40 Nano Banana Prompts You Have To Try
The world of AI image generation is moving at lightning speed, and Google’s Nano Banana model is at the forefront of this creative revolution.
It’s more than just a tool; it’s a creative partner that can bring your wildest ideas to life with stunning realism.
Whether you’re a professional designer, a marketer, or just someone looking to have fun with photos, this AI is a game-changer.
Forget complicated software. Using Nano Banana is as simple as providing an image and the right words.
To show you just how powerful it is, we’ve compiled 40 incredible prompts that will transform the way you think about images.
Part 1: Everyday Photo Editing, Supercharged
These prompts are perfect for fixing, enhancing, and improving your existing photos with almost no effort.
1. The Effortless Wardrobe Swap: Instantly try on new clothes. Provide a photo of a person and an item of clothing, and watch the AI create a perfect fit.
- Prompt Idea: “Fit this jacket onto the person in the photo.”
2. Vanishing Act - Remove Unwanted Objects: Clean up your shots by erasing anything that doesn’t belong.
- Prompt Idea: “Remove the fish from the man’s hands, but keep his hands in the same position.”
3. Tidy Up Your Scenery: Get rid of distracting background elements like power lines or litter.
- Prompt Idea: “Remove the ugly power lines from this landscape.”
4. Change Your Scenery Completely: Transport your subject anywhere in the world (or out of it).
- Prompt Idea: “Change the background of this photo to a busy roller coaster ride.”
5. Restore Vintage Photos: Breathe new life into old, damaged family pictures.
- Prompt Idea: “Restore this damaged vintage family photo to its original quality.”
6. Add a Splash of Color: Magically colorize old black and white photographs with stunning accuracy.
- Prompt Idea: “Color in this vintage image and make it look modern and realistic.”
7. Modernize a Bygone Era: Take a character from a vintage photo and place them in a modern context.
- Prompt Idea: “Place this man from the vintage photo into a modern cafe.”
8. Control the Weather: Change the entire mood of a photo by commanding the elements.
- Prompt Idea: “Transform this sunny day in New York into a scene with heavy rain and umbrellas.”
9. A Fresh Coat of Paint: Change the color of any object in your photo instantly.
- Prompt Idea: “Repaint this car in matte black.”
10. Master the Lighting: Shift from day to night or add dramatic mood lighting with a simple command.
- Prompt Idea: “Change the lighting in this scene to night.”
11. Improve Photo Quality: Subtly enhance an overexposed or poorly balanced photo.
- Prompt Idea: “Make the lighting more even and improve the contrast of this image.”
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Part 2: Unleash Your Imagination
This is where the real fun begins. These prompts are designed to transform reality and create something entirely new.
12. Travel Through the Decades: See what you’d look like as a rock star from any era.
- Prompt Idea: “Turn me into a music artist from the 1970s, matching the style and aesthetic.”
13. Age with AI: Travel forward or backward in time to see yourself as a child or a senior.
- Prompt Idea: “Make this person look like a baby with natural aging effects.”
14. Become a Fantasy Character: Transform ordinary people into elves, orcs, hobbits, and more, while preserving the original photo’s lighting.
- Prompt Idea: “Turn the actor in this movie still into a fantasy elf.”
15. Master Character Consistency: Create a character and place them in countless different scenes while keeping their appearance identical.
- Prompt Idea: “Keep this character’s look identical, but place them in a coffee shop.”
16. Switch Up the Art Style: Reimagine your photos in the style of famous artists or classic video games.
- Prompt Idea: “Change this photo into the style of a Picasso painting.”
17. Selective Styling: Apply a unique art style to just one part of an image for a surreal effect.
- Prompt Idea: “Make the pizza look like a hand-drawn illustration, but keep the rest of the photo realistic.”
18. Change Any Material: Turn any object into glass, marble, water, or even wood.
- Prompt Idea: “Change this banana into a marble material.”
19. Create Stunning Reflections: Turn any flat surface into a perfect mirror.
- Prompt Idea: “Turn the floor into a mirror, perfectly reflecting the dog.”
20. Change an Animal’s Breed: Magically transform one animal into another while keeping the original pose and background.
