trying recently with the (non-Pro) Nano Banana to see what the fuss was about. As a test case, I tried to get it to make a diagram of a zipper merge (in driving), using numbered arrows to indicate what the first, second, third, etc. cars should do. I had trouble reliably g…

Ooh, I just got offered the new version on https://gemini.google.com/. Plugged in that exact prompt, got this:

https://imgur.com/a/ENNk68B

Much better than previous attempts. Still has an extra lane with the cars on the right cutting off the cars in the middle. Still has the numbers in the wrong order.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by oblio »

potsandpans wrote: post #143
mlmonkey wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do know that every color copier comes with the ability to identify US currency and would refuse to copy it? And that every color printer leaves a pattern of faint yellow dots on every printout that uniquely identifies the printer?

And that's not a good thing.

It depends on how you're looking at it. For the people not getting handed counterfeit currency, it's probably a good thing.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

#169

Post by scottlamb »

flyinglizard wrote: post #161
scottlamb wrote: post #67

The rollout doesn't seem to have reached my userid yet. How successful are people at getting these things to actually produce useful images? I was trying recently with the (non-Pro) Nano Banana to see what the fuss was about. As a test case, I tried to get it to make a diagram of a zipper merge (in driving), using numbered arrows to indicate what the first, second, third, etc. cars should do. I had trouble reliably g…

I think you tried using the wrong tool. Nano Banana is for editing, not generating (there's Imagen for that).

Imagen4 did no better. edit: example https://imgur.com/Dl8PWgm with a so-so result: four lanes, cars at least facing the same way, lane block looks good, weird extra division in the center, some numbers repeated, one arrow going straight into construction, one arrow going backwards

edit: or Imagen4 Ultra. https://imgur.com/a/xr2ElXj cars facing opposite directions within a lane, 2-way (4 lanes total), double-ended arrows, confused disaster. pretty though.

Re: Nano Banana Pro

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Post by darkwater »

hk__2 wrote: post #158
darkwater wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's still a computer, and we still shouldn't trust everything we see. The fundamentals haven't changed. I think that by now it should be crystal clear to everyone that it matters a lot the sheer scale a new technology permits for $nefarious_intent. Knives (under a certain size) are not regulated. Guns are regulated in most countries. Atomic bombs are definitely regulated. They can all kill people if used badly, th…

> Knives (under a certain size) are not regulated. Guns are regulated in most countries. Atomic bombs are definitely regulated I don’t think this is a good comparison: knives are easy to produce, guns a bit harder, atomic bombs definitely harder. You should find something that is as easy to produce as a knife, but regulated.

The "product" to be regulated here is the LLM/model itself, not its output.

Or, if you see the altered photo as the "product", then the "product" of the knife/gun/bomb is the damage it creates to a human body.

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