10 Pro-Level Hidden Techniques for Nano Banana Pro That Will Blow Your Mind

A few days ago, I wrote an introductory article about Nano Banana Pro.

The most common question I received was: "How do I use it? Is there a detailed tutorial?"

Yes, there is.

Just two days ago, Google quietly released a comprehensive usage guide. The author is Guillaume Vernade, a Developer Advocate at Google DeepMind—someone who truly understands this model inside and out.

Today, I've distilled the 10 most powerful "hidden techniques" from that guide.

Translated into plain English, just for you.

00 | The Golden Rules of Prompting: Stop Using "Keyword Stuffing"

Before diving into specific techniques, let's address the most important point first.

Nano Banana Pro is a model that "thinks."

This means it's not like previous image generation models that mechanically match keywords. It can genuinely understand your intent, reason about image composition, and even fill in details you didn't explicitly mention.

So, it's time to say goodbye to the old "keyword stuffing" style of prompting.

Old Midjourney-era prompt:

Sports car, neon, city, night, 8K

Nano Banana Pro-era prompt:

A futuristic sports car speeding through rainy Tokyo streets at night, neon signs reflecting on the wet pavement and car body, cinematic wide-angle shot.

The way you communicate with it determines the upper limit of your output quality.

Google's official guide provides three "golden rules":

1. Don't Regenerate—Just Modify

If an image is already 80% perfect, don't start from scratch.

Tell it exactly what you want to change.

For example: "This image is great, but change the lighting to sunset and make the text neon blue."

The model will make local adjustments on the original image rather than regenerating from scratch.

2. Be as Specific as Possible

Vague descriptions produce mediocre images.

Be explicit about subject, scene, lighting, and atmosphere.

Don't say "an old woman."

Say "an elegant elderly woman wearing a vintage Chanel-style suit."

3. Give It Context

Sufficient background information allows Nano Banana Pro to make better judgments.

Because it thinks.

For example, if you want to generate an image of a sandwich:

Basic prompt: "An image of a sandwich."

Advanced prompt: "A photograph of a sandwich shot for a high-end Brazilian food magazine."

Nano Banana Pro will automatically infer: elegant plating, shallow depth of field, professional lighting.

These three rules apply to all the techniques below.

01 | Text Rendering + Infographics

Early AI image generators struggled with text—especially Chinese characters.

Nano Banana Pro has solved this pain point.

Not only is text rendering clear and accurate, but it also supports multiple languages, including Chinese.

Quick note: Chinese text clarity is highly correlated with image resolution, so emphasize 2K or 4K quality in your prompts.

More practically, it can compress complex information into visual formats.

Financial Report Infographic

Upload a PDF financial report, then say:

"Based on this financial report, generate a clean, modern infographic summarizing key financial highlights. Include charts for 'Revenue Growth' and 'Net Profit,' and create a stylized quote box featuring the CEO's key insights."

Alphabet Q3 2025 Financial Snapshot infographic showing revenue growth from $88.3B to $102.3B (+16% YoY), net income increase to $35B (+33% YoY), key operating metrics, segment breakdown for Google Cloud, Services and Other Bets, plus CEO Sundar Pichai quote about the first $100 billion quarter

Retro Infographic

"Create a 1950s retro-style infographic about the history of American diners. Divide it into three sections: 'Food,' 'Jukebox,' and 'Décor.' All text must be clearly readable and match the era's aesthetic."

Technical Blueprint

"Create an orthographic architectural blueprint with floor plans, elevations, and cross-sections. Use technical architectural fonts to clearly label 'North Elevation' and 'Main Entrance.' 16:9 format."

Orthographic architectural blueprint on blue background showing detailed floor plan with offices, lobby, restrooms and conference rooms on the left, North Elevation view of a modern glass building in the upper right, and Cross-Section structural diagram in the lower right with Main Entrance labeled

Whiteboard Teaching Diagram

"Illustrate the 'Transformer Neural Network Architecture' concept as a hand-drawn whiteboard diagram suitable for a university classroom. Use different colored markers to distinguish encoder and decoder modules, and clearly label 'Self-Attention' and 'Feed-Forward Network.'"

Hand-drawn whiteboard diagram of Transformer Architecture showing Encoder block in blue with Self-Attention and Feed Forward layers, Decoder block in red with Masked Self-Attention and Encoder-Decoder Attention, Input Embeddings, Positional Encoding, and Output Probabilities with Softmax - colored markers distinguish different components

02 | Character Consistency + Viral Thumbnails

Content creators, rejoice.

Nano Banana Pro supports up to 14 reference images and can maintain consistency for up to 5 characters.

This means you can achieve "character lock."

Place specific people or characters into entirely new scenes without distortion.

Three Best Practices:

Character Lock: Maintain this person's facial features exactly as in Image 1.
Expression/Pose: While maintaining character consistency, describe the emotional or pose changes you want.
Viral Composition: Combine the character, eye-catching graphics, and text in a single generation.