- Prompt Idea: “Transform the pug in this photo into a white wolf.”
21. Add a Sense of Speed: Inject action into a static shot with dynamic motion blur.
- Prompt Idea: “Add loads of motion blur trails to the person running fast.”
22. Turn Life into a Comic Book: Convert your photos into a comic strip, complete with panels and text.
- Prompt Idea: “Turn this image into a comic strip style.”
Part 3: Professional Power Tools for Design and Marketing
Nano Banana is an invaluable asset for creative professionals, streamlining complex tasks.
23. Instant Product Placement: Seamlessly place your product into a lifestyle shot.
- Prompt Idea: “Place this smartphone into the person’s hand.”
24. Virtual Interior Design: Redecorate a room in seconds. Start by refurbishing the space, then add furniture and decor.
- Prompt Idea: “Turn this old room into a refurbished empty modern room.” Then, “Add a modern sofa, artwork, and plants.”
25. Create Pro Headshots: Turn a casual photo into a polished, professional headshot.
- Prompt Idea: “Put this person in a professional setting with professional attire.”
26. Reimagine Logos: Modify existing logos or create new concepts from scratch.
- Prompt Idea: “Change the Ferrari logo into a dragon and a banana.”
27. Enhance Food Photography: Make food look irresistibly delicious.
- Prompt Idea: “Make this burger look fresh, appetizing, and steaming hot.”
28. Deconstruct for Effect: Create a stunning “deconstructed” shot of a product.
- Prompt Idea: “Create a deconstructed shot of the burger, with each ingredient floating above one another.”
29. Generate Marketing Materials: Turn a simple product photo into a sleek and professional advertisement.
- Prompt Idea: “Convert this product photo into a sleek marketing advertisement poster.”
30. Test Out New Hairstyles: See how a new hairstyle looks before committing to the cut.
- Prompt Idea: “Give this person a new hairstyle: [style description].”
31. Change Camera Angles: Generate new shots from different perspectives, like an aerial view, to create a multi-camera feel.
- Prompt Idea: “Change this ground-level shot to an aerial bird’s-eye view.”
Part 4: Pushing the Boundaries of AI
These advanced prompts test the true intelligence and capability of the model, with mind-blowing results.
32. Pose Creation from a Sketch: Use a simple drawing to dictate the exact pose of characters in a complex scene.
- Prompt Idea: Combine a sketch of a pose with reference images of characters.
33. Precise Edits with a Brush Mask: For ultimate control, use a simple brush mark to tell the AI exactly where to make an edit.
- Prompt Idea: “Replace the red brushed area with these glasses.”
34. Total Crowd Control: Easily reduce the number of people in a crowd or make one person stand out.
- Prompt Idea: “Remove half the people from this busy scene.”
35. Unmask a Character: See what’s under the mask of your favorite heroes.
- Prompt Idea: “Remove Batman’s mask.”
36. Create the Ultimate Group Selfie: Combine photos of different people into one seamless, happy group shot.
- Prompt Idea: “They are all taking a selfie while having a group hug outside in the sun.”
37. Turn a Map into Reality: Drop a pin on Google Maps, take a screenshot, and ask the AI to show you the ground-level view.
- Prompt Idea: “Draw a ground-level view of the location of the red pin.”
38. Generate an Augmented Reality Experience: Ask the AI to identify and annotate points of interest in a photo.
- Prompt Idea: “You are a location-based AR generator. Highlight the point of interest in this image and annotate relevant information about it.”
39. AI Logic and Reasoning Test: Give the AI a complex, multi-step instruction to see if it can follow logical rules.
- Prompt Idea: “Create an image of a chalkboard with drawings of a cherry, banana, and watermelon. Under each, write the most repeated letter and its accurate count (e.g., R2 for cherry).”
40. Modify In-Image Text: Edit text within a photo, like on a sign, while perfectly preserving the original style.
- Prompt Idea: “Change the text on this neon sign to say ‘Atomic Gains’.”
From simple fixes to creating impossible scenes, we are only scratching the surface of what’s possible. The only limit is your imagination. Now, which one will you try first?