{"id":146,"date":"2025-09-06T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/?p=146"},"modified":"2025-09-07T03:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T03:42:39","slug":"google-gemini-nano-banana-before-after-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/2025\/09\/06\/google-gemini-nano-banana-before-after-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Nano Banana &#8211; Before &amp; After!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, when Google was launching Nano Banana, I was visiting printing outfits and print factories to finalize the right printer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeagni.com\/books\/for-the-love-of-instructional-design-by-shafali-r-anand.htm\">my book &#8220;For the Love of Instructional Design.&#8221; <\/a>But despite the nano-ness of this particular offering by Google, curiosity kept niggling at the back of my mind.  I couldn&#8217;t wait to check it out. I mean, those bananas everywhere were driving everyone bananas on the Internet, and I was no exception. <br><br>So this morning, I gave Gemini a few pictures and asked it to change something in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some before-and after images. Check them out. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(800 \/ 686)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"686\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-156\" data-id=\"156\" data-aspect-ratio=\"800 \/ 686\" src=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-tiger.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-tiger.jpg 800w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-tiger-300x257.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-dragon-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-dragon-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-dog-to-dragon-600x510.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"677\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-157\" data-id=\"157\" data-aspect-ratio=\"800 \/ 677\" src=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-human-bot-to-cat-dog.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-human-bot-to-cat-dog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-human-bot-to-cat-dog-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-human-bot-to-cat-dog-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-human-bot-to-cat-dog-600x508.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-153\" data-id=\"153\" data-aspect-ratio=\"800 \/ 700\" src=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-xAPI-infographic.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-xAPI-infographic.jpg 800w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-xAPI-infographic-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-xAPI-infographic-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-nano-banana-by-gemini-google-xAPI-infographic-600x525.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The 4-step Process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Upload the image. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain what you&#8217;d like to see changed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Download the image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smile \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All is well, except that it still stumbles when asked to do unexpected Modifications. So I got a dog-dragon, when I asked it to keep the dog&#8217;s orientation and coloring unchanged, as it changed it into a dragon. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nano-banana-scooter-dog-dragon-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nano-banana-scooter-dog-dragon-1.png 540w, https:\/\/creativeagni.com\/ignite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nano-banana-scooter-dog-dragon-1-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This post diverges from the book and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeagni.com\/instructional-design-courses\/instructional-design-content-development-certificate-course.htm\">the IDCDT-AIM course<\/a>, where you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeagni.com\/instructional-design-courses\/instructional-design-content-development-certificate-course.htm#aim\">listen to me talk about how a non-coder (yours truly) vibe-coded the Creative Agni Website with ChatGPT<\/a>. Stop there, if you have a few moments to spare \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tried out Google&#8217;s Nano Banana. Did a few simple image modifications. 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