Nano Banana Pro — why is it a breakthrough model for image generation and editing? Let's check with real examples

November 20 marked the official launch Nano Banana Pro (Gemini-3-Pro-Image-Preview) with the powerful Gemini 3 Pro as its foundation. You can try it for free on the Geminiand inAI Studio. We will not only look at the new features and why the model is a breakthrough, but we will also see it in action with real examples.

So, what exactly is the evolution of Nano Banana?

Nano Banana Pro is no longer just a 'toy for generating images,' but a more serious tool. Let's look at the new features:

• Higher quality output: unlike the original Nano Banana (with a speed limit of up to ~1024 pixels), Nano Banana Pro can generate images in 1K, 2K, and even 4K resolution.

• Enhanced reasoning and knowledge integration capabilities: using the advanced reasoning capabilities of Gemini 3, it can combine real-time search data (e.g., weather, sports events) to create context-rich infographics and even generate accurate educational diagrams. Multi-step reasoning for complex prompts + Real-world knowledge via Google search.

• Legible text on images (multilingual): Nano Banana Pro has solved the persistent problem of distorted text in AI-generated images. The model can generate highly accurate, easily readable text in multiple languages, with different fonts and textures, whether it's slogans or long paragraphs.

• Studio-level controllability: supports up to 14 input reference images, maintaining consistency for 5 characters in complex compositions. At the same time, it allows for adjusting the camera angle, controlling the focal length, and outputting in 4K resolution. Yes, youcan select a part of the image and ask the model to change that part, or you can use a prompt to change the aspect ratio, camera angle, depth of field, and lighting.

• In official performance tests, Nano Banana Pro came out on top in the "Text-to-Image Conversion" and "Image Editing" categories, receiving a New SOTA rating.

These are all nice words, but let's see what it can actually do and why there's so much hype around Nano Banana Pro.

Nano Banana Pro's Capabilities

Computer desktop screenshot

User X @CaomuQ625 posted a generated screenshot of Windows, calling it a first attempt, so to speak. Meanwhile, most image generation models still can't correctly reproduce such a prompt:

Prompt: Создайте снимок экрана рабочего стола операционной системы Windows 11, на котором уже открыт браузер Google Chrome и в окне браузера отображается миниатюра видео Mr. Beast с веб-сайта YouTube.

In my opinion, it's an almost perfect replication, with extremely high accuracy in the Windows 11 interface.

Creating infographics with text

Prompt:Дизайнинфографики в стиле ретро-комиксов 50-х годов. Тема: Как приготовить сухой мартини. Макет включает пошаговое руководство с пронумерованными иллюстрациями. Шаг 1: Стилизованная иллюстрация джина, вермута и большого количества льда. Шаг 2: Стакан для смешивания с барной ложкой, быстро помешивающей коктейль, линии движения обозначают движение. Шаг 3: Классический V-образный коктейльный бокал, через который прозрачная жидкость пропускается через ситечко. Шаг 4: Заключительный снимок готового коктейля с оливкой на палочке, искрящейся. Текстовые надписи жирные и блочные. Цветовая палитра: бирюзовый, горчично-желтый и вишнево-красный. Полутоновые узоры, текстура винтажной бумаги, жирная тушь, выразительные линии.

Nano Banana Pro understood the information well, every sentence is relevant, and it even includes 'WHAM! STIR!', adding a comic book vibe. However, despite all this, key information is missing: units of measurement and the alcohol ratio, so such an infographic is still impractical for practical learning. In terms of style, it accurately reproduces the style of American comics, with a deliberately aged texture on the background paper.

Infographic translation

Nano Banana Pro perfectly translates infographics and comics, and if asked, it preserves the tone of the sentences and even adjusts the text formatting. A reference was uploaded and a simple prompt was created:

Переведи мангу на русский язык. Адаптируй шрифты

Changing the image style

If you upload the original image to Nano Banana Pro :

And ask it to transform it into a realistic image using the prompt:

Prompt: Гиперреалистичный групповой портрет актёров сериала «Блич» в суровой экранизации. Снято на IMAX 70 мм, кинематографическое освещение. Персонажи трансформировались в настоящих азиатских актёров с детально проработанной текстурой кожи, порами и небольшими несовершенствами. В центре внимания:

Ичиго Куросаки с текстурированными, натурально-оранжевыми колючими волосами и насыщенными карими глазами.

Рэндзи Абарай с аутентичными племенными татуировками на лбу и груди, рыжие волосы, собранные в хвост.

Кенпачи Зараки с суровым, покрытым шрамами лицом, ужасающим выражением лица и жесткими, торчащими черными волосами.

Бякуя, Тоширо и Иккаку в реалистичном стиле. Они одеты в высококачественные фактурные чёрные самурайские кимоно (сихакусё) с белой подкладкой, демонстрирующие реалистичные складки ткани и вес. Грудь обнажает рельефные мышцы. Серьёзные, напряжённые выражения лиц, тёмная атмосфера, малая глубина резкости, разрешение 8K, трассировка лучей.

Here's what Nano Banana Pro will generate:

Moreover, if you zoom in on the image, the details are not lost:

The overall aesthetic is good, the characters are well-rendered, and there are no issues with the depiction of skin and hair. Banana Pro doesn't 'beautify' the characters but conveys their fierce facial features, ignoring aesthetic appeal. One of the main problems in manga adaptations is the 'cheap cosplay wig,' and the hair texture in Banana Pro is very realistic. That's why for now, Banana Pro is a level above all sorts of SeeDream and even its previous version)

Reasoning ability and diverse output (CN)

Many would agree that Chinese text presents a particular challenge for most AI models. This example demonstrates the model's capabilities in outputting data in Chinese.

Given a screenshot of a dish and a short prompt, the task is to create a diagram of the dish's preparation with the ingredients.

Prompt: Создайте схему приготовления свиной отбивной по-гонконгски, показанной на изображении. Схема должна включать простые пошаговые инструкции и быть реалистичной.

Here is the original screenshot:

And here is the output from Nano Banana Pro :

Overall, Nano Banana Proproduced a realistic process for preparing a common dish of baked pork chop with rice. There are no issues with the ingredients and preparation steps either. The display of the generated ingredients, scenes, and the finished dish is very realistic. There are minor flaws, of course, like replacing fried rice with plain rice, but nevertheless, Nano Banana Pro has still raised the bar.

Conclusion:

• Nano Banana Pro has become genuinely smarter and more realistic. It also excels at portraits, with an emphasis on texture and natural lighting; I'll separately highlight the rendering of skin and hair. It's great at transforming images into other styles, especially anime from 2D to 3D, while understanding physical properties.

• Plus, the model has gained the ability to 'think.' Thanks to the advanced logical reasoning capabilities of Gemini 3 Pro, Nano Banana Pro can not only create beautiful images but also contribute to the creation of more valuable content, whether it's deducing and creating a complete cooking process diagram from a single image of a dish or accurately understanding and creating complex computer desktop screenshots.

• Supports various aspect ratios and high-resolution output (2K/4K)

• It understands languages and translates without losing meaning or fonts. A special bonus is that it understands and doesn't distort the Chinese language - this is a real benchmark for all AI models for creating and editing images.

So, the releases aren't lying, Nano Banana Pro has taken a significant step forward in terms of creativity and practicality, and other models will soon catch up. You can support me on my channelNeuroProfit - there I write about what I understand or am trying to understand myself, test useful AI services, and generally try to be useful.