Nano Banana Pro Guide: Text in Images, 4K and 14 Reference Images (2026)

Short answer: use Nano Banana Pro when the image has to contain readable text, keep a character consistent across references, or go to 4K with the best detail. For everyday edits and drafts, Nano Banana 2 does most of the same jobs for about half the credits.

What Nano Banana Pro is

Nano Banana Pro is Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image model. In MoodNode it is listed as Banana Pro. It does two jobs in one model:

• Generate an image from a prompt.
• Edit an image you attach, by describing the change ("make it night", "swap the label for this logo", "put her in a denim jacket").

Its two standout strengths are text that actually reads correctly and characters that stay the same person across several reference images.

Nano Banana Pro vs Nano Banana 2 vs Lite

Credits are per image, so asking for four images in one run costs four times the price. On the 1,500-credit pack ($15), one credit is one cent: a 2K Nano Banana Pro image is about 23 cents. With your own fal or Google Vertex AI key, you pay the provider directly instead.

Getting legible text

Text rendering is where Pro earns its price. A few habits help:

1. Put the exact words in quotes. A poster with the headline "SUMMER MARKET" in bold sans-serif beats "a summer market poster".
2. Say where the text goes. "Headline across the top third", "small label on the bottle".
3. Keep it short. A headline and a line or two of supporting text render more reliably than a paragraph.
4. Name the style. Typeface mood (condensed, serif, handwritten), color and contrast with the background.
5. Use 2K or 4K for small text. More pixels give small lettering more room to stay sharp.

Keeping a character consistent

Attach several reference images of the same person or product: a front view, a side view, a close-up. Then describe the new scene and refer to them ("the woman from the reference photos, now in a rainy street at night"). Nano Banana Pro accepts up to 14 references, which is the most of any image model in this lineup; Nano Banana 2 takes up to 4.

On a MoodNode canvas you can reuse the same reference nodes across many generations, so a whole series of images keeps the same character.

Editing a photo step by step

1. Open MoodNode and pick Banana Pro in the model picker.
2. Attach the photo you want to edit, plus any extra references.
3. Describe the change in one or two sentences.
4. Choose the resolution and check the credit price next to Generate.
5. Generate, then refine with a follow-up prompt if something is off.

When to pick something else

• Many quick variations: Nano Banana 2 Lite at 7 credits an image.
• Typography on a budget: FLUX 3 also renders text and does not charge extra for references.
• Turning the image into video: send it to Veo 3.1, Kling V3 or Seedance 2.5 on the same canvas. The AI video model comparison covers which to pick.

Specs and the live credit price are on the Nano Banana Pro model page.

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