Viral Video Thumbnail

"Design a viral video thumbnail using the person from Image 1. Facial consistency: maintain exactly the same facial features as Image 1, but change the expression to excited and surprised. Pose: place the person on the left, pointing to the right. Subject: on the right, place a high-definition image of appetizing avocado toast. Graphics: add a thick yellow arrow connecting the finger to the toast. Text: overlay large pop-style text '3 分钟搞定！' in the center with white bold outline and drop shadow. Background: blurred bright kitchen. High saturation and contrast."

Viral YouTube-style video thumbnail showing an excited Asian man in white t-shirt and black cap pointing at appetizing avocado toast with poached egg, large yellow arrow connecting them, bold Chinese text '3分钟搞定!' (Done in 3 minutes!) with white outline, blurred bright kitchen background

Plush Toy Children's Book

Upload 3 images of different plush toys, then say:

"Create an engaging 10-episode story with these 3 plush friends going on a tropical vacation. The story should be captivating throughout with emotional highs and lows, ending with a heartwarming conclusion. The 3 characters' costumes and identities should remain consistent across all images, but their expressions and angles should vary. Ensure each character appears only once in each image."

10-panel children's book storyboard featuring three cute plush toy characters - an orange fox, purple dragon, and pink owl - on a tropical vacation adventure, showing scenes of arriving at beach, surfing, sunbathing, building sandcastles, jungle exploration, meeting a monkey, taking photos, watching sunset, and final group hug with coconut drinks

Batch Brand Asset Generation

Upload 1 product image, then say:

"Create 9 stunning fashion editorial shots, like award-winning fashion magazine work. Use this image as a brand style reference but add details and variations to showcase professional design. Please generate one at a time."

9-panel fashion editorial showcasing a stunning blue-green sequined mermaid evening gown from multiple angles - fabric detail closeup, full-length poses, mannequin display, neckline detail, mirror reflection shot, draped on velvet chair, and model holding champagne glass, all with consistent dark luxurious backdrop and professional magazine lighting

03 | Leverage Google Search

One of the most powerful capabilities.

Nano Banana Pro can call Google Search to generate images based on real-time data, current events, or fact-checking.

This significantly reduces hallucinations on time-sensitive topics.

You don't need to research or compile data—the model does it automatically.

Data Visualization

"Based on current tourism trends, generate an infographic showing the best times to visit US National Parks in 2025."

U.S. National Parks 2025 Best Visiting Times & Trends infographic with color-coded map showing seasonal recommendations for parks including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Acadia, Everglades, and Denali, monthly calendar bar from January to December, plus 2025 travel tips about cool-cationing, off-the-beaten-path destinations, reservation requirements and fee-free days

04 | Advanced Editing: Restoration, Colorization, Style Transfer

Nano Banana Pro can perform localized image editing through conversation.

Including restoration, colorization, and style transfer.

No masks required.

Just natural language descriptions.

Background Removal

"Remove all tourists from the background of this photo and fill naturally with textures matching the surrounding environment (cobblestones and shop fronts)."

Comic Colorization

Upload a black and white comic page, then say:

"Colorize this comic page. Use vibrant anime-style colors. Apply glowing neon blue effects for energy beams, and use official color schemes for character costumes."

Side-by-side manga colorization comparison - left column shows original black and white comic panels of a girl cooking with a cute unicorn companion with sound effects ZAP SIZZLE, FWOOSH, DING, right column shows same panels colorized in vibrant anime style with glowing blue energy effects, warm food colors, and expressive character emotions

Background Replacement

Upload a London bus stop advertisement, then say:

"Localize this creative to a Tokyo setting, including translating the tagline to Japanese. Change the background to a bustling Shibuya street at night."

Advertisement localization comparison - top shows London red double-decker bus with The Lion King musical ad on daytime UK street, bottom shows same ad transformed for Tokyo market with Japanese text 'ライオン・キング' on white tour bus against neon-lit Shibuya 109 nighttime backdrop with H&M and Uniqlo signs

Season Transformation

Upload a summer house photo, then say:

"Transform this scene to winter. Keep the house architecture unchanged but add snow on the roof and yard, and adjust the lighting to a cold, overcast afternoon."

Season transformation comparison of a Craftsman-style house - top shows vibrant summer scene with green lawn, children playing with sprinkler, blooming hydrangeas, dog on porch, and bicycle; bottom shows same house transformed to winter with snow-covered roof and yard, bare trees, cold overcast lighting, while maintaining identical architecture

If you're curious about other image editing techniques, check out our guide on AI image parameters for beginners.

05 | 2D to 3D Dimension Conversion

Here's where the real productivity boost comes in.

Converting 2D floor plans to 3D visualizations.

Incredibly powerful.

Floor Plan to 3D Interior Design

"Based on the uploaded 2D floor plan, generate a professional interior design presentation board. Layout: one large main image at the top (wide-angle perspective of living room), three smaller images below (master bedroom, study, 3D overhead floor plan view). Style: modern minimalist, warm oak flooring, cream walls. Quality: photorealistic rendering, soft natural lighting."

Professional interior design presentation board generated from 2D floor plan - main image shows modern minimalist living room with oak flooring, gray sofa, fireplace, and large windows; smaller images below show master bedroom with platform bed and home office with desk; right panel displays 3D overhead floor plan view revealing full apartment layout with stairs

3D Meme

"Transform the 'This is Fine' dog meme into a photorealistic 3D render. Keep the composition unchanged, but make the dog look like a plush toy and replace the fire with realistic flame effects."

Photorealistic 3D render of the 'This is Fine' meme - worn plush toy dog with button eyes and stitched patches sitting calmly on armchair surrounded by realistic flames engulfing the room, speech bubble saying 'THIS IS FINE.', coffee mug on side table, dramatic fire lighting through window

06 | High-Resolution Output + Material Textures

Nano Banana Pro supports native high resolution from 1K to 4K.

Perfect for large-format images and texture work.

4K Wallpaper

"Create a breathtaking mossy forest floor environment image. Complex lighting and detailed textures, with every moss fiber and light beam rendered pixel-perfect. Suitable as a 4K wallpaper."

Food Deconstruction

"Create a hyperrealistic food burger deconstruction infographic showing the toasted brioche bun texture, the seared crust of the patty, and the glossy melted cheese. Label each layer with flavor descriptions."

Hyperrealistic deconstructed gourmet burger infographic on slate background - layers floating apart with labeled descriptions: 'Lightly Toasted Buttery Brioche' bun, 'Maillard Seared Crust Aged Beef' patty with rich umami, 'Glistening Melt Sharp & Nutty Cheese' dripping down, 'Caramelized Onions & Special Sauce', 'Gnarled Toast Flaky Brioche' bottom bun

For more tips on creating professional-quality images, read our article on mastering hyper-realistic AI portraits.

07 | Thinking and Reasoning

Nano Banana Pro has "thinking mode" enabled by default.

It first reasons through a sketch, then creates the final artwork.

Small detail: the sketch reasoning phase is free.

Whiteboard Problem Solving

"Solve this equation on a whiteboard: log(x²+1)(x⁴-1)=2. Show the steps clearly."

Mathematics whiteboard showing step-by-step solution to logarithmic equation with base (x²+1) and argument (x⁴-1) equals 2 in complex numbers - five clear steps from converting to exponential form through expanding, subtracting, isolating x², and solving to find Solutions x=i and x=-i, with eraser and Expo marker visible at bottom

Visual Reverse Engineering

Upload a renovated room photo, then say:

"Analyze this image and generate a 'before construction' image showing the framework structure and unfinished drywall."

AI-generated reverse engineering visualization - top shows furnished living room with couch, coffee table, and kitchen pass-through window; bottom shows AI-imagined 'before construction' state of same space with exposed wooden wall studs, unfinished drywall, bare subfloor, and visible plumbing and electrical rough-ins

08 | One-Click Storyboards + Concept Design

You can create coherent stories with consistent style in a single session.

Luxury Advertisement Storyboard

"Create a captivating 9-episode story featuring one man and one woman, for an award-winning luxury handbag advertisement. The story should have emotional ups and downs, with the final image being an elegant freeze-frame of the heroine with the logo. Consistent style throughout, each frame in 16:9 landscape format."

9-panel luxury travel advertisement storyboard featuring elegant couple - woman in white blazer, man in blue suit - with designer luggage across cinematic scenes: hotel lobby arrival, private jet interior, five-star hotel check-in, penthouse city view, romantic beach sunset walk, yacht champagne toast, European street exploration, poolside resort relaxation, and final elegant portrait with handbag

The cinematic quality is stunning.

For those interested in storytelling with AI images, check out our guide on AI comic books and graphic novels.

09 | Structure Control + Layout Guidance

Upload sketches, wireframes, or grid images to control composition.

For example:

Sketches: Upload a hand-drawn sketch to precisely define where text and objects should be placed.
Wireframes: Upload a screenshot or wireframe of an existing layout to directly generate high-fidelity UI designs.
Grids: Upload grid images to force the model to generate assets following the grid structure. Especially suitable for pixel games or LED displays.

Any one of these 10 techniques is incredibly practical.

Bookmark this article and unlock them one by one.

Ready to try these techniques yourself? Start creating with Nano Banana Pro on Oh My Images — it's free to get started with generous daily credits.

If you want to learn more about prompt engineering fundamentals, check out our comprehensive prompt engineering guide for AI artists.

Source: This article is translated and adapted from the original Chinese article Nano Banana Pro 10大隐藏技巧, based on the official Google DeepMind usage guide by Guillaume Vernade.